When James W Howard was born in September 1831, in Estill, Kentucky, United States, his father, Clement Howard Jr, was 42 and his mother, Nancy Ann Logsdon, was 35. He married Celia B Goe on 6 May 1854, in Estill, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Cape Girardeau Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Magisterial District 5 Yates, Madison, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died in 1905, in Washington, United States, at the age of 74.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries: 1845: Lewis, Oregon Country, United States 1846: Lewis, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1848: Lewis, Oregon Territory, United States 1853: Lewis, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Lewis, Washington, United States
Male Atkins, 10 Jan 1854
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.
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