Individual Details

...Arthur Coleman Howard was born on July 12, 1874 to John Troublefield Howard and Rebecca Jane Moses in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and died July 19, 1950 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Tx. Buried at Shelbyville Cemetery. Married Mary Ida Mae Hill on Nov 1,1906, Shelby Co, Tx.
He never served in the military but his father, John served in the C. S. A. in Alabama;Co F, 50th Reg ALA, Alabama VOLS. (no dates).
His parents first moved to Texas from Alabama (no dates) and settled in Austin, TX where they bought land on the present-day site of the state capital in Austin. His father was unhappy in Austin so they then moved to East Texas, settling in Center, Shelby Co, Tx where he bought a large tract of land in "East Center". Arthur took care of his parents until their deaths, remaining single all the while. Later he married Mary Hill and they raised eight children.
In the early years of their marriage Arthur worked for the Cotton Belt Rail Road in Rusk County but Mary became homesick and they later moved back to Shelby County to be near her family. During the Roosevelt Administration they moved to Center where he worked for the WPA . Later they moved to Shelbyville where he became a farmer until his death in 1950.

Birth	12 Jul 1874	Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Census (family)-shared	30 Jun 1880	(John Troublefield Howard and Rebecca Jane Moses) Smith, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Marriage	1 Nov 1906	Shelby County, Texas - Mary Ida Hill
Death	19 Jul 1950	Shelby County, Texas
Burial		Shelbyville Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas

Spouse	Mary Ida Hill (1891 - 1971)
Child	John Robert Howard (1926 - 2005)

Father	John Troublefield Howard (1810 - 1906)
Mother	Rebecca Jane Moses (1849 - 1897)
Sibling	Douchie Lavonia Howard (1876 - 1955)
Sibling	Cornelius Neal Howard (1878 - )
Sibling	Green Berry Howard (1880 - 1923)

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