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ASA JOHN HOWARD, who is now living retired in the village of Pepin county, after a long career of agricultural activity, was born in Pepin township, this county, Dec. 19, 1861, son of Thomas and Mahala (Kephart) Howard. The parents were both born in Pennsylvania, the father in 1827. It is a long way back to the year 1848, and the memory of the oldest settler living today can but faintly recall that almost forgotten period - when gold had not yet been discovered in California or Australia, when there was no railroad across the American continent, when the woods and forests of Wisconsin and the other northwestern states were inhabited almost entirely by Indians and wild game, and white settlers were few and far between - yet it was in that year that Thomas Howard made his appearance in Pepin county, taking a homestead in Frankfort township, near the dividing line between that township and Pepin. The tract of land he cleared was on or near that prominent elevation that has since been known as Howard Hill, it having been named in his honor. The hill, however, lies in Pepin township on the road to Durand. In that locality he resided for a number of years, developing a farm, and taking active part in public affairs as a member of the town and school boards. Subsequently he sold that farm and moved to Hicks Valley, in Pepin township, and later to Sand Prairie, near the village of Pepin, where he spent his last years, dying in 1894. His wife, Mahala, passed away the same year. They had a family of nine children, as follows: David D., born May 13, 1852, who died Oct. 16, 1871; Fannie J., born March 7, 1860; Asa John, the direct subject of this sketch, born Dec. 19, 1861; Maggie C, born March 31, 1864; William T., born April 1, 1867; Mary M., born July 4, 1869, who died March 3, 1871; Theodore C, born April 12, 1871, who died March 28, 1877; James P., born Oct. 6, 1873, who died in May, 1917; and Charles Crosby, born June 30, 1876. Asa John Howard in his boyhood attended school in the Hicks Valley district, Pepin township, and his early industrial years were spent on his father's farm, which he helped to improve. He was thus occupied until the time of his marriage, in 1884, and then bought the farm on Big Hill, in Pepin township, a farm of 89 acres, which he cleared and on which he erected good modern buildings. There he was successfully engaged in agriculture until 1913, in which year he sold the farm and moved to Pepin village, where he has since lived retired, in the enjoyment of a competency. He is a shareholder in the Pepin Creamery, the Farmers' Telephone Company and the Pepin pickle factory. Formerly Mr. Howard was a member of the school board of his district, being independent in politics. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and also to the Modern Woodmen Camp at Pepin. O n Dec. 19, 1884, Asa J. Howard was united in marriage with Ameha Feddern, who was born in Pepin village, Feb. 12, 1863, daughter of Fred and Appalonia Kuebler. When she was a babe but three days old she had the misfortune to lose her mother, and her father being drafted into the army for service in the Civil War, she was adopted by Fred Feddern, a farmer of Frankfort township. Her father, Fred Kuebler, who served in a Wisconsin infantry regiment, was proprietor of a bakery and confectionery store in Pepin. Mr. and Mrs. Asa J. Howard are the parents of three children: Glenn Roy, born Feb. 24, 1887; Reba May, born June 28, 1893, and Lowell Asa, born March 11, 1901, of whom Lowell Asa is the only one residing at home. Glenn Roy, who married Vera Stevens, lives at Stockholm, Wis., being an employe of the C, B. & Q. railroad. Reba May is the wife of Hiram McClarey, of Maiden Rock township. Pierce county. Wis., and has one child, whose name is Howard. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, Vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919) p 855-856 tr by M Saggio]
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ASA JOHN HOWARD, who is now living retired in the village of Pepin county, after a long career of agricultural activity, was born in Pepin township, this county, Dec. 19, 1861, son of Thomas and Mahala (Kephart) Howard. The parents were both born in Pennsylvania, the father in 1827. It is a long way back to the year 1848, and the memory of the oldest settler living today can but faintly recall that almost forgotten period - when gold had not yet been discovered in California or Australia, when there was no railroad across the American continent, when the woods and forests of Wisconsin and the other northwestern states were inhabited almost entirely by Indians and wild game, and white settlers were few and far between - yet it was in that year that Thomas Howard made his appearance in Pepin county, taking a homestead in Frankfort township, near the dividing line between that township and Pepin. The tract of land he cleared was on or near that prominent elevation that has since been known as Howard Hill, it having been named in his honor. The hill, however, lies in Pepin township on the road to Durand. In that locality he resided for a number of years, developing a farm, and taking active part in public affairs as a member of the town and school boards. Subsequently he sold that farm and moved to Hicks Valley, in Pepin township, and later to Sand Prairie, near the village of Pepin, where he spent his last years, dying in 1894. His wife, Mahala, passed away the same year. They had a family of nine children, as follows: David D., born May 13, 1852, who died Oct. 16, 1871; Fannie J., born March 7, 1860; Asa John, the direct subject of this sketch, born Dec. 19, 1861; Maggie C, born March 31, 1864; William T., born April 1, 1867; Mary M., born July 4, 1869, who died March 3, 1871; Theodore C, born April 12, 1871, who died March 28, 1877; James P., born Oct. 6, 1873, who died in May, 1917; and Charles Crosby, born June 30, 1876. Asa John Howard in his boyhood attended school in the Hicks Valley district, Pepin township, and his early industrial years were spent on his father's farm, which he helped to improve. He was thus occupied until the time of his marriage, in 1884, and then bought the farm on Big Hill, in Pepin township, a farm of 89 acres, which he cleared and on which he erected good modern buildings. There he was successfully engaged in agriculture until 1913, in which year he sold the farm and moved to Pepin village, where he has since lived retired, in the enjoyment of a competency. He is a shareholder in the Pepin Creamery, the Farmers' Telephone Company and the Pepin pickle factory. Formerly Mr. Howard was a member of the school board of his district, being independent in politics. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and also to the Modern Woodmen Camp at Pepin. O n Dec. 19, 1884, Asa J. Howard was united in marriage with Ameha Feddern, who was born in Pepin village, Feb. 12, 1863, daughter of Fred and Appalonia Kuebler. When she was a babe but three days old she had the misfortune to lose her mother, and her father being drafted into the army for service in the Civil War, she was adopted by Fred Feddern, a farmer of Frankfort township. Her father, Fred Kuebler, who served in a Wisconsin infantry regiment, was proprietor of a bakery and confectionery store in Pepin. Mr. and Mrs. Asa J. Howard are the parents of three children: Glenn Roy, born Feb. 24, 1887; Reba May, born June 28, 1893, and Lowell Asa, born March 11, 1901, of whom Lowell Asa is the only one residing at home. Glenn Roy, who married Vera Stevens, lives at Stockholm, Wis., being an employe of the C, B. & Q. railroad. Reba May is the wife of Hiram McClarey, of Maiden Rock township. Pierce county. Wis., and has one child, whose name is Howard. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, Vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919) p 855-856 tr by M Saggio]
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ASA JOHN HOWARD, who is now living retired in the village of Pepin county, after a long career of agricultural activity, was born in Pepin township, this county, Dec. 19, 1861, son of Thomas and Mahala (Kephart) Howard. The parents were both born in Pennsylvania, the father in 1827. It is a long way back to the year 1848, and the memory of the oldest settler living today can but faintly recall that almost forgotten period - when gold had not yet been discovered in California or Australia, when there was no railroad across the American continent, when the woods and forests of Wisconsin and the other northwestern states were inhabited almost entirely by Indians and wild game, and white settlers were few and far between - yet it was in that year that Thomas Howard made his appearance in Pepin county, taking a homestead in Frankfort township, near the dividing line between that township and Pepin. The tract of land he cleared was on or near that prominent elevation that has since been known as Howard Hill, it having been named in his honor. The hill, however, lies in Pepin township on the road to Durand. In that locality he resided for a number of years, developing a farm, and taking active part in public affairs as a member of the town and school boards. Subsequently he sold that farm and moved to Hicks Valley, in Pepin township, and later to Sand Prairie, near the village of Pepin, where he spent his last years, dying in 1894. His wife, Mahala, passed away the same year. They had a family of nine children, as follows: David D., born May 13, 1852, who died Oct. 16, 1871; Fannie J., born March 7, 1860; Asa John, the direct subject of this sketch, born Dec. 19, 1861; Maggie C, born March 31, 1864; William T., born April 1, 1867; Mary M., born July 4, 1869, who died March 3, 1871; Theodore C, born April 12, 1871, who died March 28, 1877; James P., born Oct. 6, 1873, who died in May, 1917; and Charles Crosby, born June 30, 1876. Asa John Howard in his boyhood attended school in the Hicks Valley district, Pepin township, and his early industrial years were spent on his father's farm, which he helped to improve. He was thus occupied until the time of his marriage, in 1884, and then bought the farm on Big Hill, in Pepin township, a farm of 89 acres, which he cleared and on which he erected good modern buildings. There he was successfully engaged in agriculture until 1913, in which year he sold the farm and moved to Pepin village, where he has since lived retired, in the enjoyment of a competency. He is a shareholder in the Pepin Creamery, the Farmers' Telephone Company and the Pepin pickle factory. Formerly Mr. Howard was a member of the school board of his district, being independent in politics. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and also to the Modern Woodmen Camp at Pepin. O n Dec. 19, 1884, Asa J. Howard was united in marriage with Ameha Feddern, who was born in Pepin village, Feb. 12, 1863, daughter of Fred and Appalonia Kuebler. When she was a babe but three days old she had the misfortune to lose her mother, and her father being drafted into the army for service in the Civil War, she was adopted by Fred Feddern, a farmer of Frankfort township. Her father, Fred Kuebler, who served in a Wisconsin infantry regiment, was proprietor of a bakery and confectionery store in Pepin. Mr. and Mrs. Asa J. Howard are the parents of three children: Glenn Roy, born Feb. 24, 1887; Reba May, born June 28, 1893, and Lowell Asa, born March 11, 1901, of whom Lowell Asa is the only one residing at home. Glenn Roy, who married Vera Stevens, lives at Stockholm, Wis., being an employe of the C, B. & Q. railroad. Reba May is the wife of Hiram McClarey, of Maiden Rock township. Pierce county. Wis., and has one child, whose name is Howard. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, Vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919) p 855-856 tr by M Saggio]
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ASA JOHN HOWARD, who is now living retired in the village of Pepin county, after a long career of agricultural activity, was born in Pepin township, this county, Dec. 19, 1861, son of Thomas and Mahala (Kephart) Howard. The parents were both born in Pennsylvania, the father in 1827. It is a long way back to the year 1848, and the memory of the oldest settler living today can but faintly recall that almost forgotten period - when gold had not yet been discovered in California or Australia, when there was no railroad across the American continent, when the woods and forests of Wisconsin and the other northwestern states were inhabited almost entirely by Indians and wild game, and white settlers were few and far between - yet it was in that year that Thomas Howard made his appearance in Pepin county, taking a homestead in Frankfort township, near the dividing line between that township and Pepin. The tract of land he cleared was on or near that prominent elevation that has since been known as Howard Hill, it having been named in his honor. The hill, however, lies in Pepin township on the road to Durand. In that locality he resided for a number of years, developing a farm, and taking active part in public affairs as a member of the town and school boards. Subsequently he sold that farm and moved to Hicks Valley, in Pepin township, and later to Sand Prairie, near the village of Pepin, where he spent his last years, dying in 1894. His wife, Mahala, passed away the same year. They had a family of nine children, as follows: David D., born May 13, 1852, who died Oct. 16, 1871; Fannie J., born March 7, 1860; Asa John, the direct subject of this sketch, born Dec. 19, 1861; Maggie C, born March 31, 1864; William T., born April 1, 1867; Mary M., born July 4, 1869, who died March 3, 1871; Theodore C, born April 12, 1871, who died March 28, 1877; James P., born Oct. 6, 1873, who died in May, 1917; and Charles Crosby, born June 30, 1876. Asa John Howard in his boyhood attended school in the Hicks Valley district, Pepin township, and his early industrial years were spent on his father's farm, which he helped to improve. He was thus occupied until the time of his marriage, in 1884, and then bought the farm on Big Hill, in Pepin township, a farm of 89 acres, which he cleared and on which he erected good modern buildings. There he was successfully engaged in agriculture until 1913, in which year he sold the farm and moved to Pepin village, where he has since lived retired, in the enjoyment of a competency. He is a shareholder in the Pepin Creamery, the Farmers' Telephone Company and the Pepin pickle factory. Formerly Mr. Howard was a member of the school board of his district, being independent in politics. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and also to the Modern Woodmen Camp at Pepin. O n Dec. 19, 1884, Asa J. Howard was united in marriage with Ameha Feddern, who was born in Pepin village, Feb. 12, 1863, daughter of Fred and Appalonia Kuebler. When she was a babe but three days old she had the misfortune to lose her mother, and her father being drafted into the army for service in the Civil War, she was adopted by Fred Feddern, a farmer of Frankfort township. Her father, Fred Kuebler, who served in a Wisconsin infantry regiment, was proprietor of a bakery and confectionery store in Pepin. Mr. and Mrs. Asa J. Howard are the parents of three children: Glenn Roy, born Feb. 24, 1887; Reba May, born June 28, 1893, and Lowell Asa, born March 11, 1901, of whom Lowell Asa is the only one residing at home. Glenn Roy, who married Vera Stevens, lives at Stockholm, Wis., being an employe of the C, B. & Q. railroad. Reba May is the wife of Hiram McClarey, of Maiden Rock township. Pierce county. Wis., and has one child, whose name is Howard. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, Vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919) p 855-856 tr by M Saggio]
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