Hiram B. Howard

Hiram B. Howard

KentuckyConfirmed

Son of John Covey Howard · 1837–1915

Parents

John Covey Howard & Matilda Brock

Sources

2

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED Confirmed as the son of John Covey Howard and Matilda Brock. Evidence: his own 1915 death certificate, read from the image, names both parents S455, and the 1850 census page, read from the image, has him, 13, in John C. Howard’s household S967. The certificate’s informant, H. H. Howard of Wallins Creek, was a relative, probably a son; the places on it are given at county level.

Life in the order the records give it

Hiram B. Howard was born on 23 November 1837 in Harlan County, Kentucky, a son of John Covey Howard and Matilda Brock, and an older brother of Matilda Pauline Howard. In August 1850 he was Hiram, 13, in his father’s Harlan County household, with Michael, John, Larkin, Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary, Paulina and Jacob S967. He died in Harlan County on 26 March 1915; his Kentucky death certificate gives his birth date and names his parents as John Cony [Covey] Howard and Matilda Brock S455.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents—

Son of John Covey Howard and Matilda Brock.

Siblings1836

Brother of Matilda Pauline Howard. That his certificate names Matilda Brock as his mother is part of the evidence for her as Matilda Pauline’s mother, which stays Probable on her card. Probably also brother of Larkin Howard (1836–1895), Larkin, 15, beside him in the 1850 household S967; Larkin has no card here, and the evidence is on their father's card.

Marriage—

His wife and children are not in this record yet.

Parents2026

History of this card. 26 Oct 2026

card added: he entered the family tree on 26 Oct as the son of John Covey Howard and Matilda Brock (PA-1026F), and his 1915 certificate was attached there as a citation (PA-1026G); the certificate (S455) and the 1850 census (S967) were already read. 26 Oct 2026 — his brother Larkin Howard added as probable (PA-1026H).

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In the record Generation 6 — Earl's 3rd-great-grandparents and their siblings

1. S455Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852–1965 — Hiram B. Howard, Harlan County, 1915. Ancestry record 751259890. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Hiram B. Howard, born 23 November 1837, son of John Cony [Covey] Howard and Matilda Brock; informant H. H. Howard of Wallins Creek. The image behind the site's existing statement that his death record names John Covey Howard and Matilda Brock as his parents.
2. S9671850 United States Federal Census — Harlan County, Kentucky, dwelling and family 342 (August 1850). Ancestry record 17189094. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24 September 2026. Confirmed John C. Howard, 45, farmer, real estate $1,200, born Kentucky; Michael 18, John 16, Larkin 15, Hiram 13, Nancy 10, Elizabeth 9, Mary 7, Paulina 5 and Jacob 3, all born Kentucky. No adult woman is in the household. Next door (343) is Aaron Brock, 64, born Virginia. The image behind the index in S865. The 1850 census states no relationships. Mary 7, Paulina 5 and Jacob 3 reappear in 1860 as Mary 15, Matilda 13 and Jacob 11 (S165), which is why Paulina is taken to be Matilda Pauline Howard. Her age here points to 1845; the site keeps 1847 from four later censuses, since all three children run two years older here than in 1860. Collection: 1850 United States Federal Census (db 8054, image 4192493_00364).