Howell, William Edward
(1860-)




Birth: June 12, 1860
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Parents: Henry and Elizabeth (Booker) Howell
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Compton, married November 15, 1883
Second Spouse: Nenia Angeline Belle Rice, married September 17, 1899
Known Children: Neva Beatrice, Earl Cecil, Sylvia Otis, Myrtle ldoris, Leslie Defore (by first wife); Canova Gilbraltar, Tillford Ralston, Oscar Melvin, Bessie Burnadette, William Harsel, Ishmael Ildren
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Other Occupations: insurance agent, farmer
Individual Number: 3508

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Parents: Henry and Elizabeth (Booker) Howell
Children: Neva Beatrice, Earl Cecil, Sylvia Otis, Myrtle ldoris, Leslie Defore (by first wife); Canova Gilbraltar, Tillford Ralston, Oscar Melvin, Bessie Burnadette, William Harsel, Ishmael Ildren
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OriginalNotes: Web page viewed January 21, 2001: Descendants of John Compton
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/u/n/d/Dale-E-Underwood/GENE3-0006.html

The following is a short autobiography of the childhood life of Bessie Burnadette (Howell) Holt (a daughter of the second family of William E Howell) written in her exact words. 
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William E. Howell was born June l2, 1860. I don't know where he was raised. His fathers name was Henry and his mothers name was Elizabeth Booker. When William reached his 20's, he married a girl named Mary and seven children were born of this union; 5 lived to grow into adulthood - Neva Beatrice DOB 08/26/1884, Died 08/0311938, Earl Cecil DOB 04/24/1886, died 07/29/1963, Sylvia Otis DOB 1/11/ 1889, died 6/22/1974, Myrtle ldoris DOB 7/28/1891, died 1/26/1940, and Leslie Defore DOB 1/04/1893, died 1936. Mary died when Leslie was about 3 years old. In l899 William met Nenia Angeline Belle Rice - she was born 1/26/1882. Her and William were married Sept 17,1899 in her mothers home in Flora, Illinois. I don't know how come, nor how long they lived there, but their oldest child-a boy-Canova Gilbraltar DOB 7/20/1901, died 3/18/1960. He was born in Lawrenceville, IL. From there they went to Vincennes, Indiana. At different times William worked on his own as a photographer, and as a Prudential insurance agent. At one time while in Vincennes, they lived on Eberwine St. I don't know if it was there or not that their other 5 children were born - but 5 were born in Vincennes. Tillford Ralston DOB 7/20/1904 died 12/09/1971, Oscar Melvin DOB 11/12/1905 died 5/22/1980, Bessie Burnadette DOB 4/05/1907 died 6/20/1983, William Harsel DOB 7/10/1908 died 2//17/1966, Ishmael Ildren 1/01 /1911 died 1/01/1990. At one time they lived on the banks of the Wabash River, which evidently flows through, near, or by Vincennes. [Story continues about the family moving to Wisconsin in 1912, and eventually to North Dakota and Minnesota. Howell farmed the rest of his life.]
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