ARKANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, Volume XXXV(Winter 1976) p. 360   James H. Howard   BY RUSSELL P. BAKER* Arkansas History Commission JAMES H. HOWARD was born in Tennessee about 1838. It's believed that he was the son of Daniel Howard, a native of South Carolina, who emigrated to Arkansas about 1853 and settled at Center Point in what is now Howard County. (1) Nothing is known of James's early life, except that be learned the shoemaker's trade,' and that on February 9, 1860, he married Rebecca J. Dossey in Madison Township, Sevier, now Howard, County. (3) Rebecca was born in Arkansas in 1841 and was the daughter of Nancy and William G. Dossey, natives of Alabama and Tennessee, respectively. Her father was a carpenter by trade, who after living several years near Nathan in Pike County, moved to Center Point about 1860. He was a prosperous man, and was the owner of two slaves that year. (4) About the beginning of the Civil War, Howard worked as a bootmaker at Arkadelphia. ________________ * Mr. Baker is archivist for the Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock. 1. Manuscript returns of the U. S. Census of 1860, Schedule 1, Free Inhabitants, and of 1870 and 1880, Schedule 1, Inhabitants, are in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. Microfilm copies of all the returns for Arkansas are at the Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock. James H. Howard was not enumerated in Sevier County in 1860, but in 1870 was listed as residing in Thompson Township, Pike County, and in 1880 its living in Muddy Fork Township, Pike County. Daniel Howard resided in 1860 at Center Point, Blue Bayou Township, Sevier County. 2. Arkadelphia (Ark.) Southern Standard, July 16, Aug. 20, 1870. William B. Howard, also a shoemaker, lived next door to Daniel Howard in 1860 at Center Point, and was probably a brother of James. Manuscript returns of the U. S. Census of 1860, Schedule 1, Free Inhabitants, Blue Bayou Township, Sevier County, Ark. 3. Sevier County Marriage Book 2, P. 199, in County Clerk's Office, DeQueen, Ark. William Hester, who performed the wedding ceremony, lived also in Madison Township. Manuscript returns of the U. S. Census of 1860, Schedule 1, Free Inhabitants, Madison Township, Sevier County, Ark. 4. Manuscript returns of the U. S. Census of 1850, Schedule 1, Free Inhabitants, Thompson Township, Pike County, Ark.; ibid., 1860, Schedule 1, Free Inhabitants, Blue Bayou Township, Sevier County, Ark.; Pike County Tax Books for 1858 and 1859 and Sevier County Tax Book for 1860, at Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock.           Site Contents  Words  Study Questions  Related Sites Next Page