Simeon Howard (abt. 1777 - 1840)

Born about 1777 in Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Susanna (Merrill) Howard — married 29 Mar 1801 in Livermore, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Died 22 Jan 1840 at about age 63 in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

No record has been found of the birth of Simeon Howard, and nothing is known of his ancestry. From his age at his death on his gravestone, he was born about 1777.^[1] According to the 1874 history of Livermore, Maine, he was from Sutton, Massachusetts,^[2] and was a brother of Lydia (Howard) Bemis.^[3] He may be the Simeon Howard baptized at Dudley, Massachusetts, on 4 Jun 1780, the son of Simeon Howard;^[4] Dudley is only about 12 miles from Sutton.

Marriage

On 10 Mar 1801, Simeon Howard and Susanna Merrill, both of Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts) published at Livermore their intention to marry, and they married there on 29 Mar 1801.^[5]

Death

Simeon Howard died on 22 Jan 1840, and he is buried at the Hillman Ferry Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, where his gravestone gives his age at his death as 62.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Photo of gravestone of Lieut. Simeon Howard (Find A Grave: Memorial #118437296)
2. ↑ Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874), page 38
3. ↑ >Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874), page 39
4. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch, Simeon Howard, FHL microfilm 0873747 IT 3
5. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; "Livermore Vital Records, 1762-1810," unpaginated; FHL Microfilm 11332, image 287 of 718 for the intention, image 288 of 718 for the marriage