Brief Life History of Henry Allen
When Dr. Henry Allen Howard was born on 18 July 1823, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Alexis Howard, was 26 and his mother, Lettie Stokes, was 24. He married Elizabeth Graves Settle on 22 May 1847, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States in 1870. He died on 11 August 1891, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
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- Henry A Howard, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry A. Howard - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1827; Caswell, North Carolina, United States
- Henry A Howard, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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