Turner County, SD Biographies.....Howard, Leonard 1833 - 
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Author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (1897)

LEONARD HOWARD, a highly respected and enterprising citizen of Turner county, in
Marion township, of which he has a fine farm of 160 acres, improved with various
outbuildings used in carrying on the work, is a native of Broome county, N. Y.,
and was born August 27, 1833. His father and mother, Samuel and Nancy (Rogers)
Howard, were natives of Vermont and New York respectively, but both of English
descent.

    Leonard Howard was the eldest of a family of four sons and two daughters
born to this worthy couple, and was reared in his native place until he had
attained the age of sixteen years, during which time he attended the district
schools for an education. When his parents removed in 1849 to Jefferson county.
Wis., young Howard accompanied them, and remained under the parental roof until
he was twenty-seven years of age. At that time he took the most important step
in his career—his marriage—the happy event occurring July 2, 1860. The bride was
Miss Ermina Howard, a native of Henry county, Ill., and a daughter of Sperry and
Nancy Howard, and after their marriage the young couple located on a farm in
Jefferson county, Wis., where Mr. Howard devoted his time and attention to the
general farming business until 1879. That year he came with his family to Turner
county, Dak. Ter., and settled on the farm whereon he now makes his home. He
entered government land, and all the improvements, such as fences, buildings,
etc., have been made by him since his settlement on the property. He now has 160
acres of land, and in connection with farming operations also follows his trade
of mason, which business he learned when young.

    Mr. and Mrs. Howard are the parents of four children on whom have been
bestowed the following names, viz.: K. C., Alfred S., Willis G. and Edna E. He
belongs to the A. O. U. W., lodge No. 2, at Parker, and has served many years on
the school board of his district, taking great interest in the cause of education.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF 
Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties,
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and
Representative Citizens, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with
the Growth and Development of these Counties; Reminiscences of Personal History
and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be
Preserved in History.

ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO.
GEO. A. OGLE & CO.
Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers.
1897.


Biography is the only true history.—EMERSON.

A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
generations.—MACAULAY.


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