John Norman Howard

M, b. 1855, d. 16 May 1937
FatherJames Kerr Howard b. 30 Jul 1822, d. 17 Aug 1873
MotherHarriet Ratcliffe d. 8 Mar 1893
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited4 Jul 2024
     John Norman Howard married Annette Strong. John Norman Howard was born in 1855 at Canada. He was the son of James Kerr Howard and Harriet Ratcliffe. John Norman Howard was buried at Masonic Cemetery, Elma, Grays Harbor Co, WAshington.1 He died on 16 May 1937 at Three Forks, Clallam Co, Washington; John Howard, 81, was drowned Sunday night when he fell into a well at the ranch home of I. Berrey, in the Madison valley near here.
Fire broke out in th eranch home while Howard was a lone, and he is believed to have fallen into the well when he attempted to get water to fight the flames...
The fire destroyed the Berrey home. Howard had made his home with them for about a year. He was an uncle of Mrs. Berrey. Other survivors include a brother, Richard Howard, of Three Forks, and a niece, Mrs. David Houston, of White Sulphur Springs.2,3,1

Citations

  1. [S89] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com
  2. [S1173] Newspapers.com, online http://www.newspapers.com, The Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana), Mon., 17 May 1937, p.2. Man of 81 Drowns In Well at Ranch Near Three Forks.
  3. [S1513] Ancestry.com Inc., 2008: Washington, Death Records, 1883-1960 , John Norman Howard.