Steven Marshall Howell (1840 - 1940)

Born 10 Oct 1840 in Covington County, Mississippi, United States of America

Ancestors

Son of William Marion Howell and Elizabeth (McLemore) Howell

Husband of Mary Matilda Isabell (Johnston) Howell — married 1866 in Mississippi

Descendants

Died 3 May 1940 at age 99 in New Haven, Smith County, Mississippi, United States of America

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Biography

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Steven M. Howell was born 10 Oct 1840^[1] in Mississippi^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} to William Howell and Elizabeth McLemore.^[8][9]

He married Mary^[5][6] Matilda Isabell^[3] Johnston about 1866^[2][10] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Martha A.^[3] Howell was born about 1867 in Mississippi.^[10]
2. William W. Howell was born about 1869 in Mississippi.^[10]
3. Sarah J. Howell was born about 1869 in Mississioppi.^[3]
4. Colon Howell was born about 1870 in Mississippi.^[3]
5. Frances T. Howell was born about 1875 in Mississippi.^[10][3]
6. Laura Howell was born about 1878 in Mississippi.^[3]
7. Caroline L. G. "Carrie" Howell was born about 1880 in Mississippi.^[7]
8. John Howell was born Aug 1882 in Mississippi.^[2]
9. George C.^[5] "Willie"^[6] Howell was born Oct 1885 in Mississippi.^[2]

Steven enlisted in the Confederate States Army and served in Company B of the 46th Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War.^[1]

On 06 Jan 1872 he appears in the tract book for Covington County, Mississippi for #5835, containing 81.12 ares which was cancelled on 06 Jan 1881. The number is adjacent to his father's of the same date, and both were cancelled on the same date.^[11] On 15 Oct 1889 he appears in the tract book again for #20,154 containing 159.96 acres which he patented on 21 Feb 1895 (v.18 p394)^[11] described as The S1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 10 T9N R15W, the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 9, T9N R15W and the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 9, T9N, R15W.^[12]

He appears on the 1881 Personal Tax List for Smith County, Mississippi in the town of Zion Hill.^[13]

Steven died 03 May 1940 and is buried in Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Mize, Smith County, Mississippi.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #17368900 Tombstone photograph for S. M. Howell CO B 46 MS INF CSA Oct 10, 1840-May 3, 1940.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9F3-HNM : accessed 3 January 2021), Steven M Howell, Beat 3 (west of Oschay Creek), Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 4A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GW-6FW : 13 November 2020), Steven M. Howell, Copiah, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 20, sheet 125B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,645.
4. ↑ US Federal Census - 28 Jun 1880, Copiah County, Mississippi.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-D4Q : accessed 3 January 2021), Stephen M Howel, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 16B, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 759; FHL microfilm 1,374,772.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTN-7N7 : accessed 3 January 2021), S M Howell, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 10A, line 15, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 894; FHL microfilm 1,820,894.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-2GK : 24 January 2020), Steve M Howell in household of O Jackson Byrd, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-12A, sheet 14B, line 48, family 243, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2065.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GV-9TG : 11 November 2020), Stephen M Howell in entry for William Howell, 1860.
9. ↑ Mississippi Genealogical Society. Mississippi Bible and Cemetery Records. p24. John Howell Bible.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Strickland, Jean and Patricia N. Edwards. Who Married Whom Covington County, Mississippi. 1991. Repository-Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. p76.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Strickland, Jean and Patricia N. Edwards. Covington County, Mississippi Court and Land Records 1817+. 1998. Repository - Clayton Genealogical LIbrary, Houston, Texas. p121
12. ↑ Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Covington County, MIssissippi. Arphax Publishing Company. 2007. Repository-Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. p79, 84. 85.
13. ↑ 1881 Smith County, Mississippi Personal Property Assessment. Series 1202 Box 376, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. page 29.

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