Eliphalet J Howard

1871 - 1927  (56 years)

• Name	Eliphalet J Howard
  Born	24 Sep 1871	Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Nov 1927	Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri
  Buried	14 Nov 1927	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4057	Rossville
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Otis Harrison Howard, Sr.,   b. 10 Feb 1830, Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont ,   d. 17 Oct 1899, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Clarissa C Buck Howard,   b. 31 Mar 1837, South Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont ,   d. 28 Apr 1912, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 75 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1868
  Family ID	F2046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Julia Grace Wilt Howard,   b. 26 Dec 1873, Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Aug 1919, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 45 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1896
  Children	1. Irene Howard Flanagan,   b. 1899,   d. 1973  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2017 15:34:47
  Family ID	F2532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Capitola Steele Howard
  Married	1923	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2017 15:13:50
  Family ID	F2533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Howard, Eliphalet E. J. Howard Dead Eliphalet J. Howard, 56, passed away Saturday afternoon, Nov. 12, at Excelsior Springs, Mo. He had been at the Springs for about one month prior to his death taking treatments. The treatments being given for his supposed malady brought out the nature of his real ailment, cancer of the liver, in a series of hemorrhages. He became dangerously ill about 1 p.m. and passed away at 6 o'clock. His daughter, Mrs. Floyd Flanagan of Topeka, was with him for a week preceding his decease. The news to his Rossville friends was a shock, as few knew he was under treatment. The body was brought to Topeka where funeral services were held in the Wall Diffenderfer funeral home, Monday morning, Nov. 14, at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Mr. John McAfee of the Westminster Presbyterian church. Preceding the service Mrs. Raymond Gilkerson, pianist, played. The pallbearers were Messrs. B. H. Stark, Frank Cain, F.J. Flanagan, S.H. Conley, L.R. Jamieson, and W.L. Hook. Following the funeral service the body was brought to Rossville for burials. Hesperian Lodge, A.F. & A.M. conducted the service at the cemetery. Mr. Howard spent a large portion of his life as a citizen of Rossville, coming here as a boy of 17 years of age, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Howard, from their old home in Shaftsbury, Vermont. This was in 1888.In 1896 he was married to Julia E. Wilt of this city and in 1898 they moved to New Mexico and remained five years. The only child of this union, Irene, was born there in 1899. Mr. Howard and his family returned to Rossville in 1903, and this city was again their home until 1918. Shortly after moving to Topeka in 1918, to engage in the implement business, Mrs. Howard passed away. His second marriage occurred in 1923, when he was united in marriage to Capitola Steele at Topeka. In 1926 they moved to Enterprise, Kansas, where they had built up a fine hotel business. Mr. Howard was an enterprising citizen and had been honored here by all the civic offices at the command of our people. He served as Mayor of Rossville and as councilman. His business life here was as general merchandiser and later as one of the earliest of our motor dealers and garage owners. He was a past master of Hesperian Lodge, No. 111, A.F. & A.M., a Knight Templar, Topeka; and a member of Evergreen Camp, M.W.A. of Rossville. Besides his widow, Mrs. Capitola Howard, of Enterprise, he is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Irene Flanagan, Topeka, and one sister, Mrs. E.G. Griswold, Rossville, and one brother, Otis Howard of Wichita.