Charles Tisdale Howard

Charles Tisdale Howard (born February 16, 1856 Eckford, Michigan) was an assistant U.S. Attorney, and a member and speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives.

Howard was the son of Russel Marshall Howard and Emaline A. Morse. He graduated from Albion College, in Albion, Michigan, in 1880.[1] In 1882, Howard moved with his family to Redfield, South Dakota, and was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney for the district, a post he held until 1896. He was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1894 and was chosen speaker.[2] Also in 1894, Howard was installed as Grand Chancellor for the Knights of Pythias order in Aberdeen, South Dakota.[3]

Howard married Eugenia Jermone Beecher on October 19, 1892 in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He was the father-in-law of Vice Admiral Roy Alexander Gano, who married Howard's daughter, Harriet Pauline Howard, on July 18, 1929.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://campus.albion.edu/library/archives-and-special-collections/histories-and-timelines/albion-college-graduating-class-index-1843-1900/
  2. ↑ http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Historical_Listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=2902
  3. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/social/pythias.txt
  4. ↑ Roy Alexander Gano


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