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| | |spouse=Sallie<ref>Engledew, Devin (March 14, 2007). [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/howard-perry-wilbon-1877-1961/ Perry Wilbon Howard (1877-1961)]. ''BlackPast''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref> | | |spouse=Sallie<ref>Engledew, Devin (March 14, 2007). [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/howard-perry-wilbon-1877-1961/ Perry Wilbon Howard (1877-1961)]. ''BlackPast''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref> |
| − | |children=Seven sons, including:<br>• Andrew Jackson Howard (1863–1938)<br>• [[Perry W. Howard, II]] (1877–1961)<br>• Elmer Elsworth Howard (born 1879)<br>• Wesley F. Howard<br> | + | |children=Seven sons, including:<ref name=againstallodds>[https://much-ado.net/legislators/legislators/perry-howard/ Perry W. Howard (Holmes County)]. ''Against All Odds: The first Black legislators in Mississippi''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref><br>• Andrew Jackson Howard (1863–1938)<br>• [[Perry W. Howard, II]] (1877–1961)<br>• Elmer Elsworth Howard<br>(1879–???)<br>• Wesley F. Howard<br> |
| − | Two daughters:<br>• Eva<br>• Sarah | + | Two daughters:<ref name=againstallodds/><br>• Eva<br>• Sarah |
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| − | '''Perry Wilbon Howard, I''' (1835 – February 7, 1907),<ref name=thepoliticalgraveyard>[https://www.politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#632.49.64 Howard]. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref><ref name=againstallodds>[https://much-ado.net/legislators/legislators/perry-howard/ Perry W. Howard (Holmes County)]. ''Against All Odds: The first Black legislators in Mississippi''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref> also known as '''Perry Wilbon Howard, Sr.''', was a blacksmith and former slave originally from [[South Carolina]] who served for a period of time on the Holmes County Board of Supervisors in [[Mississippi]]. | + | '''Perry Wilbon Howard, I''' (1835 – February 7, 1907),<ref name=thepoliticalgraveyard>[https://www.politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#632.49.64 Howard]. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref><ref name=againstallodds/> also known as '''Perry Wilbon Howard, Sr.''', was a blacksmith and former slave originally from [[South Carolina]] who served for a period of time on the Holmes County Board of Supervisors in [[Mississippi]]. |
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| | He was the father of [[Perry Wilbon Howard, II]], a lawyer and professor who led the Mississippi "black and tan" delegations in the [[Republican National Convention]] for several decades. | | He was the father of [[Perry Wilbon Howard, II]], a lawyer and professor who led the Mississippi "black and tan" delegations in the [[Republican National Convention]] for several decades. |