Genealogy for
William 'Buck' Jasper Howard 

	Parents
	Simeon Howard 1813 - 1870	Exey/Exy Josie Hatcher 1815 - 1870

About William 'Buck' Jasper Howard
William 'Buck' Jasper Howard 4/12/1856 - 1/15/1950 (Shown at age 74) William 'Buck' Jasper Howard was born on 4/12/1856 in Russell County, AL and died on 1/15/1950 in Hiland Park, FL. He was 94 years old. 2nd wife Alice Virginia Rigsby, 3rd wife Flora Joiner, 4th wife Mary Lizzie Turner.
Census 6/9/1860 Beat One AL (Russell County) 4 yrs old family#122 - Simeon Howard (age 46, a day laborer born in GA) and his wife Exey (age 40, born in GA) May (age 19), Simon (age 18, day laborer), S. J. (female, age 16), J. F. (female, age 12), William (age 8), and Thomas Paulin (age 64, relationship unknown). Personal estate is estimated at $100. Children are born in AL. Memas Lanliee (or Thomas Paulin), age 64, is also listed with the family. He was born in VA and cannot read or write.  Click here to see a copy of the original document. Census 6/16/1870 Georgia Militia District 626 GA (Calhoun County) 14 yrs old The children of Simeon and Exey Howard are recorded as two families. Neither parent is recorded: (1) as family #127: Sim D. Howard (age 22, born in AL), Polley (age 29, born in GA) and William J. (age 15, born in AL). The men are farm laborers and Polley is keeping house. Polley's race is indicated as "M". Sim estimates the value of his personal estate to be $125. Sim and William cannot read or write. (2) as family #128: Mary A. Howard (age 32), Sarah J. (age 21), Eliza ? (age 16), and William S. (age 1). The women were born in AL while the boy was born in GA. The race for all three women is "M". They indicate they can read by not write.  Census 6/15/1880 Brannans AL (Dale County) 24 yrs old Listed as family #248 on the Newton, Brannon's and Sylvan Grove, District 63 census: William J. Howard (age 24), Josephine (age 19, wife) and Henry (age 2, son). William is a farmer born in Alabama and states that both parents were born in AL (looks like Arkansas?). Josephine was also born in AL (her father in AL and her mother in GA) and she states that she cannot read.  Census 1/4/1900 Cordray GA (Calhoun County) 44 yrs old family # 21: W. J. Howard (age 44 -March 1856), Allice Howard (33 - Jan.1867), Ben Howard (14 -Apr.1886), Minnie Howard (10 -Oct.1889), Mattie Howard (5 - Apr.1895), & Charlie Howard (2- Nov.1897). W. J. was born in AL as were his parents, Allice was born in GA, as were her parents. all children were born in GA. W.J. is a farmer, Ben is a farm laborer, Minnie attends school. all can read & write, except W.J., Mattie & Charles, Allice states they were married 20 yr., she had six children, four are living.   Census 4/16/1910 Morgan GA (Calhoun County) 54 yrs old family# 30 -W. J. Howard (age54), Alace V. Howard (43), Minnie Howard (18), Mattie Howard (15), Clarlie Howard (12)& J. C. Howard (4). W.J. & Alace have been married ten years and have five children. W.J. was born in AL, he doesn't know where his parents were born. Alace was born in GA, her father in AL and mother in GA. all children born in GA. W.J. can not read or write, all other can. Charlie, Mattie & J. C. attend school.   Census 1/14/1920 Malitia District 1304 GA (Calhoun County) 64 yrs old household#97 Family #98. William J. Howard (age 63), wife Flora (age 70), and son Jesse (age 13). William and his parents were born in Alabama while Flora was born in Georgia. Flora states that both of her parents were born in the United States. Jesse was also born in Alabama. Their home is rented and only Jesse, who has been attending school, can read and write. All three can speak English. William is a farmer operating a general farm and Jesse is a laborer working the farm. A Joe Turner family lives next door as they are listed as family #96. William's 4th wife is a Turner.  Graveyard/Tombstone 1/15/1950 Panama City FL (Bay County) 94 yrs old Milliville Cemetery. - William Jasper, b. Apr 12 1856, Alabama d. Jan 15 1950, "D/97"
Age Date Event Viewing events that affected the communities where William 'Buck' Howard lived Viewing U.S. History Viewing World History Viewing Discoveries 3 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. 4 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. 5 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. 5 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. 6 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. 6 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. 7 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. 8 1864 Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back 9 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" 9 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. 9 1865 Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. 9 1865 May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. 12 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. 13 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France 14 1870 During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. 20 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded 21 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. 23 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb. 26 1882 The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. 26 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. 27 1883 Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. 28 1884 Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. 29 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. 33 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards 39 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. 41 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph 44 1900 The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. 44 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" 45 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. 46 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. 47 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk 48 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming 50 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson 50 1906 An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. 50 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes 50 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented 52 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile 53 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe 53 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) 54 1910 Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. 56 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. 57 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures 57 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant 58 1914 World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. 58 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed 61 1917 NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. 61 1917 Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. 61 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. 63 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. 63 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. 64 1920 Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. 67 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" 67 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes 68 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops 70 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket 71 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England 71 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. 72 1928 Big bang theory was introduced 72 1928 The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. 73 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October 74 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. 76 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. 77 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! 78 1934 Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. 78 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. 79 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. 80 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England 82 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. 82 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission 82 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. 83 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States 83 1939 Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. 83 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. 85 1941 NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. 87 1943 Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. 88 1944 On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") 89 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 89 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. 90 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes 91 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor 94 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.     Click on the Community, US History, World History or Discoveries button above to see a listing of historical events that happened during William 'Buck' Howard's life. 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W. J. Howard William Jasper Howard

Marriages
	Josephine Knight Born about 1859 and died about 1879. They were married about 1876.
	Alice Rigsby Born on 1/5/1867 and died on 11/10/1913. They were married about 1880.
	Flora Joiner Born about 1850 and died on 1/4/1924. They were married about 1914.
	Mary Turner Born about 1865 and died about 1930. They were married about 1925.

The Children of William 'Buck' Jasper Howard
32 years old	Henry Thomas Howard Born in Slocomb, AL on 7/19/1878 and died in Hiland Park, FL on 10/7/1965. He was 87 years old. He was a Carpenter, he worked at the Turpentine Still and as a boat builder. He moved to Hiland Park, FL in 1925 from Geneva Co. AL. Cause of Death: Hit by a car/ pulmonary embolus. He is bury at M...
34 years old	William Benjamin Howard Born in Calhoun County, GA on 4/11/1886 and died in Geneva County, AL on 7/18/1935. He was 49 years old. Burial at New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Houston Co. AL. Story: Bob the Dog Told By Arlene Butler to Gale Wall. She remembers her mother, Mildred Snow, often tal...
	Alice Edna Howard Born in Calhoun Co., GA about 1887 and died in Calhoun Co., GA about 1889. She was 2 years old.
21 years old	Minnie Lee Howard Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 10/1/1889 and died in Terrell Co., GA about 1925. She was 36 years old. Day of birth not known. She married James W.Turner (? -1923). They had four children: Virginia Turner (1914), James Turner (1916-2000), Theda Turner (1919) & Julia Lee Turner (1922-1993)....
16 years old	Mattie Eula Howard Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 6/11/1894 and died in Randolph Co., GA on 9/15/1971. She was 77 years old. She married Alexander Washington Smith Jr. Children: Curtis Smith, Phill Washington Smith (1912-1985), Lula Virgina Smith (1913-1925), Lila Gertrude Smith (1916), Ruby Lee Smith, Anne Lee ...
	Charles Harrison Howard Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 11/23/1897 and died in an unknown location on 2/15/1925. He was 28 years old. He married Mary Jane Daniel (1897-1974). They had two children: Sarah Alice Howard & Hillsman Rudolph Howard (?-2000). ...
	infant daughter Howard Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 5/12/1900 and died in Calhoun Co., GA on 5/13/1900. She was 0 years old.
	Jesse Clyde Howard Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 10/7/1905 and died in Albany, Dougherty Co., GA on 8/8/1988. He was 83 years old. Married Leola_______(1906 - )....