Brief Life History of Edwin Battin
When Edwin Battin Howard was born on 2 July 1847, in Harrison, Ohio, United States, his father, James Raley Howard, was 33 and his mother, Talitha Ann Covington, was 28. He married Emily Frances Lybarger on 30 May 1878. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington Township, Story, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Story, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 1 June 1935, in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Story, Iowa, United States.
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- Edwin B Howard, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
- Edwin B. Howard, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Edwin B Howard, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1862
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Story, Iowa, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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