1. Sumner HOWARD was born on 7 Sep 1816 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 3 May 1869 at the age of 52 in Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Marriage Recorded at Salem Lutheran Church in Lebanon, PA. on August 21 , 1836. Sumner (Sunny) Howard-Resident of Lebanon Twp. & Susan Foy - Resident of North Lebanon Twp.
Recorded in 1842 Tax List-S. Lebanon Twp. Lebanon Co. PA. Yearly Income : $230.00.
Occupation: Keeper. Living on Property of Bird T. Coleman.
Recorded in 1843 Tax List-S. Lebanon Twp. Lebanon Co. PA. Yearly Income : $200.00.
Occupation: Laborer. Living on Property of Cornwall Iron Furnace.
Recorded in 1844 Tax List-S. Lebanon Twp. Lebanon Co. PA. Yearly Income : $50.00
Occupation: Laborer. Living on Coleman Estate Property.
Recorded in 1845 Tax List-S. Lebanon Twp. Lebanon Co. PA. Yearly Income : $50.00
Occupation: Laborer. Living on Property of Cornwall Iron Furnace.
Recorded in 1846 Tax List-S. Lebanon Twp. Lebanon Co. PA. Yearly Income : $50.00
Occupation: Laborer. Living on Property of Cornwall Iron Furnace.
Recorded in 1849 Tax List-N. Lebanon Twp. Lebanon Co. PA. Yearly Income : 50.00. Occupation: Engineer
Recorded in 1850 Census. North Lebanon Twp. Lebanon Co. PA Pg 148A , Line 23. Occupation: Engineer
Recorded in 1856 Reading City Directory. Sumner Howard-Engineer. h Minor Between Bingaman and Laurel Streets.
Recorded in 1857 Reading City Directory. Sumner Howard-Engineer. h Minor Between Bingaman and Laurel Streets.
Recorded in 1860 Tax Lists. Spruce Ward. Reading, Berks Co., PA Occupation: Engineer.
Recorded in 1860 Census. Spruce Ward. Reading, PA. Pg 1032. Line 3. Occupation: Engineer. Personal Property Valued at $150.00 Wife Cannot Read or Write. (Under name of Samuel Houpt) P.O. Reading, PA. Living in household is Phebe James-Age 40 No Occupation & Unknown relationship.
December 6, 1860. Lebanon Courier. Pg 3. Col 2. William Weimer having sold his Interest in the Weimer Machine Works to P.L. Weimer & L.E. Weimer . now are conducting business under the name of P.L. Weimer & Brothers . Business venture into their patent of their new Governor Cut-Off Valve . Many new sales of this item include from the Wyomissing Woolen Mills in Reading, PA from a letter from Sumner Howard.
Reading, PA September 1, 1860:
Messr's P.L Weimer & Brothers, Lebanon, PA-Gentlemen: In reply to your letter concerning the Cut-off Governor Valve of your Patent, on the engine of the Wyomissing Woolen Mills under my charge, I can say that in all my experience as engineer of 20 years, I have never met anything to equal it. I run with a wide open throttle valve all day and find no perceptible variation of speed with steam varying from 40 to 80 lbs. As regards the saving of fuel it is all and if anything more than stated by Mr. Fisher, (22 %) which with the addition has been attached make fully 32%. I take pleasure in recommending it to steam engine proprietors as well as engineers, as for the first it saved fuel and for the latter labor.
Respectfully yours.
Sumner Howard
Engineer Wyomissing Woolen Mills, Reading, PA.
Recorded in 1860 Reading City Directory. Sumner Howard-Engineer. h S. 6th Street near Laurel Street (Listed as Samuel Howard).
Recorded in Rendezvous Reports for U.S. Navy.
Date of Return: March 1, 1862. Port of Philadelphia, PA. Pg 96. Line 10 .
Under Name of Samuel Howard-Rate of Landsman.
Enlisted February 24, 1862. For 3 Year Enlistment.
Discharged August 25, 1862. Served On Board Gunboat U.S.S. Victoria.
Age 39 Years. Born Pittsfield, MA Occupation: Engineer.
Florid Complexion Brown Eyes, Brown Hair
Height: 5 Feet, 5 Inches.
Recorded on USS North Carolina (Receiving Ship) Brooklyn, NY Transferred to U.S.S. Victoria.
Reported on USS Victoria. Master Joshua D. Warren-Commanding Officer. March 15, 1862. Rated Landsman.
Recorded on Muster Roll-Gunboat USS Victoria. Dated March 17, 1862. Served on U.S.S. Victoria
Rated Master-At-Arms. Senior Petty Officer on Board Gunboat. (Under Name of Samuel Howard).
Disrated to Landsman. July 14, 1862. Thomas Fleming Rated new Master-At -Arms. Samuel Howard Disrated because of Illness.
Transferred to Steamer USS Norwich as Landsman on July 17, 1862 for Passage to New York. To Be Discharged because of Illness. Arrived Port of New York on July 21, 1862.
In Hospital at Brooklyn Navy Yard from July 21, 1862 to August 24, 1862
Transferred to USS North Carolina-Receiving Ship-Brooklyn, NY for Discharge. Received Medical Certificate of Discharge (COD) while on Vessel.
Discharged August 25, 1862 in New York-Received passage to Philadelphia , PA.
Recorded in 1862 Tax Lists. Spruce Ward (Now 1st Ward)-Sumner Howard. Willow near Laurel & 5th Street. Reading, PA. Tenant on Property owned by J.S. Slichter. Occupation: Engineer. Pg 43. Line 6.
November 22, 1862. Berks & Schuylkill Journal-Reading, PA Post Office Letters on hand, November 15, 1862 has letter for Sumner Howard at Reading , PA.
Recorded in 1863-1864 Lebanon City Directory. Sumner Howard-Engineer. h Mulberry n Lehman. N. Lebanon.
Recorded in 1868-1869 Lebanon City Directory. Sumner Howard-Machinist . h 410 N. 4th Street. Lebanon, PA.
Obituary Recorded Lebanon Courier. May 6, 1869. Pg 3. Col 4.
Buried Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. Lebanon, PA Section G. Lot 146. Grave 6. Re-Interred on June 27, 1871 Soldiers Block.
May 25, 1887. Lebanon Courier. Pg 3. Col 3. Sumner Howard. Gunboat Victoria U.S.N. Buried Soldiers Block. Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. Lebanon, P A. from Records of G.A.R. Post 42 of Lebanon, PA.
Sumner HOWARD and Susan FOY had the following children:
+2 i. James F Howard, born 25 Feb 1839, Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; married Sarah Louisa DOLE, 29 Apr 1860, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 29 Aug 1866, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
3 ii. Ann Howard was born in 1841 in Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
4 iii. Catherine D Howard was born on 8 Apr 1844 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania. She died on 2 Jul 1866 at the age of 22 in Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
5 iv. John Sumner Howard was born on 11 May 1846 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania. He died on 5 May 1868 at the age of 21 in Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. John S. Howard.
Company K. 55th PA Regiment. Private
Mustered In: February 1, 1864. Reading, PA.
Mustered Out: June 25, 1865, by General Order.
Age 18. Occupation: Laborer.
Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Light, Complexion: Light.
Born: Berks County, PA Residence: Berks County, PA.
Wounded at Fortress Monroe, VA
Patient in U.S. General Hospital at Fortress Monroe, VA.
May 25, 1887. Lebanon Courier. Pg 3. Col 3. John S. Howard. Company K . 55th PA
Regiment. Buried Soldiers Block. Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. Leban on, PA. from Records of
G.A.R. Post 42 of Lebanon, PA.
+6 v. Samuel K. Howard, born 24 May 1848, Reading, Berks, Pensylvania; married Anna Maria ROMIG, 8 May 1865, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 22 Jul 1913, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
+7 vi. Lewis Sumner HOWARD, born 9 Apr 1851, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 2 Apr 1947, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
8 vii. Charles Howard was born in 1858. Recorded in 1870 Census. N. Lebanon Twp. Pg 247B. Line 19. Occupation : Domestic Servant. (Living in household of Brother Samuel Howard).
