Richard Foster Howard ⁶⁴⁰

According to the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Richard was born June 26, 1902 and not July 26, 1902. Richard was a descendant of Seth Howard and Desire Bailey of Maine, who are also part of the Lindsay family tree.

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Boston Herald
Boston, Mass.
Sunday, December 18, 1932
p. 2

Wed At Brookline

Gowned in hyacinth crepe with fuchsia trimming, and a further fuchsia accent in hat and shoes, Miss Frances Mary Flanders yesterday became the bride of Mr. Richard Foster Howard at a 4 o'clock service at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lindsay Flanders of Brookline. The bride wore a corsage of orchids and gardenias and was attended by her sister, Mrs. Flanders Huntoon, who wore a gown of gray crepe, girdles in shades of purple and American Beauty, with a hat of the latter shade and a corsage of velvets. The groom who is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence Riggs Howard of West Medway, was attended by Dr. Hallowell Davis of Belmont. Mrs. Flanders wore black lace, with sleeves of coral lace, and a black hat. Mrs. Howard was attired in brown velvet. The Rev. Lawrence Riggs Howard officiated at the ceremony, which was followed by a reception at the bride's home.

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Trenton Evening Times
Trenton, New Jersey
Monday, October 18, 1943
p. 12

Resident of Hopwell to Wed Army Major

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Miss Helen Boswell, 37, a writer of Hopewell, and Major Richard Foster Howard, 41, of Plainfield, N.J., now in the army stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., obtained a marriage license in the Municipal Building in New York.

Miss Boswell, the daughter of Peyton and Bessie Magee Boswell, was born in Chicago. She was divorced from Joseph Luyber in 1934 and from Laczio Nagy in 1943. Major Howard is a native of Plainfield. His first marriage to Anne Okeson was terminated by divorce in 1929. He was divorced from his second wife, Frances Mary Flanders, this year.

The couple said they would be married in New York.

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Mobile Register
Mobile, Alabama
Thursday, April 30, 1987
p. 18

Richard Foster Howard

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- Richard Foster Howard, 84, a resident of Gulf Shores, died April 24.

He was a retired U.S. Army colonel and was director of the First Museum of Art, Birminham, for 26 years. He was a member of the Rotary International and was a founder of the local chapter.

Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Any memorials can be made to the Gulf Shores Library or Mercy Medical Unit, Daphne.

Survivors include his wife, Ethel Booker Howard; sons, James Boswell Howard, Columbus, Ga., Tito Howard, Los Angeles, Calif., and Xander Booker, Birmingham; and daughter, Towanda DeNagy, Provincetown, Mass. [all step-children]

  Events

• He worked as a museum art director.

• He had a residence in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 at 446 West 5th Street in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 at 607 Center Street in Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 at 104 Main Street in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He lived with his first wife, Annie, in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1940 at 4408 Purdue Avenue in University Park, Dallas County, Texas. He was head of household and lived with his second wife. Richard rented for $65 monthly. Five years prior he was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Richard married Frances Mary Flanders, daughter of Ralph Lindsay Flanders and Mary Louise Ayer, 17 December 1932 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.⁶²¹ The marriage ended in divorce in 1943. (Frances Mary Flanders was born 7 September 1901 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ^622,623,624 and died 15 February 1972 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ^624,625.)