Third Generation

24. Elisha Darius HOWARD was born on 31 August 1852 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI.^{8,10,20,25,50}
He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenbush Township, Sheboygan County, WI.¹⁸ (He was listed as "Edward.") He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ His occupation was "Farm Laborer." Elisha appeared in the census in 1880 in Oberlin Township, Decatur County, KS.³¹ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ Elisha appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁰ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ He died on 19 July 1930 at the age of 77 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.^20,25,51 When he died, he was living at the home of his daughter and her husband. (The cemetery records erroneously list his year of death as 1929.) Elisha was buried on 20 July 1930 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^20,25,51 in the Lincoln-Peterson-Kirby Cemetery.

Elisha Darius HOWARD and Josephine BENNETT were married on 8 October 1879 in Angelo Township, Monroe County, WI.^20,25,52,53 (The may have married in LaGrange Township.) Their witnesses were Peter Howard and Ettie Bennett. The newspaper article about their marriage listed his home town as Oberlin, KS, and hers as LaGrange Township.

. Josephine BENNETT, daughter of Orlow David BENNETT and Mary Elizabeth GRIFFIN, was born in 1852 in Angelo Township, Monroe County, WI.^50,51,54 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Angelo Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Eaton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ Josephine appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁰ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁵ Josephine died in 1936 at the age of 84 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^51,54 She was buried in 1936 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹ in the Lincoln-Peterson-Kirby Cemetery.

Elisha Darius HOWARD and Josephine BENNETT had the following children: