Joseph Howard

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Howard was born in 1815, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Joseph Newland Howard, was 32 and his mother, Martha, was 33. He married Martha A Guffey about 1844, in Morgan, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Morgan, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and District 12, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died after 1900, in Fentress, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Howard
1815–1900
Martha A Guffey
1818–1909
Marriage: about 1844
William Dallis Howard
1845–1919
Baxter Bradley Howard
1847–1934
Harriet L Howard
1852–

Sources (5)

  • Joseph Howard, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Joseph Howard in entry for William Dallis Howard, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
  • Joseph Howard, "United States Census, 1850"

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World Events (2)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

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 ‘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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