Allen W. Howland

Notes:

According to family records: "A murder/suicide took place on Saturday April 14, 1951 at the residence of Ruth Howland 428 E. Rose St. Springfield, Ohio following a lengthy quarrel over possession of their daughter, Dixie Sue, who was a witness to the shooting. Howland used a .25 caliber pistol and held his wife in his left arm while he shot her twice. Once between the eyes and once through the temple. He then turned the gun on himself and fired a bullet in his right temple."

Died:
suicide

Family/Spouse: Ruth Virginia Howe. Ruth (daughter of William Howe and Flora Dell Roseboom) was born on 23 Mar 1926 in Fayette County, OH; died on 14 Apr 1951 in Springfield, Clark County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dixie Sue Howland