Tombstone of Letitia Cone, Wife of Dr. Alonson Howard, at Windfall Cemetery, Tekonsha, Michigan, August 1959

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Artifact Overview

Letitia Cone was born in New York and moved to Michigan with her family in the 1830s. She married Alonson Howard, Jr., from Tekonsha Township, Michigan, in 1844. Alonson Howard became a well-known local doctor. The couple had three children. Sadly, Letitia died in 1857.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

August 1959

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.674

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.50 in
Width: 3.50 in

Tombstone of Letitia Cone, Wife of Dr. Alonson Howard, at Windfall Cemetery, Tekonsha, Michigan, August 1959