Jean M. Fox. Letters from 1860 The Howrards of Farmington. Farmington Hills Historical Commission, 1994.
| 1 | Letters from 1860 THE HOWARDS of FARMINGTON Farmington Hill |
| 2 | Letters from 1860 THE HOWARDS of FARMINGTON by Jean M. Fox |
| 3 | Table of Contents Page The Howards of Farmington 1 An Acros |
| 4 | : '***'~~~~~·i ?% ^li·, (1821 - 1866) |
| 5 | The Howards of Farmington By Jean M. Fox For more than a ce |
| 6 | hands by the age of 14-16 years. The penmanship, the senten |
| 7 | From his great-great-grandson, Lee Cox, who lives in Farmin |
| 8 | For Elizabeth Howard had three brothers and four sisters. T |
| 9 | Child-Rearing Ways Facing a pioneer environment demanded da |
| 10 | To E. & L. Lamb My dear daughters The affection of a father |
| 11 | Here are several examples, one ca. 1860 and those from Theo |
| 12 | My dear boys - you are to promise before God -- that you wi |
| 13 | LITTLE FRANKIE or Almost An Honest Boy Little Frankie was t |
| 14 | hours of liberty, to go somewhere and get some boy notions, |
| 15 | of life will rise before you, but mount every obstacle that |
| 16 | Love God My dear boys! First, and above all, love God with |
| 17 | "I'll go and tell him all I've done "Fall down before his f |
| 18 | Death of the Twin Boys A traumatic event for early settlers |
| 19 | doubtful whcther we will be able to leave long enough to at |
| 20 | sore now and tomorrow we must see him put in the ground. .. |
| 21 | Farmington, Dec. 16 - 1859 Dear Parents -- I write in haste |
| 22 | The baby is decidedly better. Thro the night for a time he |
| 23 | With fear, one of the boys between the Wheels. Quick! quick |
| 24 | The Civil War The Howards sent one soldier to the Civil War |
| 25 | curdle in his veins to think "Lexington" where our loved fl |
| 26 | ly understood that it is not a "war of slavery". Our govern |
| 27 | Our Soldier Brother (Lewis Howard) The following poem was w |
| 28 | Lies low our Brother's wasting form -- no kindred friends a |
| 29 | This is a most interesting letter from Elizabeth Howard to |
| 30 | a steep hill, but is was extremely difficult to get board f |
| 31 | Howard took time to write for his family on Christmas Day, |
| 32 | summer they soon wore away, and left me in the same careles |
| 33 | since, until my present sickness compelled me to desist. Th |
| 34 | Christmas day 1865 Following lllis, on May 3, 1866, Iloward |
| 35 | TO MY MOTHER A Tribute of Affection My Mother dear! Remembr |
| 36 | Yet God is good in all His works and ways. His hand is heav |
| 37 | The Farm Accounts Howard kept meticulous farm accounts befo |
| 38 | Trips were made about once a month; the farmer would set ou |
| 39 | Meanwhile Howard had made necessary purchases of items not |
| 40 | By Fall the sheep were shorn. sold 164-1/2 pd wool @ .65 ce |
| 41 | September 9 - Sold to G. Willis 30-1/2 Ibs butter @ $.45 $ |
| 42 | 1865 came in "quite cold. Good sleighing." January 6 - Good |
| 43 | April 18 - Paid Mrs. Burs for washing $ 3.00 July 10 - Sold |
| 44 | Early barn raising in Farmington Township -- the Howard bar |
| 45 | On December 23 we find the year end approaching; Howard pai |
| 46 | Lewis Howard Barn, dated 1910 42 |
| 47 | Death A short time before his demise, Howard looked forward |
| 48 | My Last Gifts To My Children To my beloved wife ... my sket |
| 49 | A Letter of 1867 The following letter, written by Elizabeth |
| 50 | furnish you all with proper and profitable reading matter. |
| 51 | Apple Spraying, ca 1900:wooden wheels, patient Dobbin, half |
| 52 | Death of Lydia Lamb Howard Lydia Ann, Howard's widow, lived |
| 53 | Novi. Services were also held at Berlin on the 28th. Sister |
| 54 | Who authored the epitaph on the Howard Mausoleum is unknown |
| 55 | Appendix I It is sometimes difficult for today's secular ge |
| 56 | we passed on and found our way to a former friend, Joseph L |
| 57 | a day or so, waiting for our boat. This gave us the opportu |
| 58 | adieu to my friends and brethren in the State of New York, |
| 59 | of one of the members who resided in Franklin that there wa |
| 60 | Brother Comstock and family I soon formed a pleasant acquai |
| 61 | In laboring stately in Plymouth I soon found a number of me |
| 62 | blossom like the rose, but while the wild uncultivated wast |
| 63 | Floyd Howard served , 5 overseas with the Company C Enginee |
| 64 | APPENDIX II INCIDENTS IN PIONEER LIFE IN CLINTON COUNTY. By |
| 65 | Woodward avenues. The city was at this time mostly on the r |
| 66 | to Michigan my travels were not very extensive, but suffici |
| 67 | Farmington. To get on to this I had to go back half a mile |
| 68 | and doubtless had influence with the commissioners to bring |
| 69 | Notice hexagonal truck shape on this early Ford, with gas t |
| 70 | Appendix III A PIONEER MINISTER SKETCH READ BY REV. SUPPLY |
| 71 | THE HOTELS. These were the palmy days, also, of hotel runne |
| 72 | no mud was found, yet the corduroy foundation, for the firs |
| 73 | the case, it was soon surrounded by a cordon of suburban vi |
| 74 | generally made on horseback; the roads, if such they could |
| 75 | FRONTIER HOSPITALITY. Announcement for public worship was u |
| 76 | had come to Michigan to get homes, and they were bound to s |
| 77 | THE PIONEER CLERGYMEN. The compensation of the clergyman, a |
| 78 | was true of the Baptist ministry was essentially true of th |
| 79 | loafers, renegades, and dead-beats, apparently gathered fro |
| 80 | become speedily rich. The price of land rose; produce rose; |
| 81 | the Central, with its western terminus at the mouth of the |
| 82 | BIBLIOGRAPHY Cox, Lee E. The Journal of Theodore P. Howard |
| 83 | THE FARMINGTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION MONOGRAPH AND PUBLICAT |
| 84 | BOOK PUBLICATION PROGRAM Hard Cover: If Walls Could Talk: H |