John J. Howard

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FamilySearch offers both pages of the 1850 US Census, with Kitty on one page and Stephen and John on the flip page. John's place of birth is Ireland. This may line up with immigration records (to be fully vetted) that show his mother, Kitty, arriving in the US in 1849, the year after John's birth. The 1880 US Census report, however, identified John's place of birth as Missouri.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DBPQ-YW7?i=34&cc=1...

In the 1860 census, John is listed as living in the 24th Ward in St. Louis. The home and family numbers listed, however, are the same as his parents who were listed in the census as living in the 9th Ward. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_24,_St._Louis_City

In the 1860 census, John was listed as being 12 years of age. In the 1870 census, John was listed as being a blacksmith apprentice. In the 1880 - 1917 census, John was listed as being a Fireman and living with his parents at 2116 Division Street or 2116 Davidson Street in St. Louis, Missouri. He eventually was Captain of Hook & Ladder Company 2, St. Louis Fire Department. In the 1890 census, John was listed as being 12 years of age.