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4 unusual facts about William Davis Merry Howard


Rancho San Mateo

Arenas sold the property in 1846 to San Francisco based William Davis Merry Howard.

Saint Matthew's Episcopal Day School

Two acres of land were donated by Agnes Poett Howard, widow of William Davis Merry Howard, and their son, William Henry Howard.

William Davis Merry Howard

On the 16th of July, 1850, he presided over the meeting which resulted in the organization of a police force two hundred and thirty strong, to suppress The Hounds, who were terrorizing the city.

During his return to California in 1842, Howard married Mary Warren at the house of Captain Grimes in Honolulu.



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