Howard, Francis Irwin

Male 1856 - 1935  (78 years)


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  • Name Howard, Francis Irwin 
    Born 26 Jun 1856  Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Mar 1935  Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6

    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frank I. Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 28 March 1935 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.

      Funeral services for Frank I. Howard who passed away at a hospital in Omaha following brief illness were held Friday afternoon at 2:30 from Neal Funeral Home with Rev. Corwin Taylor, pastor of Methodist Church. Burial Oakland Cemetery beside wife who died 1923. Frank I. Howard, son of Israel and Sarah Sulgrove Howard, was born at Ottumwa, Iowa 26 June 1856 and died 20 March 1935 age 78 years, 8 months, 29 days. When 2 moved with family to vicinity of Ankeny, Iowa, at that time known as Saylorville near Des Moines where he grew up. Married Lydia M. Fiegenbaum 27 February 1881. For twelve years they lived near Ankeny on a farm. In the spring of 1893 they came to Sac County where they bought a farm and owned it at the time of his death. In 1916 they moved to town. Mrs. Howard died 29 March 1923. He was one of nine children, one dying in infancy. All but one sister, Mrs. Thomas Lane of Sac City, preceded him in death. His daughter, Geneive (Mrs. R. B. Hayes) of Plattsmouth, together with husband and their two children, Jean Howard and Robert Howard survive.

      Note that other researchers report that "Frank" Howard was born in Polk County, Iowa, on 30 June 1856, that he was the youngest of 11 children and that his father's name was not Israel, but Samuel.
    Buried 22 Mar 1935  Sac City, Sac County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • Francis was buried in Oakland Cemetery.
    Person ID I63  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2008 

    Father Howard, Samuel,   b. 1812, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1889, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Sulgrove, Sarah,   b. 1815, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1903, Sac County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1 Dec 1836  Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Family ID F119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Lydia Maria,   b. 11 Oct 1857, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1923, Sac City, Sac County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Residence (family) Between 1881 and 1893  Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • The Howard family lived on a farm near Ankeny.
    Married 27 Feb 1881  Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    Residence (family) Between 1893 and 1916  Sac County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18, 19, 20
    • The Howard family lived on a farm just north of Sac City from 1893 until 1916, when Lydia and Francis moved into town.
    Children 
    +1. Howard, Genevieve,   b. 29 Dec 1881, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1971, Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F22  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 78.
      Francis Irwin Howard, child of Samuel Howard and Sarah Sulgrove, was born on 26 June 1856 at Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa.

    2. [S81] Melissa Van Wey, Genealogical research on the Sulgrove and allied families, Personal communication via email in November 2001 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      Francis Irwin Howard, child of Samuel Howard and Sarah Sulgrove, was born on 30 June 1856 in Polk County, Iowa. The father's name was not Israel Howard; this is an error. Francis Irwin was the youngest of 11 children.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frank I. Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 28 March 1935 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.
           "Frank I. Howard, son of Israel and Sarah Sulgrove Howard, was born at Ottumwa, Iowa 26 June 1856...."

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 78.
      Francis Irwin Howard died on 20 March 1935 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.

    5. [S81] Melissa Van Wey, Genealogical research on the Sulgrove and allied families, Personal communication via email in November 2001 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      Francis Irwin Howard died on 20 March 1935 at Sac City, Sac County, Iowa.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frank I. Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 28 March 1935 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.
           "Funeral services for Frank I. Howard who passed away at a hospital in Omaha following brief illness...."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      Francis Irwin Howard was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Sac City, Sac County, Iowa.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frank I. Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 28 March 1935 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.
           "Funeral services for Frank I. Howard who passed away at a hospital in Omaha following brief illness were held Friday afternoon at 2:30 from Neal Funeral Home with Rev. Corwin Taylor, pastor of Methodist Church. Burial Oakland Cemetery beside wife who died 1923."
           Friday would have been 22 March 1935.

    9. [S81] Melissa Van Wey, Genealogical research on the Sulgrove and allied families.
      Samuel Howard and Sarah Sulgrove were married. No date or place of marriage given.

    10. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 78.
      Samuel Howard and Sarah Sulgrove were married on 1 December 1836 in Marion County, Indiana.

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frank I. Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 28 March 1935 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.
           "Married Lydia M. Fiegenbaum 27 February 1881. For twelve years they lived near Ankeny on a farm. In the spring of 1893 they came to Sac County where they bought a farm and owned it at the time of his death."

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 78.
      Francis Irwin Howard and Lidya (Lydia) Maria Fiegenbaum were married on 27 February 1881 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 78.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Frank (Lydia Marie Fiegenbaum) Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 5 April 1923 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.
           "In her youthful days she went to live with a sister at Ankeny, Iowa. There she formed a friendship with Frank I. Howard, to whom she was wedded on 27 February 1884, in the Capitol Hill Methodist Episcopal Church in Des Moines. ...To Mr. and Mrs. Howard was born only one child, Genevieve...."
           The year 1884 in this transcription appears to be in error.

    14. [S81] Melissa Van Wey, Genealogical research on the Sulgrove and allied families, Personal communication via email in November 2001 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      Francis Irwin Howard and Lidya Fiegenbaum were married on 27 February 1881 in Polk County, Iowa.

    15. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frank I. Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 28 March 1935 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.
           "Married Lydia M. Fiegenbaum 27 February 1881."

    16. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Compiled by Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
      Original data from: Polk County, Iowa Marriages, 1871-88. County court records located at Des Moines, Iowa. Family History Library film #1014765 - #1014767.
           F. I. Howard and G. M. Fiegenbaum were married in Polk County, Iowa on 27 February 1881.

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 78.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Frank (Lydia Marie Fiegenbaum) Howard. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 5 April 1923 in the Sac City Sun, of Sac City, Iowa.
           "There she formed a friendship with Frank I. Howard, to whom she was wedded on 27 February 1884, in the Capitol Hill Methodist Episcopal Church in Des Moines. Their home was in the vicinity of Ankeny for eleven years. On 3 March 1893 they came to Sac County and settled on a farm near the northern edge of the city, where they made their home until they removed into Sac City in March 1916."

    18. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 37.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration in April 1902 for Friedrich William and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where this report was published, but it seems likely it appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           From a list of the children of Friedrich and Louisa: "...Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard and daughter Genevieve, Sac City, Iowa...." At another point in the account, it was mentioned that "...Lydia Howard, wife of a farmer near Sac City, Iowa, having one child...."

    19. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 33-34.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary in February 1914 for Rev. Frederick Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where the obiuary was published. Internal evidence indicates that it appeared in a newspaper serving Oregon, Missouri, probably the Holt County Sentinel, published by his nephew-in-law, Thomas Curry.
           "Six sons and three daughters survive as follows: ...Mrs. Frank Howard of Sac City, Iowa...."

    20. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 34.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary in February 1914 for Rev. Frederick Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where the obiuary was published. Internal evidence indicates that it appeared in a newspaper serving Wathena, Kansas.
           "Six sons and three daughters survive. ...Mrs. Lydia M. Howard of Sac City, Iowa...."