George Green Howard, a farmer and minister in Faulkner County, Arkansas, was born on November 24, 1844, in Obion County, Tennessee. His father, Ellison S. Howard, a Virginian born in 1815, died in Williamson County, Illinois, in 1879. His mother, Agnes (Hawkins) Howard, born in 1820 in Gibson County, Tennessee, lived in Conway County, Arkansas. George married Polly Jane Gray in 1866, and they had six children. After moving to Illinois in 1872, they relocated to Faulkner County in 1879, where George owned an eighty-acre farm, a cotton gin, and a sawmill. A staunch Democrat, he served as justice of the peace and school director. Since 1885, he has been a preacher in the Missionary Baptist Church, earning the community’s respect alongside his wife.
George Green Howard, besides being occupied in agricultural pursuits, has for some time served as minister of the Gospel throughout this locality, being the means of doing much good. He was born in Obion County, West Tenn., on the 24th of November, 1844, his father, Ellison S. Howard, a Virginian by birth, born in 1815, having died in 1879 at Williamson County, Ill., where he had resided since 1864. He was a farmer by occupation and was of English descent. His wife, Agnes (Hawkins) Howard, is a native of Gibson County, Tenn., and was born in 1820; at the present time she is a resident of Conway County, Ark., and is the mother of nine children, four of whom are living; two reside in Illinois, and one in Conway County, Ark.
The subject of this sketch, a prominent resident of Faulkner County, received his education in West Tennessee, and in 1866 married Miss Polly Jane Gray, originally from Tennessee, where she was born in 1847. Six children have blessed this union: Mary M. (wife of George A. Melton), William E., Cyrus G., Maggie M., George A., and Ernest J. Mr. Howard emigrated to Williamson County, Ill., in 1872, and there remained until 1879, removing then to his present home, where he owns a nice farm of eighty acres, about thirty-five acres being under a high state of cultivation. He is the owner of a cotton gin, which he purchased in 1885, and has recently erected a sawmill with a capacity for cutting 3,000 feet of lumber per day.
Mr. Howard takes great interest in the public affairs of his county, and politically is a staunch Democrat, having cast his first vote for Seymour. He has held the office of justice of the peace of Wilson Township for over six years, and is also one of the directors of the school district. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1885 Mr. Howard commenced to preach according to the doctrines of the Missionary Baptist Church, and this has since continued. He and his wife are devoted Christian workers and have the respect of all in the community in which they reside.