"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Page 617.  Malheur County.

BALTIMORE HOWARD

     To the capable and substantial citizen whose name initiates this paragraph
we are constrained to grant representation in the history of Malheur county, as
he is a man of ability and integrity, and has wrought with faithfulness for the
general good, and has shown commendable wisdom in the manipulation of his
affairs.  The father of our subject, Jonathan B., was born in Maryland, in 1803,
and the mother, Margaret Vinden, was born in Kentucky.  Baltimore was born March
3, 1840, in Shelby county, Illinois, and in 1853 he came with his parents across
the plains with ox teams, leaving the Missouri river at St. Joseph on May 5, and
landing in Oregon City on August 20, which was about the best time that ox teams
ever made across the plains.  Our subject remained with his parents until 1860,
and then took the gold fever and went to British Columbia and operated on the
Fraser river for a season and then returned to Willamette valley.  In 1861 he
went to Oro Fino, Idaho, and returned to the valley in the fall of the same year
and enlisted in Company E of the First Oregon Cavalry Volunteers, under Captain
George B. Curry, and our subject was the first man to put down his name on the
roll of privates.  He enlisted for the purpose of going east, but he was
detained in the west and for three years he served, fighting Indians.  He was
honorably discharged and in 1863 came to Walla Walla, and two years later went
thence to Boise, Idaho.  In 1868 he came to the vicinity of his present home and
engaged in mining and farming.  He entered a homestead in 1880, where he now
resides, ten miles southwest from Malheur, and here he owns one-half section,
well improved and stocked with a large band of cattle.  He has commodious barns
and outbuildings and a comfortable residence and is one of the leading stockmen
of the region.
     On December 25, 1876, Mr. Howard married Miss Fannie, daughter of Jerry
Ralston, and a native of Lebanon, Oregon, and to them have been born the
following children:  Clarence Elmer, Charles Oliver, Juliet Myrtle, Floyd Homer,
Clara Rose, and Gladys Naomi.  Mr. Howard is a Republican in politics, where he
takes the part of an intelligent citizen, and in educational matters he is an
enthusiastic worker and ever laboring for the progress of each department of the
county.  It is of note that Mr. Howard commenced with no capital except his
hands and he has wrought out his present success, which demonstrates his ability
and enterprise.
     In 1878 Mr. Howard served as scout under General Howard and went from
Malheur to Pendleton with him.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.