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GEORGE W. HOWARD was born in Knox county, Ill., Feb. 14, 1837, where he resided until eleven years of age. His father, Stephen, went to Sebastian county, Ark., in 1849, and later removed to Crawford county, Kan., where he died Feb. 24, 1875. The subject of this sketch enlisted in the Kansas Home Guards for a period of seven months. Married Sep. 21, 1862, to Mary M. Southard, who was born in Jasper county in 1842, her father, William Southard, who was one of the first settlers of the county, was killed by bushwackers during the late Rebellion, in 1863. The children are Mary E., Stephen W., Lewis G., George L.; and Chas. H., who died in June, 1868. Mr. Howard and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Church. The home farm comprises a tract of 275 acres, about 200 of it being under cultivation. Seventy-five acres of wheat the past season averaged twenty-two bushels to the acre, and forty-five acres of corn averaged forty bushels. There are five acres of bearing orchard, besides small fruit on the farm. He has been engaged quite extensively in stock-raising. The farm is located on the banks of Center Creek, a fine stream, and is well adapted to stock as well as the growth of grain. It is three-fourths of a mile east of Carl Junction in section 5, range 33, township 28, and the buildings and improvements compare favorably with any of the farms of the county. A view of his residence appears elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Howard is a man of genial qualities and possesses commendable public enterprise as well as private thrift.