{"id":11307,"date":"2026-02-16T21:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11307"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:42:05","slug":"william-james-howard-1891-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11307","title":{"rendered":"William James Howard 1891 \u2013 1970"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_5246\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/100_1068.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/100_1068-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5246\" title=\"Howard, William J, Alice M Wheeler, Priscilla M, William A &amp; Dorothy L\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William J Howard Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0110.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0110-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"?????????????????\" class=\"wp-image-9186\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Ancestry:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Alfred A. Howard;&nbsp; William Howard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong>&nbsp;January 20, 1891 in Nantucket Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Alfred A. Howard; (1853 \u2013 ?) (William Howard &amp; Bridget McGee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Anna Eliza Beekman; (1855 \u2013 1904) (John P. Beekman &amp; Mary Ann Holmes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;April 13, 1970 in Bourne Ma. at 79 yrs, 3 mos, 24 d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buried:\u00a0<\/strong>Pocasset Cemetery; area B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Occupation:&nbsp;<\/strong>Keeper at Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in Riverside R.I.; William was assistant Keeper at Wings Neck Lighthouse in Pocasset Ma. while his brother George Addison Howard was Keeper; (Their father Alfred A. Howard was also a lighthouse keeper in Nantucket Ma.); Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthouse.cc\/wingsneck\/\">www.lighthouse.cc\/wingsneck\/<\/a>&nbsp;for additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where Lived:&nbsp;<\/strong>80 Depot Rd. in Cataumet Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Married:<\/strong>&nbsp;Date &amp; place unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To:<\/strong>\u00a0Alice Madeline Wheeler; (1892 \u2013 1958) (Everett D. Wheeler &amp; Mary E. Gavin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Children:&nbsp;<\/strong>2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong>William Alfred Howard; (April 23, 1917 \u2013 May 26, 2006); Married Dorothy Lindell (1919 \u2013 1981) (Harry A. Lindell &amp; Agnes A. (\u2013)) in Providence R.I. on November 29, 1941; William &amp; Dorothy are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Priscilla Mary Howard; (1920 \u2013 February 19, 1928); Priscilla died in Bourne Ma. at 7 yrs, 7 mos, 2 d.; She is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry:&nbsp;&nbsp;Alfred A. Howard;&nbsp; William Howard Born:&nbsp;January 20, 1891 in Nantucket Ma. Died:&nbsp;April 13, 1970 in Bourne Ma. at 79 yrs, 3 mos, 24 d. 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