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Submitted: 1/9/11 • Approved: 9/12/11 • Last Updated: 8/19/12 • R441857-G0-S3
December 18, 1872 - January 31, 1901*
TWO BROTHERS
Have Died at Saratoga of Smallpox Recently.
Mr H A Howard, the surviving member of the firm of Howard Bros, at Saratoga, died at that place Thursday, of smallpox. He leaves a wife, Sarah Emma Fricks Howard (married 1898), and one small child, Reba.
Mr Preston Howard, a brother to the man who died Thursday, died a few weeks ago of the same disease. He had been married but a week to a most excellent young lady, Jennie, the daughter of Mr W C Fricks of that place.
The young men were brothers to M Dora "Doad" Howard McKinney, wife of William McKinney. They had no other relatives in this section of the country.
The Nashville News, Vol XXIII No 7, Semi-Weekly, Nashville, Howard Co, Ark, February 6, 1901 (Wednesday)
H A was the son of J Augustus Howard
Information provided by James W Hayes jwhayes@fluctus.com
*Incorrect year listed on stone according to newspaper information and Mr Hayes (family member).
Contributed on 1/9/11 by mcjunkins
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