Person:Gorton Howard (3)

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Gorton Howard
d.2 Oct 1874
m. 14 Feb 1776
  1. Amey Howard1776 - 1825
  2. Isaac Howard1778 - 1781
  3. Elizabeth Howard1780 - 1845
  4. Clarke Howard1782 - 1857
  5. Gorton Howard1784 - 1874
  6. Daniel Howard1787 - 1879
  7. Martin Howard1790 - 1865
  8. Richard Howard1793 - 1887
  9. Polly Howard1795 - 1872
  10. Gardner Howard1798 - 1882
m. 12 Nov 1812
  1. Phila Howard1814 -
  2. George Howard1817 -
  3. Arnold Howard1819 -
  4. John Howard1826 -
Facts and Events
Name Gorton Howard
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Sep 1784 Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 12 Nov 1812 to Mary Cranston
Death? 2 Oct 1874
References
  1. Foster Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    37.

    HOWARD, Gorton, of Daniel and Dorothy, [born] Sept. 4, 1784.

  2.   BIOGRAPHY: A History of Isaac Howard of Foster, Rhode Island and his Descendants Who have Borne the Name of Howard
    By Daniel Howard, A. M.
    Windsor Locks, Conn. 1901 Page 36
    Gorton Howard was born in Foster, R. I., September 4, 1784; married, November 12, 1812, Mary Cranston (b. April 1, 1787), second daughter of Peleg and Elizabeth (Babcock) Cranston. In 1811 he sold to his brother Daniel his interest in a farm which for about seven years they had owned together. In 1820 he purchased the main portion of the farm originally owned and settled by his grandfather Isaac Howard. In 1831 he erected a new house upon the old foundation where stood the one erected by his grandfather in 1756. Here he lived the rest of his life.
    He was a cooper and worked at his trade in fall and winter months, tilling his farm the rest of the year, earning a competence and accumulating sufficient to classify him as a prosperous citizen. At the age of 86 years he prepared the staves and set up and headed over one hundred barrels. He was an active politician of the Jeffersonian school, but declined public office himself; consented, however, to serve from 1834 to 1837 as clerk of the town school committee. He was an ardent advocate of temperance, but belonged to no societies. His wife died July 20, 1863. He died October 2, 1874.