John Terry Howard

18 February 1835–1 January 1911 (Age 75)
Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of John Terry

When John Terry Howard was born on 18 February 1835, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Terry Howard, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Beauchamp, was 30. He married Frances Ellen Geeding on 18 January 1868, in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Blackwater Township, Saline, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Knottsville, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 1 January 1911, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

John Terry Howard
1835–1911
Frances Ellen Geeding
1840–1890
Marriage: 18 January 1868
Stella Howard
1868–1936
Frank Beauchamp Howard
1870–1941
Levi Baily Howard
1871–1873
Amos William Howard
1873–1958
Josephine Howard
1874–1908

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 January 1868Maryland, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
    Age 4
    By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
    1850 · 8th Most Populated State
    Age 15
    According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
    1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
    Age 21
    William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Fogarty
    Huggard
    Heward
    Hayward
    Huard
    Hugh

    Sources (10)

    • Terry Howard, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Terry Howard in entry for William Smither and Josie Howard, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    • Terry Howard in household of Nancy Howard, "United States Census, 1850"

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