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Preface

The Missouri chapter begins with the migration of the four of the sons and daughters of Raleigh Howell from Allen County, Kentucky to the new lands of the "Upper Louisiana Territory":

Samuel HOWELL
Robert HOWELL
Young HOWELL  
 Sarah Sally (Howell) PERDUE

They moved westward from southern Kentucky to beyond the Mississippi and north of the Missouri River, in search of game-filled, fertile land of Lincoln County.  These Howell's were respected as pioneers, settlers and community leaders. 

Lincoln County was established in 1818. It is located to the northwest of St. Louis with the Mississippi River the eastern boundary. In 1803 the land passed to the U.S. As part of the Louisiana Purchase, and soon St. Louis became the gateway to the west, especially after the advent of steamboat traffic on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in the 1820s. 

Samuel HOWELL & Elizabeth (WELTY) HOWELL were the first of the Raleigh Howell family to move to Missouri in 1827. Samuel Howell and his family moved from Allen County, KY to Lincoln Co. Samuel Howell appears on the 1830 Federal Census in Lincoln County, MO. 
Image Lincoln Co MO Page 03   
Image Lincoln Co MO Page 03A

Young HOWELL followed not long after as he married Christiana Catherine WELTY, daughter of Abraham WELTY and Mary ROLAND, on 6 Sep 1831 in Lincoln Co., MO. Their first child was born in Lincoln County in 1832. Young purchased 80 acres of land in Section 20, Township 49N, Range 1W on 13 Oct 1835 from the US government.

Sometime in the year of 1835, my Great Great Grandfather, Robert HOWELL, with his wife Charlotte (Brown) HOWELL and six children moved from Allen County, Kentucky to Lincoln County, Missouri.

In 1864 Sarah Sally (HOWELL) PERDUE and husband Hale PERDUE moved their family to Bedford Township in Lincoln County, Missouri from Tennessee.

A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri Wm. S. Bryan and Robert Rose, 1876

In the Pioneer Families of Missouri , Part 2, The Indian War, pages 114-116, it states "Mr. Samuel HOWELL settled in Lincoln county in June, 1827, having emigrated from Franklin County, Ga." (This is where he was born; he actually moved from Allen County, Kentucky). The book describes the early pioneers of Missouri, The Indian War and Daniel Boone. The book indicates the information was from the files of the editors of the Lincoln County Herald covering the adventures and incidents of the Indian Wars with Sioux chief Black Hawk. The book describes Samuel Howell’s confrontations with the Indian people on two separate deer hunting trips on the Mississippi River in Lincoln county. Samuel would have been about 31 years old at the time of the accounts described in the book. The book was published in 1876 when he was 80 years old.

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Mr. Samuel HOWELL settled in Lincoln county in June, 1827, having emigrated from Franklin county, Ga. Soon after he came to the county, he and a small party went down to the Mississippi for a week's hunt. During the afternoon of the first day, a fine buck was killed not far from the camp. The next morning, after the others had been gone some time, Mr. Howell took his rifle and walked down the river about half a mile. Approaching the bank, and happening to look toward the opposite side, he saw an Indian shove his canoe into the water and step into it. At that distance he appeared to be a very large and powerful man, and Mr. Howell watched his movements with a considerable degree of interest, for the Indians in the upper country, under the cele­brated chief Black Hawk, had begun to be troublesome, and it was not known at what time they might make a raid upon the white settlements. For several minutes the warrior remained motionless, as if listening, and then seated himself he began to

                                                          INDIAN WAR                                                    115

ply his paddle, and the canoe sped swiftly up the stream, hugging close to the shore as if to screen itself under the overhanging bushes. Reaching a point opposite the hunters' camp, it turned and made directly across the stream. Mr. Howell, suspecting mischief, returned as quickly as he could to the camp, which he reached a few minutes in advance of the Indian. The latter was unarmed, but advanced directly toward the camp, without show­ing by a sign or an expression of his countenance whether he meant friendship or enmity. Stepping up to Mr. Howell, he grasped his hand and grunted out the usual Indian salutation of "How do?" which was probably all the English he knew. The next instant he snatched the rifle out of Mr. Howell's hand, with the same show of rough cordiality, and with a complacent smile proceeded to carefully examine every portion of the weapon from the muzzle to the breech. Mr. Howell was not sure but that the smile meant mischief, and blamed himself severely for allowing the gun to be taken from him; but the movement was so unex­pected and sudden that he had not the power to resist it. He deemed it prudent, however, not to betray any signs of uneasi­ness, but to await further developments. Having finished the examination with many evidences of satisfaction, the Indian made signs, by taking aim, imitating the noise of the discharge of the piece, going through the motions of a wounded deer, and then pointing to the skin and the spot where the deer had been killed, to show that he had been a witness on that occasion. He then handed the rifle back, and with many smiles and nods of pleasure and approbation, proceeded to examine the other equipments of the camp. No harm came of this adventure, but Mr. Howell never ceased to regret his carelessness in allowing the Indian to snatch his gun.

 Shortly afterward, Mr. Howell went with another hunting party to near the mouth of Cuivre river, and while riding out one day, they came upon an Indian tent, in the door of which sat a venerable-looking old warrior. On the inside was an old squaw, en­gaged in cooking, while a young and very pretty one sat a little distance from her, on a mat of deer skins. The hunters thought she was the most handsome woman they had ever seen, and cast many admiring glances toward her, which greatly annoyed her. The fire of anger gleamed from her beautiful eyes, but this manifestation of her displeasure producing no effect, she covered her face with a deer skin, and remained covered while the interview

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 lasted. The old squaw gave each of the visitors a piece of jerked venison, and poured a little salt into the palm of each one's hand. The venison had been dried in the sun, was very hard, and did not have the appearance of being extra clean; but politeness de­manded that they should eat it. The longer they chewed it, the larger it seemed to get, and they were compelled either to gulp it down or spit it out, and most of them finally chose the latter alternative. The old warri6r related, in broken English, and by signs, how the Indians often caught great numbers of deer by driv­ing them into the overflowed bottoms and drowning them; and the hunters were inclined to believe, from the taste and smell of the venison they were trying to eat, that the red men were not always in a hurry about dressing their meat after it had been secured.

The Sioux Indians were allowed to hunt in Lincoln county for several years after the Black Hawk war, but they had learned discretion from past experience, and gave the white people but little trouble.

 

CUIVRE RIVER received its name from Baron Georges Leopold Cuivier, the great French naturalist and paleontologist, who was first to do comparative anatomy and the classification of animals and fossils. When France acquired the territory west of the Mississippi River, Cuivier sent two of his students to America to get specimens of flora and fauna and to asses the climate and topography of the new acquisition. When the young men reached what is now the Lincoln County area, they found a lovely river which the French were calling Riviere aux Boeuf because of the numerous buffalo roaming its banks. The two budding scientists decided a more impressive name for the lively stream would be Cuivier and this is what they used on the maps they were making. When the English speaking settlers came the spelling was changed to Cuivre and they anglicized the pronunciation to "Quiver". Because the French word for copper is spelled "cuivre" the American settlers mistakenly assumed the French intended the name to be the "Copper River". Thus the name of a great man, who rose from a poor village boy to world wide recognition, was forgotten. received its name from Baron Georges Leopold Cuivier, the great French naturalist and paleontologist, who was first to do comparative anatomy and the classification of animals and fossils. When France acquired the territory west of the Mississippi River, Cuivier sent two of his students to America to get specimens of flora and fauna and to asses the climate and topography of the new acquisition. When the young men reached what is now the Lincoln County area, they found a lovely river which the French were calling Riviere aux Boeuf because of the numerous buffalo roaming its banks. The two budding scientists decided a more impressive name for the lively stream would be Cuivier and this is what they used on the maps they were making. When the English speaking settlers came the spelling was changed to Cuivre and they anglicized the pronunciation to "Quiver". Because the French word for copper is spelled "cuivre" the American settlers mistakenly assumed the French intended the name to be the "Copper River". Thus the name of a great man, who rose from a poor village boy to world wide recognition, was forgotten.

 

History of Lincoln County, Missouri    by Dr. Joseph A. Mudd, 1878 [ Map ]

File submitted for USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Missouri History Page by Patty Archer, 13 December 2001.  Link change or update: 19 Jan 2002

Howell, Samuel ............................................................ 43

County Officials

Public Administrators-- Made elective by the legislature in 1858; Eugene N. Bonfils, two terms; 1862, Samuel HOWELL; 1864, Robert H. Hudson; 1866, J.B. Allen; 1868, Elbridge G. Sitton, term changed to four years; 1872, Josiah Creech; 1876, Jeptha Wells.

Howell, Logan ........................................................ 63,69

Town 49 North Range 1 West of the 5th P.M. - - Con.

Name

Post-Office

Section

Business

Nativity

Settl'd in County
Logan Howell Troy Merchant & Tobacco Dealer Lincoln Co.,Mo 1837

Miscellaneous

Logan Howell, 3 miles West of Troy, Mo.  Merchant
and Tobacco Dealer.

The First Settlers History of Lincoln County, Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888 

In 1826 Charles HOSS came from Kentucky and settled near Louisville. He died at Truxton, December 26, 1879. The same year Samuel HOWELL settled about four miles northeast of Troy. In an interview published in the Herald in 1876 Mr. HOWELL stated that when he settled his neighbors were Armstrong KENNEDY, John HUNTER, Thomas EAST, John WILSON, Lemon and William BARKER, brothers, an old man named JENNINGS, who soon left the county, and one HATFIELD, who also left. These, with KENNEDY, lived near Cuivre River, and each had hunted up a spring of water near which to build. Beyond these settlements there were none on the north nearer than the Auburn settlement, on the northwest, those of George W. JAMESON and others, and further to the west the HUDSON settlement. Mr. HOWELL could not remember of any settlements west of HUDSON’s in 1826. By this time, however, the eastern and southern parts of the county had become much more thickly settled.

File submitted for USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Missouri History Page by Betty Lavy Krieg,, 1 December 2001.  Link change or update: 26 Jan 2002

Lincoln County Organization

To the first settler of Lincoln County was reserved the honor of securing its establishment as a separate county, and also of selecting it official title. In the Territorial Legislature which convened at St. Louis on December 14, 1818, being the fifth session since the creation of the territory, the organization of several new counties was discussed. Major Clark, who was a member, proposed a new county of the area of St. Charles, about twenty-four miles square, with the boundaries corresponding very nearly to the present lines. The subject was favorably considered, and the only matter to be decided upon was a name for the proposed county, for which a blank space had been left in the bill. Several names were proposed and discussed. Major Clark addressed the legislature and suggested the name Lincoln County, as he was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina and lived for some years in Lincoln County, Kentucky. And so it was named.

LINCOLN COUNTY 1860

The population of Lincoln County, in 1860, both white and black, was: 14,210; 11,347 were white with 2,863 being listed as black. The presidential election of November, 1860 brought the following results in Lincoln County:

Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat, 806 votes; John Bell, Union Party, 725; John C. Breckenridge, Democrat, 396; Abraham Lincoln, Republican, 3 votes. The state tally reads as follows: Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat, 58,802 votes; John Bell, Union Party, 58,372 votes, John C. Breckenridge, Democrat, 31,317 votes; Abraham Lincoln, Republican, 17,028 votes. Abraham Lincoln received slightly more than ten percent of the popular vote in the state of Missouri and a fraction of one percent in Lincoln County. It should be noted that in 1860 only free white males were allowed to vote and the total popular vote in Lincoln County (1,930) represented only a little over 13% of the population. James Buchanan, Democrat, was President of the United States until the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in March of 1861.

Descendants of Raleigh and Sarah Sally Howell

The following is a brief recap of the Howell families that settled in Missouri. Much more detailed family information can be found by following this link to the Howell Family Tree .

  1. Samuel Howell

  2. James Howell

  3. Robert Howell

  4. William Howell

  5. Young Howell

  6. Polly Ann Howell

  7. Sara Sally Howell

 

Samuel Howell

Samuel HOWELL, was born 1 Nov 1796 in Franklin Co., GA. He died 5 May 1882 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Howell Tucker Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. Samuel married Elizabeth WELTY, daughter of Abraham WELTY and Mary ROLAND, about 1818 in Allen Co., KY. Elizabeth was born 30 Jun 1803 in Allen Co., KY. She died 22 Jan 1888 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Howell Tucker Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.

Samuel and Elizabeth Howell with their four children were the first of the Raleigh Howell family line to settle in Lincoln County, Missouri in 1827 after leaving Allen County, Kentucky.  Samuel Howell acquired 80 acres of land located in Section 20, Township 49N, Range 1W, 5PM from a US land patent issued 1 Jul 1829, Doc 1107. He also purchased 80 acres on 24 Apr 1833 Doc 2795; 40 acres on 15 Feb 1836 Doc 6986; 40 acres 28 Jul 1838 Doc 12279.  The 1830 federal census in Lincoln County noted 2 boys (one under 5 and one 5 to 9 years old) and one girl under 5 years of age. There is a possibility their third child, Benjamin HOWELL (born 1825) died in Kentucky.

Census Records:
1830  Image Lincoln Co MO Page 03       Image Lincoln Co MO Page 03A
1840  Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page P226  Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page P226A
1850  Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page 0806  Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page 0807

  1. Abraham HOWELL  was born about 1821 in Allen Co., KY. He died 28 Jul 1862. Abraham married Nancy ?. The 1870 Lincoln County census listed Abraham, age 49, farmer; Nancy J., age 37, and John Howell , age 8. Abraham acquired land in Section 18, Township 49N in Lincoln County with US land patents in 1852 Doc 26204 and in 1853 Doc 27274.

  2. Robert HOWELL , born 22 Oct 1823. Married four times: Rosa PARKER (1st), Sally Ann HARPER (2nd), Ruth Ann HARPER (3rd), Lucy Kaester GLEAR (4th)

  3. Benjamin HOWELL  was born about 1825 in Allen Co., KY. Possibly died young in Kentucky.

  4. Sarah HOWELL  was born 22 Sep 1826 in Allen Co., KY. She died 1866. Sara married Alexander KENNEDY on 9 Nov 1848 in Lincoln Co., MO. Alexander was born in Lincoln Co., MO.  They had seven children. After her death in 1866, Alexander Kennedy married Sarah’s sister, Mary "Polly" HOWELL l and had three children.

Samuel and Elizabeth Howell had the following children in Missouri:

  1. Samuel HOWELL , Jr. was born about 1830 in Lincoln Co., MO. was born about 1830 in Lincoln Co., MO.

  2. Mary "Polly" HOWELL  was born about 1831 in Lincoln Co., MO. Mary married Alexander KENNEDY, the widower of her sister, Sarah (HOWELLl) KENNEDY.was born about 1831 in Lincoln Co., MO. Mary married Alexander KENNEDY, the widower of her sister, Sarah (HOWELLl) KENNEDY.

  3. Warren HOWELL  was born about 1833 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 19 Jun 1862 and was buried in Howell Tucker Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. Enlisted in the Civil War on 13 Mar 1862. He died of wounds in the Civil War in Rock Hill, Mississippi, 19 Jun 1862. Buried in Howell Tucker cemetery.

  4. Rose Ann "Mima" HOWELL  was born about 1836 in Lincoln Co., MO. Rose married F. M. CAMPBELL.was born about 1836 in Lincoln Co., MO. Rose married F. M. CAMPBELL.

  5. Logan HOWELL  was born 6 May 1837 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 15 Mar 1927 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Howell Tucker Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.. He enlisted with the 5th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry on 21 Oct 1861.  He returned and married Emily DOBBINS, daughter of Armintis DOBBINS and Matilda KENNEDY, on 4 Oct 1865. They had the following children: [Photo].

    1. Eugenia Eliza HOWELL was born 28 Jul 1867. She died 3 Feb 1943.
      Eugenia married Marion SHAFER on 25 Nov 1886.

    2. Samuel A. HOWELL was born 12 Dec 1868. He died 2 Oct 1872 and was buried in Howell Tucker Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.

    3. Cyrus Sylvester HOWELL was born 30 Oct 1871. He died 3 Aug 1954.

    4. Bertram HOWELL was born 23 Aug 1875. He died 10 Aug 1889 and was buried in Howell Tucker Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.

    5. Bertha HOWELL was born 23 Aug 1875. She died 21 Dec 1898 and was buried in Troy City Cemetery, Troy, Lincoln Co., MO. Bertha married Christopher KALB on 21 Dec 1898. 

    6. Etta HOWELL was born 5 Nov 1880.  

    6. Both Logan and Emily Howell are buried in the Howell Tucker cemetery.

    In the 1878 Atlas of Lincoln County, Missouri, Logan Howell was listed as an Merchant and Tobacco Dealer as well as a landowner.

    See MILITARY page for details in Logan Howell's Civil War experience.

    His gravestone at the Howell Cemetery (Sec. 20-T49N-R1W) notes he served in Company D, 5th Iowa Cavalry and died 15-Mar 1927. (photo courtesy of Robert Edgar Howell)

  1. Allen HOWELL was born about 1840 in Lincoln Co., MO. Allen married Nellie BRYAN on 26 May 1875 in Lincoln Co., MO. was born about 1840 in Lincoln Co., MO. Allen married Nellie BRYAN on 26 May 1875 in Lincoln Co., MO.

  2. Moses HOWELL was born 6 Jun 1841 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 5 Feb 1910 in Louisiana, Pike Co., MO.   Moses married Lucy J0NES on 10 Jan 1864 in Warren Co., MO. Married  by Justice of the Peace, Wm. Colbert. Certificate of Marriage . Lucy was born about 1841. She died 4 Jul 1928. They had the following children:

    1. Pauline E. HOWELL was born 1864. She died 2 Sep 1866 and was buried in Howell Tucker cemetery.

    2. Elizabeth HOWELL was born 23 Sep 1866.

    3. Arthur B. HOWELL was born 17 Nov 1873.

    Moses was a 1st Sgt. in Co. C, 2nd Rgmt, Missouri in the Civil War and returned. Moses Enrolled 25 Mar 1863; ordered into active service 5 Apr 1863; relieved from further duty with the Company, 13 Nov 1863; 234 days of actual service. Auditor for War Department 2 Feb 1897.   Bureau of Pensions 15 Oct 1898 . Enrolled in Troy, MO. Discharged at Hannibal, MO. Resided in New Florence for 8 years and at Louisiana, MO thereafter.  Occupation: farmer  Declaration of Pension 12  Mar 1907. He received monthly pension of $12 per month. Pension Bureau 24 Jan 1908 . Moses died 5 Feb 1910 and resided at 500 Frankford Road, Louisiana, Pike County, MO. Widow's Application for Accrued Pension 8 Feb 1910. Widow's Declaration for Original Pension . Moses died of heart disease and apoplexy (old medical term for "stroke")  Physician's Affidavit 24 Feb 1910, Pension of $30 per month paid until 4 Jul 1928, when Lucy S. (Jones) Howell died. Indicates Lucy S. Howell, Tebbetts, MO Drop Report-Pensioner 14 Aug 1928.

  3. James Madison HOWELL, 6 Dec 1844. He died 6 Jan 1866 of wounds in the Civil War. Buried in the Howell Tucker cemetery.

Samuel Howell lost two sons, Warren HOWELL and James Madison HOWELL in the Civil War.

Samuel HOWELL, the first Howell pioneer in Missouri, was also noted in Dr. Joseph A. Mudd’s History of Lincoln County, as a "Public Administrator made elective by the legislature in 1864". The 1870 federal census listed him as "age 72, merchant; his wife Elisabeth, 67, keeping house; Allen, 31, farming".

He died 5 May 1882 at the age of 86. His wife, Elizabeth, passed away 22 Jan 1888. Both are laid to rest in the Howell Tucker cemetery , Bedford Township in Lincoln County.

James Howell (See KENTUCKY Chapter)

William Howell (See KENTUCKY Chapter)

Robert Howell (See KENTUCKY Chapter)

Robert HOWELL was born 18 Nov 1804 in Franklin Co., GA. He was the fourth child of Raleigh Howell and the third son of Raleigh Howell to relocate from Kentucky to Missouri.  He married Charlotte "Lotty" BROWN in about 1824. Charlotte was born 4-Aug 1801 in Kentucky. 

Robert Howell was born 18 Nov 1804 in Franklin Co., GA. He died about 1864 in Lincoln Co., MO. Robert married Charlotta BROWN about 1824. Charlotta was born 4 Aug 1801 in KY. She died Feb 1880 in Lincoln Co., MO. Charlotta was the daughter of Wiley Brown (1769-March 1848) and Margaret (Peggy) Jent. Wiley Brown was the son of William Brown, Jr. who died in North Carolina about 1799. William Brown, Jr. was a Revolutionary War veteran in the North Carolina Line.

Sometime in the year of 1835 Robert Howell, with wife Charlotte and six children moved from Allen County, Kentucky to Lincoln County, Missouri. Robert and Charlotte "Lotty" Howell had five more children that were born in Lincoln County, MO. Robert Howell purchased a tract of land in Lincoln County, Missouri, from Fielding Dawson on 16 Aug 1835. The deed described the land as the SE1/4, Section 12, Township 49 North, Range 2 West of the 5th Meridian. The tract was purchased for $200 and this is believed to be the first piece of land purchased by Robert Howell in the state of Missouri. His older brother, Samuel Howell, and a James Beard witnessed the deed. Robert Howell also acquired land from the US government with land patents. On 13 Oct 1835 the acquired 148 acres in Section 7, Township 49N Doc 4281 and 40 acres in Section 18, Township 49N on 15 May 1852 Doc 26205.

Census Records:
1840 Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page P225   Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page P225A

Robert Howell passed away in 1864 and wife Charlotte in 1871. Burial location is unknown. Administrators Notice 1866. Samuel Howell, administrator of estate.

They had the following children:

  1. Yancy HOWELL was born 17 Oct 1825 in Allen Co., KY. He died about 1870. Yancy married Lousia HUNTER on 24 Feb 1848.
  2. Elizabeth HOWELL was born 10 Mar 1827 in Allen Co., KY. Elizabeth married Calvin SMITH on 20 Feb 1851.
  3. Synthey HOWELL was born 22 Jun 1828 in Allen Co., KY.
  4. Alsey HOWELL was born 3 Oct 1830 in Allen Co., KY
  5. Robert Parrin HOWELL was born 15 Mar 1832 in Allen Co., KY. He died 10 Feb 1861 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Hunter Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. Robert married Paradine BRUNK on 29 Aug 1852 in Lincoln Co., MO. Paradine was born 5 May 1834. She died 4 Jul 1867 and was buried in Hunter Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. They had the following children:
    1. Albert Henry HOWELL was born 1855.
    2. James Albert HOWELL
    3. William Brunk HOWELL
  1. James Madison HOWELL was born 16 Oct 1833 in Allen, Kentucky. [Photo] [Photo]He died 28 Dec 1914 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. James married (1) Nancy C BRISCOE on 26 Jan 1860 in Lincoln Co., MO. Nancy was born 6 Nov 1841 in KY. She died 2 Dec 1867 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Hunter Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. They had the following children:
    1. Samuel Brady HOWELL(Continued in the KANSAS chapter) was born 31 Mar 1861 in Hawk Point, Lincoln Co., MO. He died 23 Nov 1951 in Pratt, KS and was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Pratt, KS. Samuel married Susie Helen CORBET, daughter of Celestian C. CORBET and Elmira HASTINGS, on 11 Apr 1888 in Nonchalanta, Ness Co., KS. Susie was born 17 Oct 1871 in Severance, Doniphan Co., KS. She died 23 Nov 1951 in Pratt, KS and was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Pratt, KS.
    2. Dudley Scott HOWELL was born 6 Aug 1863 in Lincoln Co., MO. was buried in Hunter Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. Dudley married Mary Ann TUCKER on 24 Feb 1883 in Troy, Lincoln Co., MO. Mary was born 1 Nov 1864.
    3. Charles Agustus HOWELL was born 16 Apr 1865 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 6 Sep 1897 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Hunter Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.
    4. Nancy Lenorah HOWELL was born 21 Nov 1867 in Lincoln Co., MO. She died 27 Oct 1868 in Lincoln Co., MO. Nancy C. (BRISCOE) HOWELL died on 2 Dec 1867, about a week after the birth of Nancy Lenorah. Nancy Lenorah died a month before her first birthday. Mother and daughter were buried in Hunter Cemetery in Lincoln County.

    James Madison Howell also married (2) Mahala EARLY, daughter of Charles EARLY and Rosannah WELTY, on 9 Jun 1869 in Hawk Point, Lincoln Co., MO. Mahala was born 9 Aug 1846 in Lincoln Co., MO. They had the following children: [Photo]

    1. Alton Early HOWELL
    2. Rosannah Francis HOWELL "Annie" was born 12 Jun 1874 in Lincoln Co.,  MO. She died 14 Jan 1898 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. Annie married Herman HAMMOND on 18 May 1896 in Lincoln Co., MO. Herman died 6 Oct 1896.
    3. Charlotta Jane HOWELL
    4. Dollie Mabel HOWELL was born 12 Aug 1882 in Lincoln Co., MO. Dollie married Eugene KNOX on 24 Jun 1903 in Lincoln Co., MO. [ Photo ]
    5. James Madison HOWELL Jr. [ Photo ] was born 6 Sep 1885 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 16 Jul 1960 in Hawk Point, Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Hawk Point Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. James married Julia Ella UPSON, daughter of Beverly UPSON and Fannie Cordelia NICHOLS, on 20 Oct 1909. Julia was born 30 Sep 1888 in Lincoln Co., MO. She died 8 Feb 1970 and was buried in Hawk Point Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.
    6. John Sherman HOWELL. Born 2 Jul 1888. Married Ruby CANNON 28 Oct 1914. This is Robert E. HOWELL’s father. [ Photo ]
  1. Eldridge HOWELL was born 19 Sep 1835 in Lincoln Co., MO.
  2. Camilla HOWELL was born 25 Nov 1837. She died 9 May 1913 and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. [Photo] Camilla married Andrew Jackson GILLILAND on 10 Sep 1857 in Lincoln Co., MO. Andrew was born 15 Aug 1831 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 7 Feb 1905 in Lincoln Co., MO. Andrew and Camilla had the following children:
    1. William S. GILLILAND was born 28 Nov 1858. He died 24 Sep 1871.
    2. Francis A. GILLILAND was born 1 Jun 1860 in Lincoln Co., MO. She died 2 May 1911 in Lincoln Co., MO. Francis married George W. HOLLEY on 22 Sep 1878.
    3. Charles Madison GILLILAND was born 13 Nov 1862. He died 12 Jan 1914 and was buried in Giles Family Cemetery, Hawk Point, MO. Charles married Harriet GILES "Hattie". Hattie was born 7 Sep 1872. She died 29 Jun 1902 in Lincoln Co., MO.
    4. Carrie Alice GILLILAND was born 25 Nov 1863 in Lincoln Co., MO. She died 21 May 1909 in Lincoln Co., MO. Carrie married James J. HOLLEY. James was born 29 Jan 1859 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 28 Jan 1915.
    5. Ila E. GILLILAND was born 9 Mar 1865 in Lincoln Co., MO. She died 23 Mar 1893 in Lincoln Co., MO. Ila married Lee KINION on 1886. Leek was born 9 Mar 1865. He died 23 Jun 1893.
    6. John Andrew GILLILAND was born 3 Jan 1868 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 27 Apr 1929 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. John married Mary Ellen LEE on 1891. Mary was born 12 May 1870. She died 5 Jan 1926 and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.
    7. Margaret C. GILLILAND was born 5 Oct 1869 in Lincoln Co., MO. She died 27 Mar 1919.
    8. Mary E. GILLILAND was born 3 Sep 1874. She died 2 Nov 1878.
    9. Alfred Jackson GILLILAND was born 1878. He died 1953 in Hawk Point, Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Hawk Point Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.
      Alfred married Maude M. TULLY on 1899. Maude was born 1881. She died 1956 in Hawk Point, Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Hawk Point Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.

  3. Margaret HOWELL was born 5 Jun 1839. Margaret married Azro A. HOLMES on 7 Apr 1861 in Lincoln Co., MO.
  4. Perlina HOWELL was born 1 Mar 1841. She married William Henry CLAGGETT. Perlina died 21 Jun 1916 and was burried in Hunter Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. Tombstone photo. The photo of gravesite provided by Steve Claggett. William Henry Claggett was his great great uncle.  

    Claggett Homestead
    This the Claggett homestead which was built in the 1800's.  Thomas and Perlina (Howell) Claggett made this their home.  It was located in Lincoln County , Bedford Twp, Missouri    near the Cuivre River .  The original land was acquired by Thomas J Claggett father of William Henry.  William Henry bought additional land to add to the original farm.    Thomas J and Mary Ann Burdette came from Fauquier County Virginia between 1837 and 1840.  Thomas was the son of Dr Samuel Claggett a revolutionary war surgeon and Mary Ann was the daughter of Stephen Burdette. 
    Source: Steven Forest Claggett
  5. William H. HOWELL was born 29 Jul 1843 in Lincoln Co., MO.William married America (unknown last name). America was born about 1843/1844 in IL. According to the census records of Lincoln Co, MO Bedford Township 1860 shows William age 17 living at home with his parents Robert Howell age 59, Charlotta Howell age 58, his sisters Alsy 29 and Paulina 18. 1870 census shows William H Howell age 28, a farmer, his wife America age 26 , Jackson age 3 male, Henry age 1, male and William 10 MO. male. The 1880 Census shows William age 37 born MO both parents born KY (this is incorrect as Robert was born in GA) America age 39 born in Illinois and both her parents born New Jersey. Jackson age 13, Henry R age 10, Frances age 7 female, Flora age 5 female, Beatrice 8/12 female. The William that was 10 MO old in the 1870 census who would have been 10 years old in 1880 was not shown in the home in 1880, he may have died young or been away at the time of the census. According to the 1880 census of Bedford TOWNSHIP Lincoln Co MO. America was born in Illinois and both of her parents were born in New Jersey. Children's ages are "about" based on their ages at the time of the census.  Source: Anna (Howell) Palmer

    They had the following children:
    1. Jackson HOWELL was born about 1867.
    2. Henry R. HOWELL was born about 1869.
    3. Flora HOWELL was born about 1875.
    4. Beatrice HOWELL was born about 1879 in Lincoln Co, MO. Beatrice married George Otis WADE on 4 Dec 1895. George was born 29 Jul 1875. He died 28 Jan 1944 in Warren Co., MO.


Young Howell

Young Howell, the fifth child of Raleigh Howell. Young Howell was the second son of Raleigh Howell to moved from Kentucky to Missouri. Young Howell was born 1 Oct 1806 in Allen Co., KY. He died 18 Feb 1881 in Lincoln Co., MO and was buried in Hunter Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO. Young married Christiana Catherine WELTY, daughter of Abraham WELTY and Mary ROLAND, on 6 Sep 1831 in Lincoln Co., MO. Christiana was born 13 Mar 1812 in KY. Young Howell purchased 80 acres of land in Section 20, Township 49N, Range 1W on 13 Oct 1835 from the US government. Land patent Doc 4634. Additional 40 acre land patents in Section 20 were issued in 2 Nov 1837 Doc 9208 and 28 Jul 1838 Doc 12278.

Census Records:
1840 Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page P225   Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page P225A
1850 Image Lincoln Co. Mo. Page 0806  

They had the following children:

  1. Francis Marion HOWELL was born 26 Apr 1832 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 27 Jul 1906.   Francis married Amanda E. POWELL on 22 Jun 1870.  Buried: Lot 24, Block 16E, Crown Hill Cemetery, Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas.

    THE WESTERN STAR, 3 August 1906                                                                                                 Coldwater, Kansas
    Obituary of FRANCIS MARION HOWELL

    Sudden Death of F. M. Howell.

    At 4:45 p.m. on last Friday, July 27, 1906, F. M. Howell, a well known citizen of this city, died suddenly of heart trouble. He had been in poor health for some time and was under the doctor's care, although able to be around most of the time. On Saturday afternoon he followed his usual custom of going to the post office and then found a resting place in the shade in front of P. H. Thornton's real estate office. He appeared to be in about his usual health and chatted pleasantly with a number of friends about him. In a few minutes, however, someone near noticed that he seemed unusually pale and even deathly, and upon going to him found that he was in a dying condition. He was still sitting in his chair. Everything possible was done for him but to no avail. Death ensued within a few minutes.

    Francis Marion Howell was born on April 26, 1832, near Troy, Lincoln county, Missouri, and was, therefore, at the time of his death three months and one day past 74 years of age. He was married on June 22, 1870, to Amanda E. Powell. To this union were born seven children, all of whom live to mourn a father's death.

    In 1893 Mr. Howell moved from Missouri to Kansas. In 1895 he went to Oklahoma where he lived until 1896 when he returned to Coldwater. Here he continued to live until the time of his death. He served three years and six months as a member of the Forty-ninth Missouri cavalry during the Civil War and participated in a number of important battles. He was ever a brave soldier and since the war he continued to be a loyal citizen and a worthy member of the community in which he lived. For several years he had been a familiar figure on the streets of Coldwater. All were his friends.

    The funeral services were held at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Rev. W. L. Roberts conducted brief services at the home. Interment was made in the Coldwater cemetery.
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    Card of Thanks.

    We desire to thank the good people of Coldwater who were so kind to our father while living and for the assistance given in his burial.

    C. A. Howell.
    L. W. Howell and Wife.
    O. B. Howell and Wife.
    O. D. Howell.
    E. F. Howell.
    Mrs. Zilla Winthrow.
    Pearl Howell.

  2. Joseph Bedford HOWELL was born 25 Sep 1834 in Lincoln Co., MO. He died 24 Mar 1910.  Joseph married Isablle Eving CARUTHERS on 22 Dec 1859. Joseph Bedord Howell acquired land in Section 12, Township 49N, Range 1W with a US land patent in 1859 Doc 33188.

  3. Mary Ann "Polly" HOWELL was born 10 Jul 1836. Polly married John W. GUTHRIE on 6 Feb 1856.

  4. Samuel Livingston HOWELL was born 8 Mar 1839 in Lincoln Co., MO. Samuel married (1) Sarah L. DUFF. Samuel also married (2) Mary Elizabeth MOORE.

  5. Elisha Welty HOWELL was born 23 Oct 1841 in Lincoln Co., MO. Elisha married Elizabeth.

  6. William Young HOWELL was born 14 Jun 1844 in Lincoln Co., MO. William married Elizabeth CULLOM on 20 Jul 1870.

  7. Robert Richard HOWELL was born 14 Oct 1846 in Lincoln Co., MO. Robert married Mary Francis POWELL on 5 Oct 1867.

  8. Daniel Roland HOWELL was born 2 Dec 1848 in Lincoln Co., MO. Daniel married Adelia Rebecca PEARL on 10 Nov 1880 in Prices Branch, Montgomery Co., MO.

  9. James Madison HOWELL was born 7 Sep 1852 in Lincoln Co., MO. James married Sina Adaline PERDUE, daughter of William Hale PERDUE and Sara Sally HOWELL. Sina was born about 1846.

  10. Rebecca Jane HOWELL was born 19 Nov 1855 in Lincoln Co., MO. She died 15 Feb 1860.

Young Howell passed away 18 Feb 1881 at the age of 74. His wife, Christiana, passed away 8 Feb 1893. Both are laid to rest in the Hunter Cemetery.

Polly Ann Howell (See KENTUCKY Chapter)

Sarah Sally (Howell) Perdue

Sara "Sally" HOWELL, the seventh child of Raleigh Howell, and husband William Hale PERDUE. They settled on a farm in Allen County. This land was in the involved area of the Tennessee/Kentucky boundary line dispute. After the settlement, Hale's land ended up in Sumner County, TN. In 1864 Hale and Sarah moved to Bedford Township, Lincoln County, Missouri. (Source: Betty Bryant Barker). They appeared on the 1870 federal census in Lincoln County, Missouri. They would be the fourth Howell family to move to Missouri. They had ten children, all born in Tennessee according to census records (See KENTUCKY HISTORY for details):

  1. Melina PERDUE,, born 1832;

  2. Mary Francis PERDUE,, born 1833; Married Charles BRYANT, twin brother of Daniel C. BRYANT. Link to Mark DiVecchio's website on the Bryant & Snider families.

  3. Celia PERDUE,, born 1834 in TN.   Married John Joshua PERDUE, son of Daniel Perdue and second wife Harriet Wyatt. Joshua and Celia had three daughters: Sarah Perdue, Mary Perdue and Margaret Perdue. Celia died in 1861.

  4. Martha Ann PERDUE, [Photo], 4 Oct 1837 in Lafayette, Macon Co., TN; Married Daniel C. BRYANT [Photo] , twin brother of Charles BRYANT. Moved to Pratt Co., KS in 1884. Died 3 July 1921 and buried in Haviland, Pratt Co., KS. Link to Mark DiVecchio's website on the Bryant & Snider families.

  5. Sarah PERDUE,, 1838;

  6. Nancy PERDUE,, 1840;

  7. Thomas PERDUE,, 1844;

  8. Sina Adaline PERDUE,, 1846; Sina Adaline married her cousin, James Madison HOWELL, son of Young HOWELL.

  9. James PERDUE,, 1851; Married a Mary HILER.

  10. John Gilbert PERDUE,, born 1 Apr 1854 in Sumner Co., TN. On 13 Apr 1876 married Eliza Ann DOUGLAS, daughter of William H. DOUGLAS and Martha SLAVENS of Lincoln Co., MO. Died 30 Sep 1932 and buried at Coats Cemetery, Pratt Co., KS.

Sons of Pioneers Visit Troy
Newspaper clipping from Lincoln County, Missouri (courtesy of Betty Bryant Barker)

Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Perdue, Mrs. James Perdue and B. Y. Bryant, of Pratt, Kansas have been guest during the past week in the home of Mrs. Lizzie Crouch and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ruebling and family of Troy. Mr. Bryant was born October 12, 1879, on a farm northwest of troy, now owned by H. C. Manning.

Mr. Perdue was born in Kansas.

Mr. Perdue and Mr. Bryant are sons of pioneer residents of the Troy community. Following the close of the Civil War the late John G. Perdue and Daniel C. Bryant families of Franklin Simpson, KY, located in Lincoln County, Missouri, near Troy. In 1884 the former Kentuckians loaded their families in covered wagons and started westward much as the old poem goes:

'We cross the prairies -- as of old

The Pilgrims crossed the sea.

To make the west -- as they the east

The homestead of the free.'

They were ferried across the Missouri River at Jefferson City and after five strenuous weeks on the road (which can be made in 10 hours by car now), they arrived at a post office called Mt. Nebo, in central Kansas, 80 miles west of Wichita, where on of their old Missouri neighbors, Ben Keithly, was located. Their household goods were shipped in Kingman, Kan., as there was no railroad through Pratt County at that time. However the following year, 1885, the Rock Island built a line through the county. Mr. Perdue's mother, Eliza Douglas Perdue, daughter of William H. and Martha Douglas, was born in 1857 on the farm now owned by Mrs. Rose Baker northwest of Troy.

The visitors to Troy note many changes during the past 75 years and can but wonder what another 75 years can bring."

This note was attached -- Lizzie Couch is a cousin of B. Y. Bryant

Census Records

Census images linked from Ed & Sandy Mackley's Census Images web site.

1880 Federal Census
Lincoln County, Bedford Township

Name Age Est. Birth Year Birthplace Relation to Head of House Marital Status Race Gender E.D. Page Family
William HOWELL 22 <1858> Missouri Brother Single White Male 87 03a 24
James HOWELL 25 <1855> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 03a 24
Hattie HOWELL 25 <1855> Missouri Wife Married White Female 87 03a 24
Louisa HOWELL 52 <1828> Missouri Self Widowed White Female 87 06a 52
Wylie HOWELL 30 <1850> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 06a 52
Louisa HOWELL 27 <1853> Missouri Wife Married White Female 87 06a 52
James F. HOWELL 7 <1873> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 06a 52
Thomas A. HOWELL 4 <1876> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 06a 52
James M. HOWELL 45 <1835> Kentucky Self Married White Male 87 08d 76
Mahala HOWELL 34 <1846> Missouri Wife Married White Female 87 08d 76
Samuel B. HOWELL 19 <1861> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 08d 76
Dudley S. HOWELL 17 <1863> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 08d 76
Charles A. HOWELL 15 <1865> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 08d 76
Alton E. HOWELL 10 <1870> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 08d 76
Rosana HOWELL 5 <1875> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 08d 76
Chalotta HOWELL 4 <1876> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 08d 76
James M. HOWELL 28 <1852> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 12d 117
Sina A. HOWELL 26 <1854> Tennessee Wife Married White Female 87 12d 117
Silas HOWELL 4 <1876> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 12d 117
Surilla HOWELL 4 <1876> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 12d 117
Lenora HOWELL 2 <1878> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 12d 117
Young HOWELL 74 <1806> Kentucky Father Married White Male 87 12d 117
Christina HOWELL 68 <1812> Kentucky Mother Married White Female 87 12d 117
Logan HOWELL 43 <1837> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 14b 141
Emily HOWELL 35 <1845> Missouri Wife Married White Female 87 14b 141
Elijah E. HOWELL 12 <1868> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 14b 141
Siras HOWELL 8 <1872> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 14b 141
Bertran HOWELL 5 <1875> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 14b 141
Bertha HOWELL 5 <1875> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 14b 141
Samuel HOWELL 83 <1797> Georgia Father Married White Male 87 14b 141
Elizabeth HOWELL 75 <1805> Kentucky Mother Married White Female 87 14b 141
Moses HOWELL 39 <1841> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 15c 146
Lucy HOWELL 40 <1840> Missouri Wife Married White Female 87 15c 146
Francis E. HOWELL 13 <1867> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 15c 146
Aurthur B. HOWELL 7 <1873> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 15c 146
Abram HOWELL 57 <1823> Kentucky Self Married White Male 87 19c 184
Nancy HOWELL 47 <1833> Kentucky Wife Married White Female 87 19c 184
John H. HOWELL 18 <1862> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 19c 184
Robert R. HOWELL 34 <1846> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 20d 197
Mary HOWELL 32 <1848> Missouri Wife Married White Female 87 20d 197
Nancy HOWELL 11 <1869> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 20d 197
Charles HOWELL 8 <1872> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 20d 197
Alfred HOWELL 6 <1874> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 20d 197
Joseph HOWELL 46 <1834> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 20d 198
Hettie R. HOWELL 44 <1836> Tennessee Wife Married White Female 87 21a 198
Daisy HOWELL 18 <1862> Missouri Dau Single White Female 87 21a 198
Frances HOWELL 16 <1864> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 21a 198
William HOWELL 9 <1871> Missouri Son Single White Male 87 21a 198
Francis M. HOWELL 47 <1833> Missouri Self Married White Male 87 21a 199
Amanda E. HOWELL 29 <1851> Missouri Wife Married White Female 87 21a 199
Jilla C. HOWELL 9