The family of James W. Howell & Tabitha McKinney

The Family of
James W. Howell and Tabitha McKinney

James W. Howell was born in Georgia on February 12, 1812, and died September 25, 1887. He may have been the son of Wiley Howell and Sally Wiggins. James married Tabitha McKinney on December 24, 1841 in Chambers, Alabama. She was born in Jones, Georgia in 1822 and died March 13, 1889 in Chambers, Alabama. Tabitha is buried in Fredonia PB Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers, Alabama.

Their children:

i.	Eli Jefferson Howell - born 2 December 1842 Chambers, Alabama; died 28 December 1911; buried Macedonia PB Church Cemetery, Chambers, Alabama. He married Mary Frances Belcher on 24 January 1867.
ii.	Joseph (or J.H.) Howell - born 8 May 1844 in Chambers, Alabama; died 22 July 1885; buried Mt. Pisgah PB Church Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama. Joseph married Elizabeth Mognan or Magnan.
iii.	Francis N. Howell - born 24 December 1845; died 10 Jan 1846.
iv.	Mary Frances Howell - born about 1846 in Alabama. She married Lee Johnson.
v.	Sarah (Sallie) Howell - born 5 December 1848 in Alabama; died 3 April 1910; buried Mt. Pisgah PB Church Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama.
vi.	James W. Howell, Jr. - born 30 September 1850 in Chambers, Alabama; died 27 May 1859; buried Fredonia Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers, Alabama.
X vii.	William H. Howell - born 24 September 1852 in Chambers, Alabama; died 18 May 1924; buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama.
viii.	Emanuel Howell - born 11 October 1854; died 4 May 1858; buried Fredonia PB Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers, Alabama.
ix.	John Thomas Howell - born 1856 in Chambers, Alabama; died 1922. He married Fannie/Mary Ann Hammonds Baker/Black.
x.	Henry S. Howell - born 26 Jan 1863 in Chambers, Alabama; died 24 November 1930; buried in Mt. Pisgah PB Church Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama. He married Sarah Frances Muldrew on 12 December 1889.

William H. Howell married Sarah Margarett Belcher on 18 July 1872 in Chambers, Alabama. Sarah was born April 29, 1852 in Troup, Georgia, the daughter of William B. Belcher and Sarah Ann Strickland. She died March 10, 1932 and is interred in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama.

Their children:

i.	Ursula Howell - born April 1873; died 1936; buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama. She married William J. Cumbee.
ii.	Mary Jane Howell - born 27 August 1875 in Chambers, Alabama; died 6 August 1940; buried in Fredonia Methodist Church Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers, Alabama. She married Henry J. Wright.
iii.	John William Howell - born 20 June 1878 in Stroud, Chambers, Alabama; died 6 April1948 in Stroud, Alabama; buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Alabama. He married Bettie Mae Lee on 18 September 1904 in Stroud, Chambers, Alabama.
iv.	James Ernest Howell - born 23 June 1881 in Chambers, Alabama; died 2 February 1950 in LaFayette, Chambers, Alabama; buried LaFayette Cemetery, LaFayette, Chambers, Alabama. He married Addie Bradshaw.
v.	Annie Howell - born 30 March 1885 in Chambers, Alabama; died 3 January 1968 in Chambers, Alabama; buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama. Married William Calvin "Bang" Gross.
vi.	Grover Cleveland Howell - born 7 December 1887 in Stroud, Chambers, Alabama; died 7 May 1957 in Stroud, Alabama; buried in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama. He married Lucille Patterson.
vii.	(Infant) Howell - born 3 September 1891 in Stroud, Chambers, Alabama; died 4 September 1891 in Stroud; buried in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama.
viii.	Vera Lorena Howell - born 5 December 1892 in Chambers, Alabama; died 3 February 1985 in Alabama; buried in Bethel Cemetery, Welch, Chambers, Alabama. She married Pierce Danielly Lee on 17 December 1919.
ix.	(Infant) Howell - born 21 May 1895 in Chambers, Alabama; died 18 July 1895 in Chambers; buried in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers, Alabama.
x.	Homer Beverly Howell - born 23 November 1896 in Chambers, Alabama; died 14 June 1969 in Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama; buried in Randolph Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama. He married Bertha Olivia Middleton on 11 June 1926.

Submitted by Carolyn Berry [25Dec01]