Individual Details
Henry H. Howell
(1812 - 1883)
1850 immigrated to Arkansas on a flat-boat (great-grandson Arch Howell says they came from Tennessee to Arkansas in 1852), settling on Lee's Creek near Van Buren for 5 years. Founder of Uniontown (as Hickory Grove); Constable and deputy sheriff. Early in the Civil War he was appointed to a committee of men in Crawford County organized to furnish the Confederate soldiers with supplies.
1860 Census. Henry, age 48, b. TN. Martha age 45. Children born in TN: Andrew 26, Thos. 18, Adam 15, Henry 11, Emily 9. Margaret Carter lived with them with her son Robert.
1870 Census, Henry Howell, age 60, b. TN. Martha age 54, b. TN. Henry, age 21, b. TN.
Events
| Birth | 1812 | Tennessee |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 May 1831 | Greene County, Tennessee - Martha Lowe | | ||
| Military | 1861 | Furnished Supplies, Civil War | | ||
| Death | 1883 | Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Lowe (1813 - 1903) |
| Child | Archibald Howell ( - 1865) |
| Child | Andrew Wallace Howell (1835 - 1912) |
| Child | Margaret Howell (1838 - ) |
| Child | Catherine Howell (1840 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Howell (1843 - 1929) |
| Child | Adam Howell (1846 - ) |
| Child | Henry Howell (1847 - ) |
| Child | Emily R. Howell (1851 - ) |
| Father | Philip Howell ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Fox ( - ) |
| Sibling | Archibald Howell ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Howell ( - ) |
| Sibling | Phillip Howell (1800 - 1845) |
Endnotes
1. The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwestern Arkansas Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian Counties (The Goodspeed Publishing Co. Chicago. c1889), p.1157 "Henry Howell".
2. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County., Jasper Twp; p.194; Dwelling 129..
3. The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwestern Arkansas Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian Counties (The Goodspeed Publishing Co. Chicago. c1889), p.1177 "Jackson T. Morton".
4. Arch Howell, "Memories of an Arkansas Boy" Sent to me by James E. "Pete" Howard of Uniontown (Personal reminesces).
5. The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwestern Arkansas Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian Counties (The Goodspeed Publishing Co. Chicago. c1889), "Henry Howell".
6. The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwestern Arkansas Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian Counties (The Goodspeed Publishing Co. Chicago. c1889), p.1157 "Henry Howell" said died 1884.
7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Uniontown Cemetery, p.435; died 1883.