CH Howard Biographical Notes - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

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Charles Henry Howard

February 3, 1842 - December 17, 1877

Born at VA in 1842.
Resided at Hallettsville, Lavaca County, TX in 1860 with parents and up to ten siblings; occupied as a laborer and student.
Described as 5'9" with black hair, dark complexion, and gray eyes.

Mustered in with Comany F at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Transferred to Company I by December 1861.
Transferred to Company D by April 1862.
Suffered gunshot to the chest and shoulder during the engagement with the enemy's reserve forces at Shiloh, TN on April 7, 1862.
Received furlough to TX or VA to recover.
Returned to regiment about September 1862.
Transferred to Wharton's Scouts in January 1863.
Thought to have been killed near Franklin, TN when he was with Wharton's Scouts in April 1863.
Absent on "secret scouting service" from August 1863 to October 1863.
Detached (apparently still as scout) in February 1864.
Captured at Wilson County, TN in January 1865.
Forwarded to Camp Chase, OH.
Paroled at Camp Chase, OH on June 13, 1865.

Settled in Austin, TX in 1870 or 1871.
Moved to El Paso, TX in 1872.

Appointed district attorney in 1873.
Appointed to replace El Paso district judge (with who's removal he had assisted) in April 1874.
Resigned as district judge in 1875.

Married Louisa Zimpleman at Austin, TX on December 31, 1875.

Shortly before wife's death in June 1877, filed on salt deposits in his father-in-law's name (George B. Zimpleman, Co. D); outraging the salt dealers of El Paso who regarded the salt deposits as a public commodity.

Returned to El Paso, TX on October 7, 1877.
Shot and killed Louis Cardis on October 10, 1877.
Arraigned for murder on November 17, 1877; freed on bail of $4,000.
Returned to San Elizario on December 12, 1877, to prosecute persons who refused to pay the fee for collecting salt; he and escort of Texas Rangers were surrounded by an angry mob for several days; Howard gave himself up and was shot by a firing squad from the Mexican side of the river.
Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, TX.

Also Identified As:
	C. H. Howard, Silas H. Howard
Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	(relative)
Parents:
	William Henry Howard b. ~1811 Sarah Catherine Duval b. ~1816
Siblings:
	Thomas Calthorpe Howard b. October 30, 1838 at Buckingham County, VA m. Florida Duval (b. 1830, d. 1909) William Duval Howard b. September 14, 1840 at Hanover County, VA Isaac Adams Howard b. 1845 d. July 2, 1863 Catherine Elizabeth Howard b. 1845 Nathaniel Pope Howard b. 1847 d. 1867 Philip Howard b. 1849 d. 1865 Frances Howard b. 1851 m. George Cal d. 1910 Susan Brown Howard b. 1852 m. William L. Davidson at Gonzales County in 1870 had 8 children: Nelly, Katherine, Howard, Frank Ross, Lewis, Thomas Pope, DuVal, & Susan Nellie Howard b. February 13, 1855 at Gonzales, TX m. Henry Falton Gillean had 5 children: Susan Katherine, Charles Henry Howard, Ellen Elizabeth, Georgia Isabel, Grace DuVal d. February 13, 1929
Spouse(s):
	Marie Louise Zimpelman daughter of George B. Zimpleman, Co. D m. CH Howard on December 31, 1875 at Austin, TX d. June 25, 1877
Children:
	Unknown
Gravesite:
	Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, TX CHARLES H. HOWARD FEB 3, 1842 DEC 17, 1877

1840 Census - State, County, Town, Page, (image)
	Head of Houshold

1850 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real Estate	Nativity	Student?	Illiterate?

1860 Census - TX, Lavaca County, Lavaca, Page 229, Dwelling 635, Family 635, (94/109)
	Name	Age.	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Student?	Literate?
	William Howard	49	M		Farmer	$2,000	$20,000	VA
	Sarah Howard	39	F		House Wife			VA
	Homes Howard	22	M		Common Laborer			VA
	William Howard	13	M					VA	Y
	Charles Howard	18	M		Common Laborer			VA	Y
	Addie Howard	16	M		Common Laborer			VA	Y
	Catherine Howard	13	F					VA	Y
	Nathaniel Howard	12	M					VA	Y
	Phillip Howard	11	M					VA	Y
	Sarah Howard	9	F					VA	Y
	Susan Howard	7	F					VA
	Milly Howard	5	F					TX

1870 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Parentage	Student?	Literate?

Related Links:
	R. F. Bunting Letter, dated April 19, 1862 "List of Killed and Wounded in Wharton's Regiment," Houston Tri-Weekly News, April 25, 1862 - RF Bunting Letter Letter from B. F. Batchelor to his wife, dated April 26, 1862 "Fort Jackson Not Taken!" The Galveston News, April 29, 1862. "Casulaties of Col. Wharton's (Terry's) Regiment," Galveston Weekly News, April 29, 1862 G. Q. Turner Letter, July 7, 1863 "Muster Roll of Company F, Eighth Texas," Confederate Veteran, December 1911, p. 574 (offsite) Handbook of Texas Online: Charles H. Howard (offsite) Handbook of Texas Online: Salt Wars of San Elizario (offsite) Daniel DuVal Family Patriot's Page: Civil War (offsite) Descendants of Daniel Duval of Virginia: Charles Henry Howard (offsite) Deborah Stanley's Updates to the Stanley Family Tree gedcom (offsite) Gravesite listing at Oakwood Cemetery
Sources:
	Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
Research Links:
	(offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (surname: Howard ) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Howard) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Lavaca County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Lavaca County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Lavaca County, TX)

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