Individual Details

Anna Susan Jones

(4 Jul 1876 - 31 Jan 1964)



Although listed as Susanna in the census when she was age 2 - she apparently later went by Anna Susan.

Married John Howard.

1900 Census. Junction, Elmore Co, Idaho, Hh 46
John H. Howard, b. Mar. 1856, 44, married 4 years, b. IN, Miner, quartz
Annie, wife, b. Dec 1855, 44, 2 children, b. MO
Floyd P., son, b. Nov 1896, 3, b. Colorado
Ethel M., dau, b. Jun 1899, 11 months old, b. Idaho
Eliza N., morther, b. Dec 1823, 76, widow - was married 53 years, b. Ohio

1910 Census. Pine Grove, Elmore Co, Idaho, Hh 130
John H. Howard, 49, married once for 15 years, b. IN, Miner, Quartz Mine
Anna, wife, 32, 6 children, b. MO
Floyd P., son, 13, b. Colorado
Ethel, dau, 11, b. Idaho as were the rest of the children
Edna, dau, 8
Millard, son, 6
Albert, son, 4
Infant, son, 8 months

1920 Census. Pine, Elmore, Idaho, Hh 29
John H. Howard, 64, b. IN, Miner, Gold Mine
Anna, wife, 44, b. MO
Millard E., son, 15
Elbert L., son, 13
Melvin O, son, 9
Anna G., dau, 2 years, 9 months
John H., son, 7 months

1930 Census. Pine, Elmore, Idaho, Hh 8
John H. Howard, 74, married at age 40, Miner, quartz mining
Ann, wife, 54, married at 19, b. TX
John H., son, 10
Anna G., dau, 13

1940 Census. Atlanta, Elmore, Idaho, Hh 113
John H. Howard, 84, lived in same place in 1935
Anna, wife, 65, b. MO

Unidentified newspaper clipping.
Mrs. Anna S. Howard, 87, of 232 North Atlantic Street, died at a Nampa nursing home, Friday morning. she was born July 4, 1876, at Kingsberry, Texas [wrong - she was born in Missouri before the family moved to Texaas].
Mrs. Howard grew up near Joplin, Mo., and married John H. Howard there in 1895. The couple came by wagon train to Fort Collins, Colo., in 1896, moving on to Idaho about 1900. They settled in Mountain Home and later in Meridian and Pine before coming to Boise in 1936. Mr. Howard died in 1949.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors are three sons, Melvin of Boise, Elbert E. of Smith River, Calif., and John H. Howard of Tacoma, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Edna R. Parmley of Glenns Ferry and Mrs. Gayle (Kay) Freeman of Boise; 29 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. Two brothers and one sister died before her.
Services will be at 1:30 pm Tuesday at the McBratney-Alden Chapel with the Rev. Orvil Stiles officiating and interment at Morris Hill.

Events

Birth4 Jul 1876Missouri
Marriage9 Jun 1895Newton County, Missouri - John Henry Howard
Death31 Jan 1964Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho

Families

SpouseJohn Henry Howard (1855 - 1949)
ChildJohn Henry Howard (1919 - 2004)
FatherEmaziah Jackson "Em" Jones (1846 - 1929)
MotherWeltha Elizabeth Mason (1848 - 1914)
SiblingWilliam Monroe Jones (1870 - 1927)
SiblingFlora F. C. Jones (1873 - )
SiblingColumbus N. Jones (1874 - 1875)
SiblingHerman Otis Jones (1880 - 1951)
SiblingJames Oscar Jones (1880 - 1927)
SiblingNancy Vir-Jennet Catherine Jones (1886 - 1962)

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