Individual Details

Rosa Lee Howell

(20 Dec 1872 - 20 Jun 1959)



1940 Census. Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co, OK, Hh 48
Lived in same house in 1935
Rosa Lee Wood, 67,
Fred, son, 37, Bookeeper, General
Rowena, daughter-in-law, 34, b. OK, Clerk, Funeral Home
Norma Ruth, granddaughter, 12, b. OK
Annie S. Meigs, Boarder, 32 b. OK, lived in rural Delaware Co, OK in 1935, Social Worker, Dist Public Welfare

1950 Census. Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co, OK, Hh 92
Rose L. Wood, 77, widow, b. AR
Rena, dau, 45, divorced, b. AR, Lady attendant, Funeral Home (actually a dau-in-law)

Rosa is buried Salisaw Cemetery.

Events

Birth20 Dec 1872Arkansas
Birth20 Dec 1872Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage18 Sep 1887Crawford County, Arkansas - Dr. Thomas Franklin "Frank" Wood
Death20 Jun 1959Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseDr. Thomas Franklin "Frank" Wood (1865 - 1931)
ChildGoy R. Wood (1888 - 1974)
ChildFred Duffy Wood (1902 - 1973)
FatherHenry Howell (1847 - )
MotherSarah Jackson (1855 - )
SiblingArminta Howell (1876 - )
SiblingWilliam Howell (1878 - )
SiblingIda May Howell (1880 - )
SiblingMattie Howell (1881 - )

Notes

Birth

Parents: Mother born Tennessee, father in Illinois.

Endnotes

1. James E. "Pete" Howard. Email correspondence. Information on the Howell family of Crawford Co AR; compiled by wife Holly and mother-in-law. Comstock stories related from Homer Marshall, descendant of Dolph Comstock..

2. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Union Twp. p.226a Household 90.

3. LDS Microfilm #1254041 & #1254042, US Census 1880 AR, Crawford Co, Jasper Twp; p.516b, Household 4.

4. "Crawford County Arkansas Marriages 1878-1887"; online at Arkansas USGenWeb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcrawfo/marriage.htm, Thomas F. Wood to Rosie L. Howell 18 Sept 1887.

5. Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900. CD #244 Family Tree Maker.