Ancestry of
John Watts Young

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James Howland

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of John Watts Young — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1817 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ohio 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 22 Sep 1860 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Richland County, Illinois 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Ann Eyler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Jan 1839 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Brown County, Ohio 
  • Child:

  Henry Wharton Howland (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  • Notes: 

  • James Howland was a Methodist minister.

• Sources for James Howland

  • ¹ Democratic Standard (Georgetown, Ohio), 24 AUG 1841, p. 4, Estate of Joseph Eylar.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Brown County, 1850, Jackson, Image 10 of 30.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, Richland County, 1860, Madison, p. 186, Image 25 of 27.
  • ⁴ Illinois, U.S., State Census Collection, 1825-1865, 1855, Richland County, Township 8, Image 2 of 23.
  • ⁵ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Marriage record for James Howland and Martha Ann Eyler.
  • ⁶ Olney Advocate (Olney, Illinois), 26 MAY 1911, p. 4, Obituary for son Henry Wharton Howland.