History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p.
682.

THOMAS J. HOWARD, deceased, was born near Richmond, Va., on the James
River, Oct. 19, 1806.  He was a son of Captain Edward and Frances
(Adams) Howard.  His mother's father, Captain Robert Adams, enlisted in
the Revolutionary war at sixteen and came out Captain at the close of
that war.  Thomas J. Howard's parents had a family of seven sons and one
daughter.  Thomas was the second son and second child.  He was but eight
years of age when his father died.  He then lived on the old homestead
with his mother until 1828 or '29, when he came to Daviess County, Ky. 
He married Miss Persis Barnhill, Dec. 22, 1829.  She was born in Oldham
County, Ky., Jan. 20, 1808, and was a daughter of James and Hannah
(Boone) Barnhill.  She was a second cousin of Daniel Boone.  Mrs. Howard
was but fifteen when, in 1823, she came with her parents to Daviess
County.  Her father settled in what is now Boston Precinct, and Joseph
Barnhill, his son, still lives on this old homestead farm.  Mrs.
Howard's father brought a large drove of sheep and the wolves killed all
of them.  After Mr. and Mrs. Howard were married they settled in the
timber on Green River, near Hartford, Ohio County, for a year; then
returned to Knottsville Precinct, Daviess County, where he taught school
and farmed until about 1842.  They then settled on the old homestead
farm in Masonville Precinct.  He taught school here a number of years. 
He was a man of fine education and taste, and that, in addition to a
good brain, made him a very useful man.  Many of his scholars have grown
to manhood and old age in this county.  He was an earnest Christian and
was first a member of the Baptist church, but in 1830 joined the
Methodist Episcopal church and was a member of this church up to the
time of his death, which occured March 27, 1881.  He was loved and
respected by all who knew him--a faithful friend, kind husband and an
indulgent father.  Mrs. Howard is still living with her son Lewis on the
old homestead farm.  She is now in the seventy-fifth year of her age. 
She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has been since
1830.  She and husband had a family of nine children.  Six lived to be
men and women--Ruhema F., born Sept. 30, 1833, married Virgil Davis and
resides on a farm near Neosba Falls, Woodson County.  Joseph G., born
Feb. 18, 1838, married Elizabeth A. Cook, July 14, 1860.  They have had
seven children, six living--Roxanna F., born June 6, 1861; George J.,
born Dec. 25, 1862; Rebecca P., born March 3, 1865, died March 13, 1865;
Leander A., born Feb. 25, 1866; William D., born Sept. 11, 1870; Valeria
E., born July 1, 1876; James L., born Feb. 24, 1879.  Mr. Howard owns a
farm of 105 acres, forty acres under cultivation.  In politics he is a
Democrat, but votes more for the man than the party.  Thomas M. enlisted
in the late war.  He joined General Morgan and died in camp at Liberty,
Tenn., of hemorrhage of the lungs.  Cleopatra I. A., born Aug. 23, 1843,
married W. A. Stone, and resides in Boston Precinct.  Lewis P. F., born
in Daviess County, Jan. 1, 1847, still resides on the old homestead.  He
married Melissa May, March 6, 1873.  She was born Dec. 15, 1850, in
Daviess County, Ky., and was a daughter of William and Susan (Wright)
May.  They had one child--Susan P., died an infant.  The mother died
Feb. 16, 1874.  She was a member of the Baptist church.  Mr. Howard
married Miss Laura V. Usher, Feb. 15, 1876.  She was born in Louisville,
Ky., Aug. 4, 1855, and was a daughter of John and Fannie (Woodard)
Usher, natives of Oldham County, Ky.  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. F. Howard
are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  They have had three
children, one living--Thomas B., born June 28, 1878.  Mr. Howard owns a
farm of 286 acres, 125 under cultivation.  In politics he has always
been a supporter of the Democratic party.  Mary E. Howard was born Oct.
15, 1850, and married Daniel Keith and resides in Woodson County.

Howard Adams Barnhill Boone Davis Cook Morgan Stone May Wright Usher
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