William Lawrence Howard, M. D.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1906 - 2005  (99 years)

• Name	William Lawrence Howard  [5]
  Suffix	M. D.
  Birth	13 Feb 1906	Federalsburg, Caroline County, MD
  Gender	Male
  Lived in	1911	American Corner, Caroline, Maryland, United States
  Graduated	1923	Federalsburg, Caroline County, MD
  	Federalsburg High School
  Graduated	1924	College Park, MD
  	University of Maryland Medical School - obtaining an M.D. degree
  Graduated	1927	College Park, MD
  	University of Maryland - B.S. degree,
  Census	1930  [6]
  	Appears on the 1920 census, Delmar, Wicomico, MD age 24
  Attending	American Corner, Caroline, Maryland, United States
  	American Corner 1 room country school
  Occupation	Internship at University Hospital in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
  Occupation	M.D. Ophthalmology
  Occupation	Delmar, MD
  	Math and Science teacher at Delmar High School
  Occupation	Salisbury, MD
  	Private practice in Ophthalmology
  Occupation	Salisbury, MD
  	staff member of the Salisbury General Hospital
  Occupation	1976
  	Retired at age 70, after 40 years of practice.
  FindAGrave URL	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55161720
  FindAGrave ID	55161720
  FamilySearch ID	LTF5-Q2K
  FamilySearch URL	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTF5-Q2K
  Death	21 Aug 2005	Salisbury, Wicomico, MD
  Burial	25 Aug 2005	St. Stephen's Cemetery, Sussex Co., Delmar, DE
  Person ID	I8	Main
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	John W. Howard,   b. 18 Feb 1876, Caroline Co, MD d. 19 Mar 1937, Caroline Co, MD (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Lenora Ida Love, "Nora",   b. 19 Oct 1880, Caroline Co, MD d. 8 Mar 1973, Caroline Co, MD (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1898	American Corner, Caroline, Maryland, United States
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sara Marguerite Freeney,   b. 26 Nov 1911, Delmar, Wicomico Co., MD d. 31 Aug 1987, Salisbury, MD (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1928	Delmar, MD   [3, 7, 8]
  Notes	Married: Married by the Rev. Leonard White. The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) 30 Aug 1928, Thursday, p. 3 PRETTY WEDDING OF DELMAR COUPLE Miss Sara M. Freeney Becomes Bride of William L Howard Miss Sara Marguerite Freeney, the attractive young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barton Freeney, on Monday evening became the bride of William Lawrence Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Howard, of Federalsburg. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Leonard White, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the bride's home. Miss Freeney was attended by her sister, Miss Kathleen Freeney, and the best man was Edward Pierce, of Federalsburg. Mrs. J. Fred Stevens played the wedding music and accompanied Mrs. Elizabeth Nabb, of Federalsburg, who sang "The Sweetest Story Ever Told." The bride wore a gown of white satin, tulle and lace, and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and valley lilies. Her hair was bound with tulle and orange blossoms and her slippers were of white satin. Miss Kathleen Freeney's frock was of orchid satin, and she carried delphinium and pink asters. The house was decorated with ferns, gladiolas and burning candles, and under an arc formed by the same decorations, the wedding was solemnized. Only the members of the immediate families and a very few personal friends were guests. Among those from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wright and Mrs. Nabb, of Federalsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Harrington, of Wilmington; Miss Katherine Tunnel, of Olney, Va.; Mrs. Isaac Brewington, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe. Miss Irene Harrell and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, of Salisbury. After a wedding trip to Atlantic City, Mr. and Mrs. Howard will be at home at 903 State street, after October 1. Mr. Howard is an instructor in the Delmar Maryland High School and the bride graduated at that school last June. [7]
  Children	+ 1. C.L. Howard   2. S.A. Howard, PhD + 3. D.L. Howard
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Mildred Hayman,   b. 27 Mar 1918, Pocomoke City, Worcester, Maryland, United States d. 15 Oct 2006, Salisbury, Wicomico, Maryland, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1988  [9]
  Photos		W.L. Howard, M.D. & Mildred Hayman
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2005

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Feb 1906 - Federalsburg, Caroline County, MD Lived in - 1911 - American Corner, Caroline, Maryland, United States Graduated - Federalsburg High School - 1923 - Federalsburg, Caroline County, MD Graduated - University of Maryland Medical School - obtaining an M.D. degree - 1924 - College Park, MD Graduated - University of Maryland - B.S. degree, - 1927 - College Park, MD Marriage - 27 Aug 1928 - Delmar, MD Attending - American Corner 1 room country school - - American Corner, Caroline, Maryland, United States Occupation - Math and Science teacher at Delmar High School - - Delmar, MD Occupation - Private practice in Ophthalmology - - Salisbury, MD Occupation - staff member of the Salisbury General Hospital - - Salisbury, MD Death - 21 Aug 2005 - Salisbury, Wicomico, MD Burial - 25 Aug 2005 - St. Stephen's Cemetery, Sussex Co., Delmar, DE  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		W.L. Howard 2002 in Salisbury, MD
  		W.L.Howard 1988 photo taken on his wedding day to Mildred Hayman.
  		W.L.Howard, M.D. 1970 - 33rd Degree Mason
  		W.L. Howard, M.D. 1964 photo
  		W.L.Howard, M.D.
  		W.L.Howard On vacation at the beach.
  		W.L Howard, M.D.
  		W. L. Howard, M.D. in Ocean City, Md
  		W.L. Howard 1927 graduation, University of Maryland.
  		W.L. Howard - 1927
  		W.L.Howard - 1926 College photo
  		Federalsburg High School 1923 Class Photo
  		W.L. Howard cir. 1920 About age 14 - hasn't quite grown into those large shoes yet.
  		W.L. Howard 7th Grade 1918 Class Photo
  		Howard siblings cir. 1909 L to R: William Lawrence Howard, Mary Ann Howard, Lawrence Claude Howard.
  		W. L. Howard at 19 Months Original in a gold frame with "19 months" written on backing" approx 3" x 4"

  
  

  Documents		Memorial leaflet W. L. Howard
  		W.L. Howard receives 33rd degree
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		W. L. Howard, MD Autobiography p. 1
  		W.L. Howard Autobiography p.2
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		W.L. Howard obituary From the Salisbury Daily Times on August 23, 2005.
  		Boy Shot As Result of Prank Denton Journal (Denton, MD) 18 Feb 1922, page 5
  		Freeney - Howard wedding The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) 30 Aug 1928, Thursday, p. 3 PRETTY WEDDING OF DELMAR COUPLE Miss Sara M. Freeney Becomes Bride of William L Howard Miss Sara Marguerite Freeney, the attractive young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barton Freeney, on Monday evening became the bride of William Lawrence Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Howard, of Federalsburg. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Leonard White, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the bride's home. Miss Freeney was attended by her sister, Miss Kathleen Freeney, and the best man was Edward Pierce, of Federalsburg. Mrs. J. Fred Stevens played the wedding music and accompanied Mrs. Elizabeth Nabb, of Federalsburg, who sang "The Sweetest Story Ever Told." The bride wore a gown of white satin, tulle and lace, and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and valley lilies. Her hair was bound with tulle and orange blossoms and her slippers were of white satin. Miss Kathleen Freeney's frock was of orchid satin, and she carried delphinium and pink asters. The house was decorated with ferns, gladiolas and burning candles, and under an arc formed by the same decorations, the wedding was solemnized. Only the members of the immediate families and a very few personal friends were guests. Among those from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wright and Mrs. Nabb, of Federalsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Harrington, of Wilmington; Miss Katherine Tunnel, of Olney, Va.; Mrs. Isaac Brewington, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe. Miss Irene Harrell and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, of Salisbury. After a wedding trip to Atlantic City, Mr. and Mrs. Howard will be at home at 903 State street, after October 1. Mr. Howard is an instructor in the Delmar Maryland High School and the bride graduated at that school last June.

  
  

  Headstones		Howard Plot marker at St. Stephens
  		W.L.Howard & Marguerite Freeney

  
  

  Videos

  Lynn Howard Howell - Photos with audio narration Recorded in November 2002, Lynn Howard Howell describes photos taken cir 1939 in Maryland of herself, her parents, William Lawrence Howard, M.D., and Marguerite Freeney Howard, her aunt Kathleen Freeney, and her grandparents Thomas Barton Freeney and Sarah Webster Freeney.

  
  

  Albums

  W.L. Howard & Marguerite Freeney - Family Album (9)

  
  

• Notes

  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE HOWARD, M.D. I was born Feb. 13, 1906 at home on our farm in the Laurel Grove neighborhood. I was delivered by the late Dr. John Duhadway whose home and office were in Harmony. Both of my parents, the late John W. Howard and Lenora Love Howard, were born in Caroline County and spent their lives there. My grandfather, Frederick Howard, migrated from England to this area at age 6. I had an older brother, the late L. Claude Howard of Caroline County, and a sister two years younger, the late Mary Howard Magee. When I was 5, my family moved to a farm near American Corner. I attended the American Corner one-room country school for 6 1/2 years until my parents decided that it would be to our best interest to transfer my sister and me to the Federalsburg High School. At that time there were no school buses or other forms of public transportation. We provided our own transportation -a horse and carriage- for a 12 -mile round trip each day. We would leave home soon after 7 a.m. for Federalsburg, where we left our horse in the hands of an attendant at the Farmer's Shed. After a short stretch and maybe a warm up on cold days, we walked ¼ mile uphill to the school. In spite of the conveyance problems, we had very good attendance records. I graduated from Federalsburg High School in 1923. There were 15 in our class -- 12 girls and 3 boys. Following high school I attended the University of Maryland at College Park and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1927. After teaching math and science at the Delmar, Maryland High School for three years, I returned to the University of Maryland Medical School, where I received my M.D. in 1934. I was selected to intern at University Hospital, and after completing one year as a rotating intern, I continued on for two more years as an assistant resident and then resident in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. After completing my residency, I began active practice in my specialty in Salisbury, Maryland and became a member of the staff at the Salisbury General Hospital. During the second World War I was declared essential in my community by the draft board, and I continued to practice EENT until after the war ended. At that point I gave up the practice of Ear, Nose, and Throat and confined my practice to Ophthalmology. I retired at age 70 after 40 years of practice. I was married for 60 years to the late Marguerite Freeney Howard. We have three daughters: Lynn H. Howell of Rosemont, PA; Ann Howard (Bray) of Tenafly, NJ; and Diana H. Dameron of St. Petersburg, FL. Since 1988 I have been married to Mildred Hayman Howard. From a Salisbury, MD Newspaper prob. Daily Times, (unknown date, contains photo): RECEIVES HIGHEST DEGREE Dr. W. L. Howard, Salisbury opthalmologist, was honored Saturday evening by the Salisbury Scottish Rite Bodies for receiving Masonry's highest honors, the thirty-third and last degree with rank of inspector general honorary. He has served as venerable master in the Salisbury Lodge of Perfection, and as wise master in teh Salisbury Chapter of Rose Croix.  He is past president of the North Salisbury PTA, a charter member of the Kiwanis Club, and is vice president of the Tri State Sportments Club. The following obituary appeared August 23rd, in The Daily Times: William Lawrence Howard, M.D. SALISBURY -- William Lawrence Howard, an ophthalmologist who practiced in Salisbury for 40 years, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at his home in Salisbury. He was 99. Born Feb. 13, 1906, on a farm in the Laurel Grove neighborhood of Caroline County, he was the son of the late John W. Howard and Lenora Love Howard. A brother, L. Claude Howard, and a sister, Mary Howard Magee, preceded him in death. Dr. Howard graduated from Federalsburg High School in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1927. He taught mathematics and science at Delmar High School for three years before entering the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, where he received his M.D. in 1934. Following his residency at University Hospital, he began active practice of eye, ear, nose and throat (EENT) in Salisbury in 1937. He became a member of the staff of Peninsula General Hospital at a time when there were only 26 doctors in all of Wicomico County. Declared essential to the community in World War II, he continued to practice EENT until the war ended. He then limited his practice to ophthalmology. While engaged in medical practice, he was a member of the American and Southern Medical Associations, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Ophthalmologic Society, the Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the Wicomico County Medical Society. Dr. Howard's civic activities included charter membership in the Kiwanis Club and participation in the Tri-State Sportsman Club, where he served as both secretary and president. He was also president of the North Salisbury Elementary School PTA. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury for more than 50 years and served on its official board. He became a member of Delmar Masonic Lodge No. 201 -- AF & AM in 1936 and later became a charter member of Centennial Lodge No. 221 -- AF & AM in Salisbury. He was named an honorary 33rd degree Mason after the second World War. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies of Salisbury and Baltimore, a Shriner in the Boumi Temple in Baltimore and a member of its 100 Club. He served as a Wise Master of the Salisbury Chapter of Rose Croix, a Venerable Master of the Salisbury Lodge of Perfection and as a Grand Tall Cedar. As a capital venture, he was involved with the late Paul A. Croll in a successful chicken business, the Caroline Poultry Co. in Federalsburg. They later sold the company to Textron Corp. His first wife of 60 years, Marguerite Freeney Howard, died in 1987. He later married Mildred Hayman Onley. (Ed: Also included at this point in the obituary were names of surviving relatives.) A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen's Cemetery in Delmar on Thursday at 11 a.m., prior to interment. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Ave., Salisbury, Md. 21801; or Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33607-1460. Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home at 501 Snow Hill Road in Salisbury. To send condolences to the family, visit www.delmarvaobits.com Obituary URL: http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050823/OBITUARIES/508230310/1023 [10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] John S. Howell, Jr., JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom. [S131] JSHJr. [S645] William Lawrence Howard, M.D., WL Howard, MD autobiography. [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S1735] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Sep 2020), entry for William Lawrence Howard, person ID LTF5-Q2K. [S815] 1930 U.S. Census, T. Barton Freeney household, Delmar, Wicomico, MD, age 7 months. http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=MDT626_882-0360 [S742] DAR Application, of Marguerite Freeney Howard. [S1868] The Morning News, (Wilmington, Delaware), 30 Aug 1928 - Thursday p3. [S723] Paul Howard with comments by W.L. Howard, M.D., Howard tree - 8 Pages, (8 pages., 8.5 x 11 stapled. Pencil corrections and updates by W.L.Howard.), p. 2. [S507] Salisbury Daily Times, Aug 23, 2005 obituary.