Tombstone of Letitia Cone, Wife of Dr. Alonson Howard, at Windfall Cemetery, Tekonsha, Michigan, August 1959
THF237162 / 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
Collection Title
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
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ArtifactDr. Howard's Office
Alonson Howard practiced medicine in rural Tekonsha, Michigan, starting around the time of the Civil War. He was an "eclectic" physician, combining Western medicine and surgery with the herbal and homeopathic methods popular in the 19th century. This building was the waiting room, office and laboratory for Doc Howard and his patients. He also made herbal medicines here.