Joseph Howard Jr. was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 11 May 1849, the son of Joseph Howard and Ann Shelton Howard. His parent were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints.
The Howard family, consisting of father, mother and nine children, James, Joseph, Mary Ann, Emma, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Matilda (twins), and Tamar, sailed from England 3 Jun 1864 for America on the ship "Hudson".
The two oldest sons, William and Thomas, came to America and Utah in 1861 to help earn enough money for the rest of the family to come.
They arrived in New York 21 Jul 1864. They went by train and steam ferry to St Joseph, Missouri. This was Civil War time and bridges were burned out and they had to walk carrying their their luggage. They took a steamer from St Joseph to Wyoming, Nebraska where they were to begin their wagon trek to Salt Lake City, Utah. They left 9 Aug 1864 with the William Hyde Company.
Joseph Jr was 15 years old at this time. He drove an ox team for one of the brethern about 200 miles, then he and his brother James accepted jobs driving oxen for a company of freighters. This separated them from their family, and it was hard for them to leave, but the money helped the family get to "Zion". Their mother (Ann) knit James and Joseph stockings as she walked along beside the wagon. When they were finished, she walked back to the company James and Joseph were in and gave them the new stockings she had made them, then walked back to her company. It was daylight when she got back and the Camp was preparing to leave for the days trek. The lived on rations and were often very hungry. The rations became so low that at one time all that was allowed was one-half of a pancake. Their bed consisted of one small horse blanket, half under and half over. This was not very comfortable and not very warm in November. On arriving in Salt Lake, Joseph learned that his mother and two little sisters died and were buried on the plains.
The family settled in West Bountiful, Davis, Utah, where they resided about seven years then homesteaded in what is called Upper Flat.
A story is told of Joseph and his brother Samuel wanting to go to a dance down in the town. Their only means of transportation was the work horses or walk. Their father said the horses had been working hard all day, as the boys had been also, and if they were foolish enough to go, he wasn't going to take it out on the horses and make them go down into the valley and back. So, the boys went walking both ways, carrying a peck of wheat on their backs to pay for their dance tickets. They then saved up money for a pony and would take turns, one riding and one walking.
Joseph was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day-Saints I 1857 while still in England. He married Eliza Jane Kinney 16 Oct 1871 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. They had four children, Joseph Samuel, Matilda Jane, Clarissa Ann and Mary Eveline.
Joseph and Eliza were divorced in 1875.
Joseph married Mary Ann Perkins (Burns) 8 Dec 1873 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. Joseph and Mary Ann lived in Randolph, Rich, Utah.
Joseph and Mary Ann had five children, Mary Ann, William Houston, Effie, Frances Ellen, and Harvey Henry.
In June 1879 the family moved from Randolph to Vernal, Utah. There was but a few houses in Vernal so the family lived in a tent the rest of the summer until Joseph got them a house built, which was late in the Fall. Joseph was a carpenter and was busy building houses for others, for which he received poles and lumber for pay at the rate of $3.00 a day.
Joseph was called to serve a two year mission in England 1897-1899.
After Mary Ann died, Joseph married Maggie Hansen (Nelson) 13 Dec 1917 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Joseph and Maggie lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived in the Sugar House Ward. Joseph died 28 Jul 1930 at his home, 1236 East Twenty-first St. In Salt Lake. He is buried in the Bountiful, Davis, Utah Cemetery.
Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database
Name Joseph Howard
Event Type Mission
Event Date 1897
Event Place Great Britain
Residence Place Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
Birth Date 11 May 1849
Birthplace Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Baptism Date 1857
Date Returned 16 Dec 1899
Father's Name Joseph Howard
Mother's Name Ann Shelton
Page 55
Volume Missionary Register v. 3
By Whom Set Apart S B Young
Date Set Apart 07 Oct 1897
The Howard family, consisting of father, mother and nine children, James, Joseph, Mary Ann, Emma, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Matilda (twins), and Tamar, sailed from England 3 Jun 1864 for America on the ship "Hudson".
The two oldest sons, William and Thomas, came to America and Utah in 1861 to help earn enough money for the rest of the family to come.
They arrived in New York 21 Jul 1864. They went by train and steam ferry to St Joseph, Missouri. This was Civil War time and bridges were burned out and they had to walk carrying their their luggage. They took a steamer from St Joseph to Wyoming, Nebraska where they were to begin their wagon trek to Salt Lake City, Utah. They left 9 Aug 1864 with the William Hyde Company.
Joseph Jr was 15 years old at this time. He drove an ox team for one of the brethern about 200 miles, then he and his brother James accepted jobs driving oxen for a company of freighters. This separated them from their family, and it was hard for them to leave, but the money helped the family get to "Zion". Their mother (Ann) knit James and Joseph stockings as she walked along beside the wagon. When they were finished, she walked back to the company James and Joseph were in and gave them the new stockings she had made them, then walked back to her company. It was daylight when she got back and the Camp was preparing to leave for the days trek. The lived on rations and were often very hungry. The rations became so low that at one time all that was allowed was one-half of a pancake. Their bed consisted of one small horse blanket, half under and half over. This was not very comfortable and not very warm in November. On arriving in Salt Lake, Joseph learned that his mother and two little sisters died and were buried on the plains.
The family settled in West Bountiful, Davis, Utah, where they resided about seven years then homesteaded in what is called Upper Flat.
A story is told of Joseph and his brother Samuel wanting to go to a dance down in the town. Their only means of transportation was the work horses or walk. Their father said the horses had been working hard all day, as the boys had been also, and if they were foolish enough to go, he wasn't going to take it out on the horses and make them go down into the valley and back. So, the boys went walking both ways, carrying a peck of wheat on their backs to pay for their dance tickets. They then saved up money for a pony and would take turns, one riding and one walking.
Joseph was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day-Saints I 1857 while still in England. He married Eliza Jane Kinney 16 Oct 1871 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. They had four children, Joseph Samuel, Matilda Jane, Clarissa Ann and Mary Eveline.
Joseph and Eliza were divorced in 1875.
Joseph married Mary Ann Perkins (Burns) 8 Dec 1873 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. Joseph and Mary Ann lived in Randolph, Rich, Utah.
Joseph and Mary Ann had five children, Mary Ann, William Houston, Effie, Frances Ellen, and Harvey Henry.
In June 1879 the family moved from Randolph to Vernal, Utah. There was but a few houses in Vernal so the family lived in a tent the rest of the summer until Joseph got them a house built, which was late in the Fall. Joseph was a carpenter and was busy building houses for others, for which he received poles and lumber for pay at the rate of $3.00 a day.
Joseph was called to serve a two year mission in England 1897-1899.
After Mary Ann died, Joseph married Maggie Hansen (Nelson) 13 Dec 1917 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Joseph and Maggie lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived in the Sugar House Ward. Joseph died 28 Jul 1930 at his home, 1236 East Twenty-first St. In Salt Lake. He is buried in the Bountiful, Davis, Utah Cemetery.
Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database
Name Joseph Howard
Event Type Mission
Event Date 1897
Event Place Great Britain
Residence Place Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
Birth Date 11 May 1849
Birthplace Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Baptism Date 1857
Date Returned 16 Dec 1899
Father's Name Joseph Howard
Mother's Name Ann Shelton
Page 55
Volume Missionary Register v. 3
By Whom Set Apart S B Young
Date Set Apart 07 Oct 1897
Joseph Howard Jr. was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 11 May 1849, the son of Joseph Howard and Ann Shelton Howard. His parent were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints.
The Howard family, consisting of father, mother and nine children, James, Joseph, Mary Ann, Emma, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Matilda (twins), and Tamar, sailed from England 3 Jun 1864 for America on the ship "Hudson".
The two oldest sons, William and Thomas, came to America and Utah in 1861 to help earn enough money for the rest of the family to come.
They arrived in New York 21 Jul 1864. They went by train and steam ferry to St Joseph, Missouri. This was Civil War time and bridges were burned out and they had to walk carrying their their luggage. They took a steamer from St Joseph to Wyoming, Nebraska where they were to begin their wagon trek to Salt Lake City, Utah. They left 9 Aug 1864 with the William Hyde Company.
Joseph Jr was 15 years old at this time. He drove an ox team for one of the brethern about 200 miles, then he and his brother James accepted jobs driving oxen for a company of freighters. This separated them from their family, and it was hard for them to leave, but the money helped the family get to "Zion". Their mother (Ann) knit James and Joseph stockings as she walked along beside the wagon. When they were finished, she walked back to the company James and Joseph were in and gave them the new stockings she had made them, then walked back to her company. It was daylight when she got back and the Camp was preparing to leave for the days trek. The lived on rations and were often very hungry. The rations became so low that at one time all that was allowed was one-half of a pancake. Their bed consisted of one small horse blanket, half under and half over. This was not very comfortable and not very warm in November. On arriving in Salt Lake, Joseph learned that his mother and two little sisters died and were buried on the plains.
The family settled in West Bountiful, Davis, Utah, where they resided about seven years then homesteaded in what is called Upper Flat.
A story is told of Joseph and his brother Samuel wanting to go to a dance down in the town. Their only means of transportation was the work horses or walk. Their father said the horses had been working hard all day, as the boys had been also, and if they were foolish enough to go, he wasn't going to take it out on the horses and make them go down into the valley and back. So, the boys went walking both ways, carrying a peck of wheat on their backs to pay for their dance tickets. They then saved up money for a pony and would take turns, one riding and one walking.
Joseph was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day-Saints I 1857 while still in England. He married Eliza Jane Kinney 16 Oct 1871 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. They had four children, Joseph Samuel, Matilda Jane, Clarissa Ann and Mary Eveline.
Joseph and Eliza were divorced in 1875.
Joseph married Mary Ann Perkins (Burns) 8 Dec 1873 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. Joseph and Mary Ann lived in Randolph, Rich, Utah.
Joseph and Mary Ann had five children, Mary Ann, William Houston, Effie, Frances Ellen, and Harvey Henry.
In June 1879 the family moved from Randolph to Vernal, Utah. There was but a few houses in Vernal so the family lived in a tent the rest of the summer until Joseph got them a house built, which was late in the Fall. Joseph was a carpenter and was busy building houses for others, for which he received poles and lumber for pay at the rate of $3.00 a day.
Joseph was called to serve a two year mission in England 1897-1899.
After Mary Ann died, Joseph married Maggie Hansen (Nelson) 13 Dec 1917 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Joseph and Maggie lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived in the Sugar House Ward. Joseph died 28 Jul 1930 at his home, 1236 East Twenty-first St. In Salt Lake. He is buried in the Bountiful, Davis, Utah Cemetery.
Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database
Name Joseph Howard
Event Type Mission
Event Date 1897
Event Place Great Britain
Residence Place Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
Birth Date 11 May 1849
Birthplace Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Baptism Date 1857
Date Returned 16 Dec 1899
Father's Name Joseph Howard
Mother's Name Ann Shelton
Page 55
Volume Missionary Register v. 3
By Whom Set Apart S B Young
Date Set Apart 07 Oct 1897
The Howard family, consisting of father, mother and nine children, James, Joseph, Mary Ann, Emma, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Matilda (twins), and Tamar, sailed from England 3 Jun 1864 for America on the ship "Hudson".
The two oldest sons, William and Thomas, came to America and Utah in 1861 to help earn enough money for the rest of the family to come.
They arrived in New York 21 Jul 1864. They went by train and steam ferry to St Joseph, Missouri. This was Civil War time and bridges were burned out and they had to walk carrying their their luggage. They took a steamer from St Joseph to Wyoming, Nebraska where they were to begin their wagon trek to Salt Lake City, Utah. They left 9 Aug 1864 with the William Hyde Company.
Joseph Jr was 15 years old at this time. He drove an ox team for one of the brethern about 200 miles, then he and his brother James accepted jobs driving oxen for a company of freighters. This separated them from their family, and it was hard for them to leave, but the money helped the family get to "Zion". Their mother (Ann) knit James and Joseph stockings as she walked along beside the wagon. When they were finished, she walked back to the company James and Joseph were in and gave them the new stockings she had made them, then walked back to her company. It was daylight when she got back and the Camp was preparing to leave for the days trek. The lived on rations and were often very hungry. The rations became so low that at one time all that was allowed was one-half of a pancake. Their bed consisted of one small horse blanket, half under and half over. This was not very comfortable and not very warm in November. On arriving in Salt Lake, Joseph learned that his mother and two little sisters died and were buried on the plains.
The family settled in West Bountiful, Davis, Utah, where they resided about seven years then homesteaded in what is called Upper Flat.
A story is told of Joseph and his brother Samuel wanting to go to a dance down in the town. Their only means of transportation was the work horses or walk. Their father said the horses had been working hard all day, as the boys had been also, and if they were foolish enough to go, he wasn't going to take it out on the horses and make them go down into the valley and back. So, the boys went walking both ways, carrying a peck of wheat on their backs to pay for their dance tickets. They then saved up money for a pony and would take turns, one riding and one walking.
Joseph was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day-Saints I 1857 while still in England. He married Eliza Jane Kinney 16 Oct 1871 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. They had four children, Joseph Samuel, Matilda Jane, Clarissa Ann and Mary Eveline.
Joseph and Eliza were divorced in 1875.
Joseph married Mary Ann Perkins (Burns) 8 Dec 1873 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. Joseph and Mary Ann lived in Randolph, Rich, Utah.
Joseph and Mary Ann had five children, Mary Ann, William Houston, Effie, Frances Ellen, and Harvey Henry.
In June 1879 the family moved from Randolph to Vernal, Utah. There was but a few houses in Vernal so the family lived in a tent the rest of the summer until Joseph got them a house built, which was late in the Fall. Joseph was a carpenter and was busy building houses for others, for which he received poles and lumber for pay at the rate of $3.00 a day.
Joseph was called to serve a two year mission in England 1897-1899.
After Mary Ann died, Joseph married Maggie Hansen (Nelson) 13 Dec 1917 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Joseph and Maggie lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived in the Sugar House Ward. Joseph died 28 Jul 1930 at his home, 1236 East Twenty-first St. In Salt Lake. He is buried in the Bountiful, Davis, Utah Cemetery.
Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database
Name Joseph Howard
Event Type Mission
Event Date 1897
Event Place Great Britain
Residence Place Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
Birth Date 11 May 1849
Birthplace Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Baptism Date 1857
Date Returned 16 Dec 1899
Father's Name Joseph Howard
Mother's Name Ann Shelton
Page 55
Volume Missionary Register v. 3
By Whom Set Apart S B Young
Date Set Apart 07 Oct 1897
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