Biography of Erwin P. Howard, M.D., 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Howard, Payne, Spencer, Gill.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 266

ERWIN P. HOWARD, M.D.

Erwin P. was born in the Empire state on September 19, 1852, being the son of
Alanson D. and Mary E. (Payne) Howard, natives, respectively, of Massachusetts
and New York. When our subject was two years of age he was taken by his
parents to Sturgis, Michigan, where they remained until the death of the
father, which occured on January 9, 1900. At the age of fourteen the son
commenced the activities of life for himself, operating first as a clerk in a
mercantile establishment in his home town. Four years later he began the study
of medicine, taking up the profession wherein his father had won laurels. He
took a course in the Bennett Medical College in Chicago and after the first
year became enamoured with the reports from the gold fields of the Pacific
slope and came there and took up mining in California. After some time at this 
captivating work he turned again tothe study of medicine and took his degree.
He was then engaged by the Union Pacific Railroad Company as surgeon, where he
operated for a few years, giving entire satisfaction, and then he again turned
to mining, having purchased some prmising proeprties. While engaged in this he
built a quartz mill and operated the same at the Cornucopia mines in this
county. Later this property was destroyed by a snow slide and then he turned
to the practic eof medicine again, settling in the town of been signally
successful in the prosecution of his profession. Lately he has started a drug
store in connection with his practice and he is also proprietor of a grocery
store. Fratnerally the Doctor is associated with the I.O.O.F., Lodge No. 123,
in Eagle Valley, and also with the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically he
affiliates with the Democratic party, being decided in his views, and since he
is one of the leaders in the county he is a prominent figure at the
conventions.

In 1876 the marriage of Dr. Howard and Miss Eliza B., daughter of Samuel and
Mary (Spencer) Gill, was celebrated and they have become the parents of two
children: Guyello, handling stock in Idaho; May Belle, holding the chair of
music and elocution in the Salina Military Academy, at Salina, Kansas.