Simeon Fuller Howd, Sr

"...Howd, Simeon – (6th Ten) Born May 13, 1823, at Camden, Oneida Co., N.Y., to Samuel and Eunice Fuller Howd. He married Lucinda Morgan Turner on March 16, 1847, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. His bride followed him west and arrived in September. They lived in Salt Lake City for the next four years and then helped settle Parowan, Iron Co., Utah. In 1856, he helped settle the Beaver, Utah area. Once he met two Indians about to kill two Indian children whose parents had died. Howd traded two horses for the boys and took them to his home. He named them Charley and Jim. Charley lived with his family until marrying in his own tribe. Howd died in 1862 in Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah, at age 39..."

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Living years: May 13, 1813 to May 20, 1878 https://billiongraves.com/grave/Simeon-F-Howd/14213765