John Barr Howd

6 January 1878–23 February 1927 (Age 49)
Burnside, Hancock, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of John Barr

When John Barr Howd was born on 6 January 1878, in Burnside, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Smith Howd, was 50 and his mother, Catharine L Yetter, was 33. He married Iva Leila Gibson on 14 February 1900, in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Orange, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 23 February 1927, in Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Barr Howd
1878–1927
Iva Leila Gibson
1882–1956
Marriage: 14 February 1900
Arlo Smith Howd
1900–1963

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 February 1900Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 3
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1884 · There is now a Capital Building
    Age 6
    The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
    1892 · The Chicago Canal
    Age 14
    The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of Norwegian Hovd, a habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named (see Hovda ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Hovda

    Sources (26)

    • John Howd in entry for Arlo Smith Howd, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • John B Howd, "United States Census, 1910"
    • John B Howd, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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