Francis Marion Howard

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• Also Known As: Frank
• Birth: Oct 1874, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1900, Precinct 3, Columbia, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1910, McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, USA

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Francis Marion Howard

My Father-in-law, Francis Marion Howard and his wife Mary Ann Greene had their first child, Ethel, at Blount's Ferry in 1898. Their second child, Willard, was born in March of 1900 also at Blount's Ferry. Thereafter, the family moved to Watertown. She lived to 103 so you can see I got this information from one who lived it.

They lived in one of the row houses long enough to see the children walking the old board to walk to their school. Mr. Gelberg of the clothing store told me that that board walk got him in his original business. He would ride a bike to Watertown with a basket of clothing, sell it to the workers and return to town.

Frank, as he was called, had a mule and a drag. It was his job to drag the excess wood into the burning fire. They lost their third child, Sadie to an unknown illness in Watertown. She was buried at the Hopewell Baptist cemetery near Blount's Ferry to be near the child's grandparents. Soon afterwards, they moved to McAlpin, Fla. The child's death seemed to have something to do with the move.

An interesting note. Frank owned the mule and a plow, bedstead, some chairs but that was it, no wagon. He went to Max Brown at the State Exchange and Max loaned him a wagon to make the trip. Frank and Liza had to sharecrop for the first year but they raised 9 children, built two houses, was burned out of both, rebuilt and died leaving his children 200 acres debt free. He once told me in the last days he felt like he had somehow failed. One of the finest, most respected men in Suwannee County. More failures like Francis Marion Howard and this country would not be in the obvious trouble today.

Submitted by: Walter C. and Mary Howard Petersen, Lake City, FL, ptrznmb@bellsouth.net

http://www.watertownflorida.com/howard.htm

Francis married Mary Ann Eliza Greene on 4 Feb 1897 in Columbia, Florida, USA. Mary (daughter of George Washington Greene and Sarah Elizabeth Wheeler) was born on 19 Dec 1880 in Blounts Ferry, Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 30 Apr 1966 in Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in McAlpin Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Suwannee, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Goff Ives Howard was born on 1 Apr 1909 in McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 13 Dec 1963 in Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA; was buried in Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
2. Ethel Howard was born on 13 Mar 1898 in Blounts Ferry, Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 2 Feb 2001 in Hawthorne, Alachua, Florida, USA; was buried in Hawthorne Cemetery, Hawthorne, Alachua, Florida, USA.
3. George Willard Howard was born on 12 Mar 1900 in Blounts Ferry, Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 28 Apr 1977 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, USA; was buried in Fogartyville Cemetery, Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, USA.
4. Pauline Howard was born on 28 Aug 1904 in Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 8 Jul 1983 in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA; was buried in Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
5. Francis Marion Howard, Jr was born on 25 Jan 1907 in Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 23 Oct 1974 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in McAlpin Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Suwannee, Florida, USA.
6. Marguerite Howard was born on 24 Dec 1915 in Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 26 Jan 1926 in Suwannee, Florida, USA; was buried in McAlpin Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Suwannee, Florida, USA.
7. Greene Van Buren Howard was born on 23 Jun 1919 in Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 8 Jul 1944 in France; was buried in McAlpin Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Suwannee, Florida, USA.
8. Verna Ruth Howard was born on 9 Aug 1911 in Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 18 Jun 1994 in Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in McAlpin Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Suwannee, Florida, USA.
9. Hazel Howard was born on 14 Oct 1914 in McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 22 Feb 2003 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
10. Mary Elizabeth Howard was born on 6 Oct 1921 in McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, USA; died on 10 Jun 2014 in Ben Atchley State Veterans Home, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA; was buried on 18 Jun 2014 in Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
11. Sadie Howard was born in 1902 in Blounts Ferry, Columbia, Florida, USA; died in 1903 in Watertown, Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Columbia, Florida, USA.

Matthew + Rachel Clark. Rachel was born in 1845 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died in 1911 in McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, USA; was buried in McAlpin Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Suwannee, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]