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Jonas Howard, Jr., remained in Clark county until 1824 (arrived in about 1816), when he removed to Floyd county and began farming. Six years later he returned to Clark county and engaged in the manufacture of brick, a highly important industry in the settlement of a country. In association with a younger brother he made the brick that entered into the construction of the court-house at Louisville and the first and second buildings of the Galt house. In fact, the bulk of the brick used in building at Louisville during the late thirties came from the yards at Jeffersonville. Jonas Howard, Jr. was also engaged quite extensively in farming and owned a large amount of land in Clark county. He died in 1849, at the comparitively early age of fifty-one years, after a life of unusual activity and business success. He married Margaret, daughter of George F. Helmer, a native of New York and of German parentage (descent). He came to Clark county by the usual river route, but lived only a short time after arrival. Margaret was born in Herkimer county, New York, and was about fourteen years old when her parents disembarked from the flat boat at the Falls, after a long and tedious trip from the East. She survived her husband [Jonas Howard Jr.] many years and died January 1, 1866. She was the mother of nine children, who grew to maturity, but of these only two are now living [1909]. p. 441, Captain Lewis C. Baird, Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana, B.F. Brown Company, Publishers, Indianapolis, Indiana 1909. Jonas Howard Jr. BIRTH 1798 Chittenden County, Vermont, USA DEATH Jul 1850 (aged 51-52) Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA BURIAL Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA Show Map PLOT Section B, Lot (Unmarked) 132 (J. Howard) MEMORIAL ID 131382206
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