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ROBERT RICHARD HOWERTON. Farming and stock-raising form the chief occupation of this young agriculturist, and the progressive manner in which he takes advantage of every method and idea tending to enhance the value of his property has had considerable to do with the success with which he is meeting. He owns eighty acres of fine land on section 21, township 44, range 27, Johnson County, which he operates, besides a like amount adjoining, owned by his father. His wife has in her possession a tract of one hundred and forty acres in Rose Hill Township, which was left her by her father.

Our subject is a native of this county, and was born in Chilhowee Township, August 18, 1869. His parents were Rich H. and Nancy A. (Hughes) Howerton, of whom a full history will appear on another page in this volume. Their son, our subject, attended the common schools until attaining his eighteenth year, when he went to Boonville and became a student in Kemper’s Family School, remaining in that institution for two years. The following twelve months were spent in farming on his own account, after which he engaged in the grocery business at Blairstown, in partnership with his brother-in-law, W. R. Finley. This continued for three years, when Mr. Howerton carried on the business one year alone. While in the latter place he was married, March 2, 1892, to Miss Delilah Jimmison Farnsworth, who was born in Rose Hill Township, this county, February 27, 1875. Her parents were B. J. and Rebecca E. Farnsworth, natives of Tennessee and Missouri, respectively, but both are now deceased.

Mrs. Howerton, who is a well educated lady, carried on her studies at El Dorado Springs, this state, and for two years was a student in the schools at Warrensburg. In 1893 our subject disposed of his grocery business and began farming, having in the mean time purchased his present place of eighty acres. The tract which he operates for his father adjoins his place, while his wife’s farm is located in Rose Hill Township. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Howerton, Nina, her birth occurring February 11, 1894.

In politics the original of this sketch is a Democrat. Socially he stands high in the Odd Fellows’ lodge, with which he has been connected since attaining his majority. He has filled nearly all the chairs in Laurel Lodge No. 402, at Blairstown, and is at present Noble Grand. By those who are well acquainted with him, Mr. Howerton is held to be a man of sterling worth and strict integrity