Howard, Charles E (b. APR 1866, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Wilkinsburg Ward 1, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania

Note: John Parke Rutherford, son of William Rutherford and Sarah Swan, was born Feb 14, 1802, in now Swatara Township, Dauphin Co., Pa. He was a farmer, and brought up in that pursuit. He held many places of public trust in his life; was superintendent of the Wiconisco Canal as early as 1837, and auditor of the county, a jury commissioner, and was vice-president and treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. He was a strong anti-slavery advocate, as all his family were, and many a weary pilgrim in the days of the fugitive slave act, sore of foot and heart found Capt. Rutherford hospitable assistance, material aid, and manly encouragement. He hated slavery because he considered it a moral sin and a political blight upon the free institutions of America. During the lat Rebellion he served as quartermaster in the United States army, ranking fourth on the list. While stationed at Harper’s Ferry he was captured in one of the raids on that stronghold, but released on parole. He was then ordered to Camp Douglas, and subsequently to Charleston, S. C. In the latter city, about the close of the war, he contracted a disease from the effects of which he never fully recovered. He died at his residence in Swatara on the 12th of May, 1871, aged sixty-nine years. Capt. Rutherford married Eliza Rutherford, daughter of Samuel Rutherford, born Oct 30, 1801, who died Jan 30, 1850 and their children were Samuel Silas Brisban, William Swan, John Alexander, Elizabeth Martha, Sarah Margaret, Mary Jane, and Eleanor Gilchrist.

Occupation: Place: Farmer

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Swatara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Swatara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: 13-WD Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania