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Howland Parsons 1809-1850
The Tampico Area Historical Society encompasses parts of Whiteside County and Bureau County in Illinois. Focus is on Tampico, Hume Twp., Hahnaman/Deer Grove, & Prophetstown in Whiteside County & Yorktown & Thomas in Bureau County.

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Taylor 46 posts Jan 27, 2015 9:17 PM	Searching for death information on Howland Parsons. He was born about 1809 in New York and died around 1850 in Greenville, Bureau County, Illinois. His wife was Samantha Ervin. Samantha was listed as head of household in the 1850 census taken in June. They had four children. In 1851 Samantha had a daughter so Howland must have been alive in 1850. I cannot find any record of his death. He is not listed on the 1850 Mortality Schedule. Checked the Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery index and he is not listed. The Parsons name has been found as Persons and Pearsons. Howland as Holland. It's possible Howland was a middle name.
Denise 1019 posts Jan 29, 2015 7:47 PM	You may want to check with the Bureau County Genealogical Society They keep an indexed file for all of their newspapers through about 1920. I've checked some resources, but have not found anything yet. You already have the following information, but I will post here to make it easier to follow: 1850 - Greenville, Bureau, IL Samantha "Pearsons", 40yrs b. abt. 1810, ? Thomas, 14y, IL abt. 1836 Emily, 12y, IL, abt. 1838 Caroline, 9, IL, abt. 1841 Adeline, 6yrs, IL, abt. 18441856 Webster, Webster, IA NAME: Samantha Persons AGE: 45 BIRTH YEAR: abt 1811 RESIDENCE DATE: 1856 RESIDENCE PLACE: Webster, Webster, Iowa, USA GENDER: Female MARITAL STATUS: Widowed HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:NAME AGE Samantha Persons Thomas Emily Abigail 1860 - Boone, Hamilton, IA Samantha Parsons, 49, 1811, OH Thomas, 23y, 1832 Emily Parsons, 20y 1840 Abigail, 8, IL 1852 Wm Smith, 26y, IN Samuel Hamilton, 30y, Ireland Have you found obits for any of his family? I can search some online newspapers if you do not subscribe to any. IOWA RESOURCES Iowa Genealogical Society" Webster, Madison Co. IA Madison [when they were in Webster, IA in 1856] MADISON COUNTY GEN SOCIETY, PO BOX 26, WINTERSET, IA 50273-0026 madison_ia_gen_soc@yahoo.comBoone BOONE COUNTY GEN SOCIETY, PO BOX 453, BOONE, IA 50036-0453 If Bureau County Genealogical Society cannot help, you can contact the Bureau County Vital Records If none of these pan out, get back with me either on the board, or email tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com Last Edited by Denise on Jan 30, 2015 6:28 AM
Taylor 47 posts Jan 30, 2015 7:08 PM	Thank you for checking. Howland is my 3rd great grandmother's brother so he's an uncle of mine. Just found a DNA match with a descendant of Howland's and she was requesting information on his death date and place. Unfortunately he just disappears. I told her next time I go to Princeton I'd check for him. I thought Howland may have done business in Tampico. I think Tampico would have been closer for him than Princeton.
Denise 1020 posts Feb 01, 2015 8:53 PM	I would email them _ click on the link i provided above. They index ALL of Bureau, including Greenville.

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