Genealogy for
William Benjamin Howard
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William Benjamin Howard
4/11/1886 - 7/18/1935
(Shown at age 34)
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William Benjamin Howard was born on April 11, 1886 in Calhoun County, Georgia and died on July 18, 1935 in Geneva County, Alabama. He lived to be 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 talking of Ben's dog named Bob. They lived out in the country and when Ben wanted to get a message to his brother, Henry Thomas, he would tie a message to a kerchief on Bob and tell him to "Go". Bob would go to Henry's house and return with an answer to Ben's message. Mildred told her that everyone knew Bob. | 
 | Census | 1/4/1900 | Cordray GA (Calhoun County) | 13 yrs old | | Recorded as Family #21: W. J. Howard (age 44, born in March 1856),
Allice Howard (age 33, born Jan. 1867),
Ben Howard (14, Apr. 1886),
Minnie Howard (10, Oct. 1889),
Mattie Howard (5, Apr. 1895), and
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 of the children were born in GA. W.J. is a farmer, Ben is a farm laborer, and Minnie is attending school. Everyone can read and write except W.J., Mattie, abd Charles. Allice says they have been married for 20 years and she has given birth to six children, of which, only four are living.
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| Census | 5/4/1910 | Malvern, precinct 3 AL (Geneva County) | 24 yrs old | | 136, family #137 B. Howard (age 23 -born in AL) and wife Clara (15 - born in AL). They have been married 2 mo., He is a carpenter. He can read but not write. She can read and write. |
| Census | 1/6/1920 | Mehern AL (Geneva County) | 33 yrs old | | Listed as family number 79: William B. Howard (age 35), Clara May (wife, age 25), Lucile (age 7), Lillian (age 5), and Leon (son, age 5). William, and his parents, were born in GA. Clara was born in AL, as were her parents. All children were born in AL. William states his occupation as farmer and he is operating a general farm. |
| Census | 5/9/1930 | Fadette AL (Geneva County) | 44 yrs old | | Listed as family #382: William B. Howard (age 44), Clyde (wife, age 36), Lillian (daughter, age 15), Leon (son, age 15), Alice (daughter, age 9), Lloyd (son, age 6), Jessie N. (daughter, age 4 months) and Henry D. Smith (brother-in-law, age 61). William is unable to read/write but his wife and older children can. William and his parents were born in GA. Everyone else is born in AL. |
| Death Certificate | 7/18/1935 | AL (Geneva County) | 49 yrs old | | Benjamin Howard - death July 1935 in Geneva Co. AL. Page #: 17280 book 35. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 7/19/1935 | Houston AL (Geneva County) | 49 yrs old |
W.B. HOWARD - Apr 11, 1886 to Jul 18,1935 h/o HOWARD Clara
New Hope Primitive Baptist Cemetery |
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
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1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
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1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
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1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
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1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
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1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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. |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
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1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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. |
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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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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! |
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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. |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
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1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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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. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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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. |
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Born on December 12, 1894 and died on September 18, 1980
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The Children of William Benjamin Howard
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Lucille Howard
Born in Slocomb,Geneva County, Alabama on July 10, 1912 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on May 10, 2003. She was 90 years old.
Married 8/19/1928 to Mike Owen "Man Hoss" Register (8/5/1909 - 11/13/1972)in Houston Co. AL. 2nd Marriage 11/3/1981 to Ernie Boyette.
Leonard Earl Register (1935-1995)
Lonnie J. Register (1...
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Leon Howard
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on September 10, 1914 and died in Houston County, Alabama on July 21, 1968. He was 53 years old.
Married 12/30/1934 to Eunice Register in Houston Co. AL.(divorced 1939)
In 1944 he married Helen Jeanette Harding (5/30/1926 AL). ...
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Lillian Howard
Born in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama on September 10, 1914 and died in Greenville, Mississippi on July 20, 1998. She was 83 years old.
Married Lloyd "Big Boy" Watford (12/1/1912 AL - 12/3/2001)
children:
Robert William (1932-2002)
L.W. (1934-1989)
Cecil (1936-2000)...
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Maudie Howard
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on August 26, 1917 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on October 18, 1917. This child lived to be only 53 days old.
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Alice Virgina Howard
Born in Slocomb, Alabama on November 12, 1921 and died in Columbus, Georgia on June 20, 1984. She was 62 years old.
She married Henry Cleveland Denney.
They had seven children:
Kenneth Olin Denney (12/7/1938 -1/1/2007 GA)
Jessie Horace Denney (12/21/1940-6/23/1987 GA)
Billy Wayne Denney (...
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Floyd Howard
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on August 13, 1923 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on October 19, 1923. This child lived to be about 2 months old.
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Loyd Howard
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on August 13, 1923 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on May 3, 1991. He was 67 years old.
Married Juanita E. Sasser (10/24/1927 Barbour Co. AL -11/16/1994 Rockledge, Brevard Co. FL).
They had two children:
Martha Howard
Sybil Howard
His 2nd wife was Myrtle, 3rd was Virginia...
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Jessie Howard
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on October 17, 1925 and died in Columbus, Georgia on October 3, 1980. She was 55 years old.
She married on 2/7/1942 to Cleveland H. Snell in Columbus, GA. ...
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