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ALBERT HOWARD, He is a native of Columbus, Ohio, being a son of Horton and Mary A. (Marple) Howard. The father was a native of Belmont county, Ohio, born in 1818, and was raised and educated in his native county. He began life as a civil engineer and superintended much of the work on one of Ohio’s first railroads. He was identified in Franklin county as one of her hardest political workers, being a staunch Republican and for many years chairman of the county central committee. The mother is a native of Berks county, Pa., born in 1823, and when twelve years of age with her parents settled in Columbus, where she grew to womanhood and was educated. Her parents were among the first settlers of that city. The above subject’s father died in 1879, leaving eleven children: Albert, Joseph B., Isaac M., Chas. C., Frank W., Eva M., Theodore, Daniel M., Horton, Eliza J., and Edwin. The above gentleman was educated principally at Central College, situated in the northeastern part of Franklin county, in charge by Professor Henry Bushnell. During the late war Albert served one year in Company D, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1866 he went to Leavenworth, Kan., and in 1868, in company with his uncle, Colonel W. F. Cloud, he came to Jasper county, Mo. He purchased his present farm and soon returned to Ohio and engaged in farming until 1879, when he came to this county and began the improvement of his present farm. He was married April 14, 1880, to Miss Jennie C. Davidson, a native of Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Phoebe (Patterson) Davidson, natives of Indiana. The above lady with her parents moved to Howard county, Kan., where they died when she was eight years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have one child, Wm. Horton, born April 20, 1882. Both are church members.