Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Ashford Howard    
       Also known as: Ashford Howard 
                Born: Aug-  -1853           1
                Died: bef Jan 1920          2
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary E. Foster   3,4  
             Married: ca 1873               1
                Born: Feb-  -1851           1
              Census: 1930                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: George Curtis Howard      
                Born: Jul- 3-1874          near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  5,6,7,8,9 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-16-1938          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  7,5,8
              Buried:                      in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1910, 1920           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1907                 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: (since 1906)         dentist  5,11,2,12
          Occupation: 1918                 WV House of Delegates  5
          Occupation: (3 terms, 1914-1918) mayor of West Union  5
          Occupation: 1904                 postmaster at Pullman  5
                Wife: Golda M. Paugh  d. Dec-22-1905  
             Married: Aug-18-1903           13
                Wife: Sarah C. Riggs  b. Apr-16-1889  d. May-15-1983  
             Married: Dec- 8-1907          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(2) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(3) Birth record of son. 
(4) Death record of son. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Headstone. 
(9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(12) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(13) Obituary of husband. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as July 1873.
Note (2) In 1920, location specified as 401 Wood Street.







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