J.B. HOWARD Born 1830

HOWARD, MCARTHUR, GRAVES, CONWAY

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Date: 7/9/2016 at 09:37:39

J.B. HOWARD, Superintendent of the Dubuque City Gas Works, Dubuque; is a native of the north part of Ireland, and was born at Carrick Fergus March 17, 1830; his parents came to America when he was only and few months old, and he grew up to manhood and received his education in the city of New York, and lived there until 1856, when he came West to Iowa and located in Dubuque, and engaged in gas fitting and plumbing. When the war broke out, in 1861, he enlisted in the first call for troops; he was a member of the Governor's Grays, which went out as Co. I., 1st I.V.I.; he was Sergeant of the company, and was in the battle of Wilson's Creek; he afterward, enlisted in the 44th I.V.I., and was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. A. Mr. Howard and Mr. McArthur leased the City Gas Works, and had charge of them for twelve years, and since then Mr. Howard has been Superintendent of the Gas Works; soon after coming here, Mr. Howard was chosen Chief of the Fire Department, and served in that position three years; he has served as City Alderman, and as Director and Vice President of the Building & Loan Association, and is Director of Dubuque County Agricultural Fair Association. In July 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Mercoun, a native of the city of Brooklyn, N.Y.; her father and her grandfather were both born in Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Howard have five children- William (in California), Emma (now Mrs. E.P. Graves), Eliza (now Mrs. George W. Conway), Fannie and Jeremiah.
"The History of Dubuque County. Iowa"
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