"Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8HL-1DK : 10 March 2018), John Edward Howard, 01 Jan 1940; citing Westerly, Rhode Island, reference 1; FHL microfilm 1,955,423.
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911X1915
"Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8HL-1DK : 10 March 2018), John Edward Howard, 01 Jan 1940; citing Westerly, Rhode Island, reference 1; FHL microfilm 1,955,423.