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| | The Life and Times of James F. Howard |
 | | He was the fifth child of William P. Howard, born April 15, 1816, in White County, Tennessee, and Melinda (Haston) Howard, born December 26, 1815, in Van Buren County, Tennessee. |
 | | William P. Howard passed away July 25, 1859, in Tennessee, according to an 1860 death schedule from the state of Tennessee, of the flux." This condition was either dysentery or a loss of blood through the intestine. |
 | | Melinda Howard, with her family, then departed Tennessee, probably with the help of the Haston family, some of who left Tennessee about the same time and migrated to Yell County, Arkansas settling around Danville. |
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