Lafayette Howey

Brief Life History of Lafayette

When Lafayette Howey was born on 14 December 1837, in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States, his father, James S. Howey, was 47 and his mother, Keziah Crume, was 42. He married Marinda Caroline Beam in 1872. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Auburn Township, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Auburn, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 22 December 1914, in Harveyville, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Dover, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lafayette Howey
1837–1914
Marinda Caroline Beam
1848–1926
Marriage: 1872
Ida May Young
1868–1916
William H Howey
1873–1954
Franklin Howey
1875–1892
Ada Rosella "Dolly" Howey
1877–1960
Clyde Alexander Howey
1882–1956

Sources (23)

  • Lafayette Howey, "Kansas, State Census, 1885"
  • Lafayette Howey, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Geneanet Community Trees Index

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Shawnee, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Shawnee, Kansas, United States

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Shawnee, Kansas, United States

Name Meaning

English (Northumberland and Durham) and Scottish: variant of Howie .

Irish: variant of Hoey .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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