Mother: Alice Ann Abbott
Married: June 20, 1867, Illinois
Wife: Rebecca Jane Sisson
Henry & Rebecca Howarth had 9 known children:
John Henry, Effy, William Frank, Bessie A., Elizabeth Alice, Charles Edwin, Agnes Barbara, Harry and James Lawrence Howarth.
Per Henry Aten's History of the 85th Illinois Infantry, published in, 1901.
Henry Howarth, private, Company D, 85th Illinois Infantry was born in Blackburn, Lancaster county, England, in 1844, emigrated to Illinois and enlisted as a farmer from Bath, Illinois. He served with his company until severly wounded at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, September 1, 1864, and was honorably discharged May 20, 1865. He was accidentally killed by a train in the tunnel at St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1890.
Mother: Alice Ann Abbott
Married: June 20, 1867, Illinois
Wife: Rebecca Jane Sisson
Henry & Rebecca Howarth had 9 known children:
John Henry, Effy, William Frank, Bessie A., Elizabeth Alice, Charles Edwin, Agnes Barbara, Harry and James Lawrence Howarth.
Per Henry Aten's History of the 85th Illinois Infantry, published in, 1901.
Henry Howarth, private, Company D, 85th Illinois Infantry was born in Blackburn, Lancaster county, England, in 1844, emigrated to Illinois and enlisted as a farmer from Bath, Illinois. He served with his company until severly wounded at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, September 1, 1864, and was honorably discharged May 20, 1865. He was accidentally killed by a train in the tunnel at St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1890.
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