My Genealogy Hound

ANDREW HOWARD, glass-manufacturer, Wilkinsburg, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 5, 1837, the eldest child of John and Eliza (Kelly) Howard. His grandfather, John Howard, came from the north of Ireland to Pittsburgh when our subject’s father was a child. The latter died there in 1885, aged seventy-nine; his widow now resides in Wilkinsburg, aged seventy. They had seven children, all yet living, and all save one, Joseph, who lives in Chicago, residents of within fifty miles of Pittsburgh. Andrew attended the city schools, and was also instructed by a private tutor. When eighteen years old he was a bookkeeper in a grocery-store; later he was employed by Clarke & Co., being at the same time their assistant cashier, agent of the Allentown Fast Freight line and assistant treasurer of the Star Union line. He afterward became cashier of the Union Line railroad. In 1881 he organized the Phoenix Glass company, at Pittsburgh, of which he has been president ever since. In 1872 Mr. Howard became a resident of Wilkinsburg, having purchased a home on South street. February 9, 1862, he married Margaret, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Sampey) Potter, residents of Fayette county, where all were born. The family are of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have five children: Annie, Bessie, Charles E., Josephine and Thomas. The family attend the Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. Howard is a republican.