Kenneth E HOWARD

1908 - 1936  (28 years)

• Name	Kenneth E HOWARD
  Birth	21 Jul 1908	Siskiyou County, California
  	not in the California birth index
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Sep 1936	Medford, Jackson County, Oregon
  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.
  Person ID	I8697	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Clarence Caleb HOWARD,   b. 8 Oct 1874, Pepin County, Wisconsin d. 27 Sep 1946, Lane County, Oregon (Age 71 years)
  Mother	LaVina (Vinnie) Ellen ENGEL,   b. 23 Oct 1875, Pepin County, Wisconsin d. 30 Jan 1943, Jackson County, Oregon (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1900	Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F6531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart