Butte County
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THOMAS FRANK HOWARD
THOMAS FRANK HOWARD.--An exceedingly
busy rancher, who is operating a ranch of one hundred seventy-one acres ten
miles south of Chico in Dayton Precinct, is Thomas Frank
Howard, a native of Cowley County, Kans.,
where he was born April 1, 1875. He was
educated in the public school of his home district until he was eight years
old, at which time his parents moved to Rawlins, Wyo., where he went to school
for three or four years. The next move
took the family to Jackson County, Ore., where Thomas F. grew to young manhood
and finished his education. He worked on
the home farm, when he was not in school, and learned
the details of successful farming from his father, James R. Howard. This parent passed away in the Imperial
Valley, Cal., in 1912, at the age
of seventy-four years. The mother was
Eliza Prather before her marriage, and she is living at Durham,
in Butte County.
T. F. Howard came
to California from Oregon and was
employed as a ranch-hand on a farm near Willows, Glenn
County, for a time, after which he came to Butte
County and continued farming in the vicinity of Durham. He saved his money and after he had enough to
make a start on his own account, he invested in the improvements on some land
inherited by Mrs. Howard from her father.
This property he has been improving and developing ever since. Here he raises grain, and he has erected a
modern bungalow residence, good barns and fences, and has sunk a well that
gives ample water for domestic and other needs.
In 1906, Mr.
Howard and Miss Jessie A. Burdick, of one of the pioneer families of Butte
County, were united in
marriage. This union has been blessed by
the birth of two children, Charles Burdick and Merle Eva. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have won a large circle
of friends by their sterling integrity and cheerful disposition, and they are
highly respected by all who know them.
They are always ready to cooperate, as far as their means will permit,
with all worthy movements for the betterment of local conditions.
Transcribed
by Roseann Kerby.
Source: "History of
Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Page 1080, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
© 2008 Roseann Kerby.
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