William Baxter HowardAge: 79 years1879–1958
- Name
- William Baxter Howard
- Given names
- William Baxter
- Surname
- Howard
 Birth | April 29, 1879 |
 Military | WWII Draft |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Ida L Hall — View this family January 21, 1904 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Verdella Louise Howard June 12, 1905 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mildred C Howard October 1, 1908 (Age 29 years) |
 Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Margaret Eunice Howard October 3, 1910 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | William Raymond Howard April 6, 1913 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mildred C Howard October 31, 1914 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 36 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #5 | Ralph Clinton Howard January 28, 1917 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 38 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Laurence “Billy” Hill May 30, 1923 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a grandson | William Laurence “Billy” Hill May 31, 1923 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sherman Everett Dobbins — Margaret Eunice Howard — View this family about 1927 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Shirley Nadine Dobbins September 8, 1928 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 50 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 2, 1930 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Arthur Eugene “Gene” Hill October 18, 1930 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Clinton Everett Dobbins March 25, 1931 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Raymond Howard — Virginia Margaret “Marge” Mills — View this family June 12, 1937 (Age 58 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Marriage of a child | Ralph Clinton Howard — Stella Anderson — View this family December 9, 1950 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | August 15, 1958 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bushnell Cemetery |
| Family with Ida L Hall |
| himself |
William Baxter Howard Birth: April 29, 1879 — Trimble, Kentucky, United States Death: August 15, 1958 — Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Ida L Hall Birth: April 8, 1884 25 24 — Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States Death: June 13, 1968 — Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: January 21, 1904 — Douglas, Illinois, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Verdella Louise Howard Birth: June 12, 1905 26 21 — Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States Death: July 2, 1994 — Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mildred C Howard Birth: October 1, 1908 29 24 — Douglas, Illinois, United States Death: October 31, 1914 — Illinois, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Margaret Eunice Howard Birth: October 3, 1910 31 26 — Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States Death: March 4, 1997 — O'Fallon, St. Charles, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
William Raymond Howard Birth: April 6, 1913 33 28 — Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States Death: July 9, 1993 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States |
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4 years son |
Ralph Clinton Howard Birth: January 28, 1917 37 32 — Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States Death: March 16, 1999 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Baxter Howard - Household
East Mara St.? Arcola, Douglas, Illinois
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Baxter Howard - Household
Wilson St. Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Baxter Howard - Household
Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois
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