Kenneth E HOWARD

Notes:

He died in a single-vehicle car crash near Medford. The article in the Medford Mail, 14 Sep 1936:

Kenneth Howard, who makes his home in Ashland when not working at his father’s little sawmill 16 miles from the Pacific Highway on the Dead Indian road, was killed while returning Miss Beatrice Mansfield to her home at the Knox camp in Jacksonville. Howard was driving his light roadster toward Jacksonville on West Main street at what police believe must have been a fast pace. At the Columbus avenue intersection the right wheels of the roadster hit the two deep declevities mad by cars turning onto the dirt-surfaced Columbus street. The car evidently bounce into the air and came down skidding, slanting to the left across the highway. It skidded to the far side of the pavement, hit the gutter and leaped into the air according to reconstructed evidence. It landed on its radiator, leaving the radiator cap buried in the earth, leaped on over in a high arc to form a complete forward somersault, and landed on its side, rolling over four or five times before coming to rest about 75 feet from the start of the skid. Howard was killed instantly, the entire lower half of his skull crushed by some blow, and the left chest crushed and the ribs broken. His body was thrown clear on the last turn that the car made and was found 10 feet from the machine. Miss Mansfield was also thrown from the gyrating auto and was found unconscious a few feet from Howard’s body. The girl was rushed to a local hospital where her condition was pronounced not serious. She received a gash over both eyes and painful bruises but returned to her home in Jacksonville early Sunday morning. Police found two bottles of wine at the scene, one a fifth full in the torn wreckage of the car and one a fifth empty lying in the dirt near the scene. There were no witnesses to the crash.

Birth:
not in the California birth index

Other Events and Attributes:

• Oregon Death Certificate: 6297

Notes:

Clarence registered for the draft at Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, on September 12, 1918, serial # 856, Order #A743. (His brother-in-law, Jesse Engel, was ahead of him in line, serial number 829, Order number A580.) His permanent address is Wonder, Josephine, Oregon. His occupation is lumberman but no employer is listed. His nearest relative is Lavina E. Howard of Wonder. Clarence is described as tall and slender with blue eyes and brown hair.

His obit says that he was survived by a daughter, Dorothy Baker of Palo Alto, California, a sister, and two brothers.

In October of 1944, he was elected grand prelate of the Oregon Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias. At that time, he was a member of the Medford, Oregon, Talisman lodge.

Birth:
His obit says 1875

Clarence married LaVina (Vinnie) Ellen ENGEL on 20 Jun 1900 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. LaVina (daughter of August ENGEL and Sarah A SADDLER) was born on 23 Oct 1875 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; died on 30 Jan 1943 in Jackson County, Oregon; was buried in Eastwood IOOF Cemetery, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, the family is living in Table Rock Township, Siskiyou County, California. Clarence is a laborer in a saw mill. Lavina is shown as having had 3 children, 2 still living.

In the probate records for her father’s estate, she is listed as Vinnie Howard, daughter, Ashland, Oregon.

She is described as Mrs. C. H. Howard of Wonder in the article on her sister Clara’s marriage in 1918.

In the 1920 census, the family is living in Ashland, Oregon. Clarence is a machinist for a steam railroad.

In the 1930 census, Clarence and Lavina are living in the Jerome Prairie election district in Josephine County, Oregon. Clarence is a farmer.

In the 1940 census, the couple lives in Ophir Precinct, Curry County, Oregon. Clarence is the proprietor of a saw mill.

Her obit says that she was survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Howard Baker of San Francisco, and three brothers back in Wisconsin: J.L. Engel of Madison, Bert Engel of Chippewa Falls, and William Engel of Pepin.

Oliver married Mary E LEVELLS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The family name was spelled in the 1860 census as Engle, in the 1870 census as Ingles, in the 1880 census as Engel, and in the 1900 census as Engle.

His son William’s obit referred to August’s farm as “on Big Hill.”

In the 1895 state census, he is August Engel. His household consists of 6 males and 2 females, 7 of whom were born in the U.S. and 1 in Germany. This suggests that Sarah may have died by 1895 and that one of the girls was not living at home.

According to the 1900 census he came to the U.S. in 1854.

August Engel, 63, retired farmer, and Anna, 49, are living in the village of Pepin at the time of the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census, he lives in Pepin County. Living with him are the widow Lousia Anderson, housekeeper, age 24, and her two children, Vernon H., 2, and Elma E., eight months. (She may be the Mrs. Lucy Anderson who was a witness to August’s will. She later filed a claim against the estate and was awarded $600.)

The probate of his estate was initiated by his son William, as executor, in March of 1916. That proceeding was completed on 25 March 1918 in Pepin.

August’s real estate at the time of his death was described in the probate documents as follows:

SW ¼ of NW ¼ of Sec 3 of Town 23 Range 14, 40 acres, valued at $2800.
W ½ of SE ¼ of SW ¼ of Section 34 of Town 24 Range 14, 20 acres valued at $300.
SE ¼ of SW ¼ of Section 4 of Town 23 Range 14, 40 acres valued at $375.
SW ¼ of SE ¼ of Section 4 of Town 23 Range 14, 40 acres valued at $1525.
South end of Lot no. 6, Section 22, Town 23 Range 14, 22 acres valued at $150.
Lots 9, 10, and 11 of Block 8, Village of Pepin, valued at $1800.
Lot 1 of Block 8, Village of Pepin, valued at $75.
SW corner of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NW ¼ of Section 25, Town 23 Range 15, illegible but perhaps valued at $600.

August’s estate also contained a note from Schruth Brothers, 1915, valued at $250 and one horse valued at $150.

Birth:
the record for his marriage to Anna Fuller shows his birthplace as Frienstein, Prussia

Died:
date from probate record

Buried:
as August Engel

August married Sarah A SADDLER on 21 Jun 1865 in Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. Sarah (daughter of William F SADDLER and Rachel S JONES) was born on 8 Sep 1849 in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Jan 1893 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1870 census, neither she nor her husband could read or write. In that census she was indicated as having a father of foreign birth although the 1880 census indicates that both of her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Birth:
date according to the story of her father in History of Chippewa County

Died:
from gravestone

Notes:

In the 1860 census, Frederic and his family are farming in the town of Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. His real estate is worth $400 and his personal estate is worth $100.

Frederic married Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina was born about 1804 in Germany (Prussia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1870 census, she is a widow and is living with her son Adolph on the family farm in Pepin County.

Notes:

From Find A Grave and Cynthia and the History of Chippewa County, published in 1891-1892.

William F. Saddler was born in Armstrong county, Pa. July 28, 1827, a son of Isaac P. Saddler, D.D., and Sarah C. (Philliber) Saddler, who were of German descent. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Oliver, Jefferson county, Pa., which was then a wilderness.

He received but little education, and at eighteen years of age began life as a laborer. December 21, 1848, he married Rachel S. Jones, who was born June 10, 1828, and died May 21, 1870. They had six children, as follows: Henry P.; Sarah A. (Mrs. A. Engel), born September 8, 1849; William I., October 5, 1851; John W., April 20, 1854 died November 2, 1886; Nancy E. (Mrs. G. Wartinby), December 4, 1856, died October 8, 1877; and Vinnie E., born February 18, 1870, died August 3, 1870. April 16, 1871, Mr. Saddler married Mrs. Eliza Fayerweather, and in April, 1855, the family removed to Pepin.

Mr. Saddler had just sufficient means to buy eighty acres of wild land on section nineteen, township twenty-three, range fourteen, and began working out to support his family. He helped to build the mill for Mills & Ingalls, and ground the first grain and sawed the first lumber there in in the spring of 1856.

[The Isaac Ingalls family was listed next to the Saddlers in the 1860 census. Isaac was born in Maine and was not, alas, related to Charles Ingalls, the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who lived in Pepin County in the second half of the 1860s.]

As soon as he was able he built a log house and began to improve his farm. His first team was a pair of calves reared by himself, and the vehicle was a sled hewed out by himself. The embryo oxen began to do duty as yearlings, drawing wood and water for the house, and soon after were set to plowing. By patient industry and perserverance the little farm was finally converted into a comfortable home.

August 30, 1862, Mr. Saddler enlisted in Company G, Sixteenth Wisconsin infantry, Chippewa guards. They took part in the battle of Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg, serving mostly in detached pioneer corps. He came home on furlough, with malarial fever, September 3, 1863, but returned in ninety days and was soon obliged to go to the hospital, where he remained until the close of the war, when he returned to the farm, where he lived till 1881, when he removed to the village.

Besides having considerable sickness in his family, Mr. Saddler met with several severe financial losses. He had about $1000 worth of horses killed by lightning and disease, which was very discouraging in those early days.

He takes an active interest in politics, taking the side of the Republicans. He has served as treasurer, assessor and supervisor of the town. He is also a notary public, and has declined nominations for assemblyman and county treasurer. He is a member of the American Protective association.

In the 1850 census, he and his family lived in Pine Creek Twp, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

He was part of the 16th Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. He was in the service between 30 August 1862 and 10 May 1865.

William married Rachel S JONES on 21 Dec 1848 in Pennsylvania. Rachel was born on 10 Jun 1828 in Pennsylvania; died on 21 May 1870 in Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Shares a gravestone with her daughter Vinnie.