Levi Howell (1831 - 1907)

Born 1 Mar 1831 in Dalton, Wayne, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Mar 1907 at age 76 in Wayne, Indiana, United States

Levi was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Quaker Meeting Record (Birth)

Name: Levi Howel

Birth Date: 1 Mar 1831

Birth Date on Image: 01 Third 1831

Birth Place: Wayne, Indiana

Father: Charles Howel

Mother: Mary Howel

Event Type: Birth

Monthly Meeting: Springfield Monthly Meeting

Yearly Meeting: Indiana Yearly Meeting

Meeting State: Indiana

Meeting County: Wayne ^[1]

Indiana Marriage Index

Name: Levi Howell

Spouse Name: Sarah Lindzey

Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1851

Marriage County: Delaware ^[2]

Find A Grave

Birth: Mar. 1, 1831

Dalton, Wayne County, Indiana, USA

Death: Mar. 7, 1907

Randolph County, Indiana, USA

Buried in Row 6

Son of Charles and Mary (Stout)

Husband of Sarah (Lindsey) Howell

Levi was a Methodist Minister.

He preached the funeral of Isiah (Josiah) Milton on 7-29-1894. Isiah was aged colored gentleman who came north at an early age and escaped the horrors of slavery. His funeral was conducted at the AME Church north of Modoc. He was buried at the Baptist Cemetery.

Children of Levi and Sarah (Lindsey) Howell:

John W. Howell 1851 - 1923

Clarissa Dora Howell - 1864-

Francis M. Howell - 1862-1863

America C. Howell 1855- 1877

Mary Emma Howell - 1853-1930

Rachel Jane Howell - 1857 - 1905

Sarah Jane - 1859 - 1933

William Thomas Howell - 1870-1919

Infant daughter: born/died 1-10-1876

Levi, son of Charles and Mary Howell, was born in Wayne County, Indiana, March 1, 1831 departed this life March 7, 1907 aged 76 years and 6 days.

He was one of a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls, two of whom are still living.

He was married February 13. 1851, to Sarah L. Lindsey with whom he lived until her death in 1902, their companionship having continued for fifty years.

He was the father of nine children, two of whom died infancy. Two married daughters, Mrs. America Ross and Mrs. Jane Gilliam are also deceased.

There remain two sons John and William Howell and three daughters, Mrs. Emily Hunt, Mrs. Ann Neal and Mrs. Dora Golliher.

With the except of Mrs. Neal whose home is in Illinois, the children were with him and ministered to his wants through his illness.

He was converted at the age of nineteen and united with the M. E. church of which he remained a member until released from earth to join the church triumphant.

He was licensed as a local preacher in his early manhood and was active in the work of the church for many years.

From the time of his marriage his home has been in this part of Randolph County, the greater part of the time having been spent on the farm which was his home at the time of his death.

His last illness was very severe and of several months' duration; but his faith sustained him and we are assured that his soul is at rest.

He leaves but few survivors of his day and generation for most of them have gone to the other side. We who are younger will miss the aged brother who was so faithful at the house of God and whose earnest testimony was a part of every social service which he attended. But while there is a vacant place on earth, there is one more in heaven to swell the charms of praise to Him who hath washed us and redeemed us with his own precious blood.

Winchester Journal, Randolph County, Indiana, Wednesday March 20, 1907, page 5.

Family links:

Parents:

Charles A Howell (1787 - 1875)

Mary Ann Stout Howell (1795 - 1852)

Spouse:

Sarah Litha Lindsey Howell (1831 - 1902)

Children:

John Waldo Howell (1851 - 1923)*

Mary Emeline Howell Hunt (1853 - 1930)*

America C. Howell Ross (1855 - 1877)*

Rachel Jane Howell Gillam (1857 - 1906)*

Sarah Ann Howell Neal (1860 - 1933)*

Clarissa Dora Howell Golliher (1864 - 1919)*

William T Howell (1870 - 1919)*

Siblings:

Lydia Howell Thornburg (1814 - 1894)*

Nancy Howell Stanberry (1815 - 1884)*

William Howell (1817 - 1855)*

Rhoda Howell Baldwin (1819 - 1861)*

Susannah Howell Baldwin (1821 - 1855)*

Ruth Howell Baldwin (1823 - 1888)*

Sophrona Howell Phillips (1825 - 1893)*

Charles Howell (1826 - ____)*

Levi Howell (1831 - 1907)

Larkin Howell (1834 - 1920)*

Joseph Howell (1835 - 1909)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Salem Cemetery

Modoc, Randolph County, Indiana, USA ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source Citation: Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana; Membership, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1806-1834 Marriages, 1806-1895; Collection: Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes; Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.; Original data:
   • Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
   • North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
   • Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
   • Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ Source Citation: Delaware County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1827 - 1920 Inclusive Vol, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C2; Page: 478 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.; Original data: Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.; Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, comp. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Indiana. Many of these records are on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
3. ↑ Created by: starbuck; Record added: May 13, 2009; Find A Grave Memorial# 37052206; URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37052206