This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: Benjamin H. Howard
   Born: 4 OCT 1852       at:   
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 12 AUG 1885      at: Moore CO, NC  
 Father:
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        Other Spouses: 
   Wife: Martha Louisa Maness
   Born: ABT 1859         at: Moore CO, NC  
   Died: ABT 1885         at: Moore CO, NC  
 Father:Asa Maness
 Mother:Mary Annie Ritter
        Other Spouses: 
CHILDREN
   Name: Mattie Ann Howard
   Born: ABT 1883         at: Moore CO, NC  
Married: 10 DEC 1904      at: Moore CO, NC  
   Died: 24 MAR 1955      at: Moore CO, NC  
Spouses: Offie Thomas Maness  
   Name: Benjamin Franklin Howard
   Born: 1 JUL 1884       at: Moore CO, NC  
Married: 5 AUG 1906       at:   
   Died: 28 OCT 1973      at:   
Spouses: Flossie Purvis