Fred was the 3rd of 8 children born to Sarah Williams and George Howard, who was a cabinetmaker. He grew up in Plymouth and was apprenticed as an ornamental plasterer.
About 1905, Fred and an older brother, George, emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, in response to an advertisement offering plentiful work for all for came. The plentiful work turned out to be mostly harvesting crops and, within 2 years, Fred bought the return half of someone's train ticket and came to Chattanooga, TN. He rented rooms from Dora and Thompson Allen -- and met Dora's sister, Blanche Davis, when she visited there.
Fred and Blanche were married on November 1, 1909, in Birmingham, AL. As a surprise wedding gift, Fred built a home for them on Summer St. in Chattanooga. They made their home there until 1923, when Fred moved the family to High Point, NC, to open one of the country's early builders' supply companies.
Fred missed being a contractor, and moved the family again, in 1925, to Tampa, FL. When the building boom fell apart there, his family remained in Tampa, and Fred went to work on public buildings under construction in Atlanta, GA. Hiding somewhere under drop ceilings in the State of GA Library is Fred's ornamental plasterwork.
Fred was injured while working and taken to the hospital, where he died of a staph infection. He is buried with other members of his wife's family in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
About 1905, Fred and an older brother, George, emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, in response to an advertisement offering plentiful work for all for came. The plentiful work turned out to be mostly harvesting crops and, within 2 years, Fred bought the return half of someone's train ticket and came to Chattanooga, TN. He rented rooms from Dora and Thompson Allen -- and met Dora's sister, Blanche Davis, when she visited there.
Fred and Blanche were married on November 1, 1909, in Birmingham, AL. As a surprise wedding gift, Fred built a home for them on Summer St. in Chattanooga. They made their home there until 1923, when Fred moved the family to High Point, NC, to open one of the country's early builders' supply companies.
Fred missed being a contractor, and moved the family again, in 1925, to Tampa, FL. When the building boom fell apart there, his family remained in Tampa, and Fred went to work on public buildings under construction in Atlanta, GA. Hiding somewhere under drop ceilings in the State of GA Library is Fred's ornamental plasterwork.
Fred was injured while working and taken to the hospital, where he died of a staph infection. He is buried with other members of his wife's family in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
Fred was the 3rd of 8 children born to Sarah Williams and George Howard, who was a cabinetmaker. He grew up in Plymouth and was apprenticed as an ornamental plasterer.
About 1905, Fred and an older brother, George, emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, in response to an advertisement offering plentiful work for all for came. The plentiful work turned out to be mostly harvesting crops and, within 2 years, Fred bought the return half of someone's train ticket and came to Chattanooga, TN. He rented rooms from Dora and Thompson Allen -- and met Dora's sister, Blanche Davis, when she visited there.
Fred and Blanche were married on November 1, 1909, in Birmingham, AL. As a surprise wedding gift, Fred built a home for them on Summer St. in Chattanooga. They made their home there until 1923, when Fred moved the family to High Point, NC, to open one of the country's early builders' supply companies.
Fred missed being a contractor, and moved the family again, in 1925, to Tampa, FL. When the building boom fell apart there, his family remained in Tampa, and Fred went to work on public buildings under construction in Atlanta, GA. Hiding somewhere under drop ceilings in the State of GA Library is Fred's ornamental plasterwork.
Fred was injured while working and taken to the hospital, where he died of a staph infection. He is buried with other members of his wife's family in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
About 1905, Fred and an older brother, George, emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, in response to an advertisement offering plentiful work for all for came. The plentiful work turned out to be mostly harvesting crops and, within 2 years, Fred bought the return half of someone's train ticket and came to Chattanooga, TN. He rented rooms from Dora and Thompson Allen -- and met Dora's sister, Blanche Davis, when she visited there.
Fred and Blanche were married on November 1, 1909, in Birmingham, AL. As a surprise wedding gift, Fred built a home for them on Summer St. in Chattanooga. They made their home there until 1923, when Fred moved the family to High Point, NC, to open one of the country's early builders' supply companies.
Fred missed being a contractor, and moved the family again, in 1925, to Tampa, FL. When the building boom fell apart there, his family remained in Tampa, and Fred went to work on public buildings under construction in Atlanta, GA. Hiding somewhere under drop ceilings in the State of GA Library is Fred's ornamental plasterwork.
Fred was injured while working and taken to the hospital, where he died of a staph infection. He is buried with other members of his wife's family in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
