Rowland Bailey Howard
(1795–1840)
BIRTH
July 29, 1795
PLACE
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
DEATH
April 30, 1840
PLACE
Leeds, Maine
FAMILY
WIFE
Eliza Otis Howard
(1804–1888)
CHILDREN
Oliver Otis Howard
(1830-1909)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Rowland Bailey Howard was a Maine farmer and father of Civil War general Oliver Otis Howard. He died when Oliver was nine. One of his sons also bore the name Rowland Bailey Howard.
EARLY LIFE
Rowland Bailey Howard farmed the family's land at Leeds, Maine. His son Oliver Otis Howard recalled farm workers helping at the household.
CAREER
DEATH
Rowland Bailey Howard died at Leeds on April 30, 1840. A family biographical sketch preserved by Bowdoin College says he suffered a hemorrhage from the lungs while attending church and died soon afterward.
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