Rupert was born about 1899. He is the son of Benjamin Howell.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CF-DQH : accessed 14 March 2018), Rupert L Howell in household of Benjamin F Howell, Kanawha district (east side), Fayette, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 3B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,758.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNF-QZ1 : accessed 14 March 2018), Rupert Howell in household of Ben F Howell, Charleston Ward 9, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 75, sheet 17A, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1684; FHL microfilm 1,375,697.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKN-P6Q : accessed 14 March 2018), Rupert L Howell in household of Otto A Steed, Charleston Ward 8, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 100, sheet 1B, line 53, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1958; FHL microfilm 1,821,958.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rupert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rupert: