The Ancestry of

Comer Gordon Howell

13 Jan. 1904 - 08 Nov. 1992

Howell Census Records

Last Updated:  11/07/2008

Generation 1

 

Jessie Howell (1) b. between 1775 and 1794. His wife's name is unknown.

It is believed that he had the following child:

  1. Jesse Howell (2) b. 1798 in Georgia, married Levinia Harris.

Generation 2

Jesse Howell (2) (Jesse 1) b. 1798 in Georgia, married Levinia Harris.  She was b. 1799 in Georgia. Levinia was the daughter of Samuel and Polly Harris.  They were married 15 Oct. 1818 in Clarke Co, Georgia. 

In he 1860 census, Polly was age 90, and lived in the household of Jesse and Levinia. She was born 1770 in Georgia. Jesse died before 1870 as Levinia and Virginia show in the 1870 census alone.

Jesse and Levinia had the following children:

  1. Unknown daughter (3) b. 1819
  2. James W. Howell (3) b. 1825 in Georgia. He married Rebecca Floyd Huckaby.
  3. Unknown daughter (3) b. abt. 1826 - 27.
  4. Virginia C. Howell (3) b. Jan 1825 according to 1900 census. 1830 in Georgia.
  5. John S. Howell (3) was born in Georgia 12 Dec. 1833. He married Savannah A. Tankersley. 

 

John Howell (?) (?) Born 1795 in Georgia.  He married Polly ????.

John and Polly had the following children:

  1. Martha Howell   b. 1800
  2. Polly Howell  b. 1800
  3. James  Howell  b. 1817
  4. William J.  Howell  b. 1825
  5. Jefferson J. Howell    b. 1828 in Georgia. He married Ann B. Key.
  6. John  Howell  b. 1829
  7. Henry Howell   b. 1832 in Georgia. Henry does not show in the 1840 census with Jesse and family, but he lived with Jeff in 1860, Griffin, Georgia.
  8. Amanda   Howell  b. 1833
  9. Sarah  Howell   b. 1835
  10. Mary J.  Howell  b. 1837
  11. Lucy A.  Howell  b. 1849

Generation 3

Jefferson J. Howell (?) (John) b. 1828 in Georgia. He married Ann B. Key.  They lived in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia in 1860.

Jefferson enlisted into the Confederate Army 21 Aug. 1861 into 1st Co. A, 60th Reg. Georgia Infantry, Bartow Artillery along with his brother John. Jeff shows as present from 21 Aug. 1861 through December 1861. The next record shows Jeff "Listed as killed in battle 20 Jan. 1862, Skidaway of Congestive Chills."

However Jeff's story does not end here. Another record takes over in March 1864, two months after his supposed death. It states that Jeff transferred to Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry on March 04, 1862. He was wounded and captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 04, 1863 and paroled there July 16,  1863. He was admitted to Way Hospital at Meridian, Miss. January 13, 1865. He shows being paroled at the end of the siege of Vicksburg.

It is difficult to tell exactly what happened here. Jeff's widow Ann Howell, filed widows papers in 1864 in Griffin, Georgia and received pay for Jeff.  There is no record of Jeff ever returning from the war. Ann is listed with her parents along with her son Lucious in 1870.

Jeff and Ann had the following known child: 

  1. Lucious E. Howell (4) b. 1860.

James W. Howell (3) (Jesse 2, Jesse 1) was born August 19, 1823 in Georgia and died March 24, 1901. He married Rebecca Floyd Huckaby, December 23, 1847 in Pike County, Georgia. She was born January 17, 1827 in Georgia and died Bet. August 12 - 17, 1895 in Conecuh County, Alabama.  The Alabama, 1895, Register of Deaths, show Aug. 12, 1895, but the Bible of her daughter Lucy Howell Little shows Aug. 17, 1895.

James and Rebecca had the following children:

      1. George Washington Howell (4) born December 19, 1850 in Georgia, died December 2, 1911.
      2. John Francis Marion Howell (4) born November 25, 1852 in Georgia; died April 25, 1925 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama.
      3. William Andrew J. Howell (4) born abt. 1855 in Georgia, died May 21, 1920 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
      4. James Edward N. Howell (4) born January 24, 1858 in Alabama, died November 7, 1884.
      5. Lucy Elizabeth Howell (4) born February 5, 1860 in Coffee County, Alabama, died January 1, 1941 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.  She married Harvey Kornelius Little, December 13, 1885 in Monterey, Butler County, Alabama. He was born February 28, 1860 in Lowndes County, Alabama, and died June 14, 1918 in Bratt, Escambia County, Florida.

 (credits Ken Johnson)

John S. Howell (3) (Jesse 2, Jesse 1) was born 12 Dec. 1833 in Monroe County, Georgia. He died 05 Aug. 1911 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Hapeville, Georgia, on Stewart Avenue. (now known as Metropolitan Parkway.)

John enlisted into the Confederate Army, 21 Aug. 1861 at Griffin Georgia. He served as a Private in 1st Co. A, 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA.  His papers state he was 25 years old at the time of enlistment although this age does not match his birthdate.  He was present from 31 Aug. 1861 through October 1862 where he was shown to be absent. It states he was in Griffin, Georgia sick. It was not uncommon for ill soldiers to be sent home to recouperate.

John returned to duty and was transferred to Co. A, 22nd Battalion, Georgia Heavy Artillery, on 26 Nov. 1862. They were known as the "Bartow Artillery". He was shown as present from Nov. 1862 until June 1863 where he is listed as "sick in camp". He continues to be present from July 1863 until Oct. 1863 where he shows 'present, sick present in arrest". He continues to show as present January 1864 until Feb. 1864 where he shows as "present, confined to Oglethorpe Barricks, since Feb. 27, 1864.

John’s pension application in 1902 states John had suffered a chest wound during the war.  Based on John being listed as “sick in camp’ and “confined to barracks in June 1863, it is logical to conclude that he was wounded in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia.

It appears that John had a lengthy recovery from his wounds and it appears that John was removed from battle for quite some time. He was transferred to Co. B, 22nd Battalion on 11 May 1864. He was then transferred "from Co. B, Battallion Artillery for C. H. Moral on guard" and then his record states he was placed in Co. C.

July through Aug. 1864, he is present on Guard Duty.  He shows as being sick in Sept. 1864.  He is present Nov. through Dec. then he is present in Savannah, Georgia on 17 May, 1864.

In Savannah he is transferred back to Co. B. 22 Ga. Battalion, Heavy Artillery.  He was on the roll Dec. 1864, last on file shows him present.  John was present at the surrender of his regiment on 26 April 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.

After returning home from serivce John married Savannah A. Tankersley, 01 Jan. 1871 in Clayton County, Georgia.  She was the daughter of Andrew J. and Mary Ann Hambrick Tankersley and was born in Lincoln County, Georgia in 1849.  Both families lived in Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia according to the 1880 census.

John and Savannah had the following child:

  1. William "Willie" S. Howell (4) b. 19 Aug. 1871 in Senoia, Coweta County, Georgia, d. 1941 in Fulton County, Georgia. He married Fannie Elizabeth Barton.

It is believed that John had another child but that child and Savannah were lost in the childs birth. Any other children John and Savannah had would have been born and died between 1872 and 1879, therefore no record of them exists. Savannah died before 1880 and it is suspected that she died in childbirth.  When John applied for his pension he stated that “wife and other children dead”.

Generation 4

John Francis Marion Howell (4) (James W. 3, Jesse 2, Jesse 1) was born November 25, 1852 in Georgia, and died April 25, 1925 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama. He married 1) Eliza Jane Kirksey, October 12, 1876 in Butler County, Alabama. She was the daughter of Gideon and Siddie Travis Kirksey.  Eliza was born July 5, 1858 in Alabama, and died September 6, 1896.

John and Eliza had the following children:

  1. Corrie Floyd Howell (5) born August 27, 1877 in Forest Home, Butler County, Alabama, died May 7, 1960 in Myrtle Grove, Escambia County, Florida.  She married Bodie John Higdon, November 8, 1894 in Conecuh County, Alabama.  Bodie was born December 15, 1875 in Alabama, and died May 3, 1967 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
  2. William Horace Howell (5) born June 8, 1880 in Forest Home, Butler County, Alabama, died December 4, 1972 in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama. He married Narcissa Gertrude Brooks, November 14, 1897 in Conecuh County, Alabama, and died September 24, 1950 in Lyeffion, Conecuh County, Alabama.
  3. Minnie Lee Howell (5) born September 15, 1883 in Forest Home, Butler County, Alabama, died December 16, 1971 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.  She married Wailes Howard Rumbley, October 15, 1901 in Monroe County, Alabama.  He was born January 11, 1881 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama, died May 6, 1936 in Molino, Escambia County, Florida.
  4. Edna Earl Howell (5) born November 3, 1886 in Forest Home, Butler County, Alabama,  died October 8, 1965 in Flomaton, Escambia County, Alabama.  She married Arthur Hemby Coleman October 11, 1903 in Escambia County, Alabama. He was born January 1, 1886 in Florida,  died January 6, 1919 in Escambia County, Florida.
  5. Jessie Newton Howell (5) born January 25, 1889 in Skinnerton, Conecuh County, Alabama; died July 15, 1915 in Flomaton, Escambia County, Alabama.
  6. Mazie Lue Howell (5) born September 10, 1891 in Skinnerton, Conecuh County, Alabama, died June 21, 1966 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama.  She married Newton Ted Rumbley, April 1, 1911 in Monroe County, Alabama. He was born April 17, 1886 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama, died November 29, 1963 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
  7. Joe Mason Howell (5) born May 20, 1894 in Skinnerton, Conecuh County, Alabama,  died January 31, 1948 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.   He married Mable Countryman, January 17, 1920 in Escambia County, Florida.  She was born April 27, 1893 in Canoe, Escambia County, Alabama,  died November 25, 1973 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.

After Eliza's death, John married 2) Martha Caroline Kirksey, December 27, 1897 in Monroe County, Alabama, daughter of Noah and Mary Bartlett Kirksey.  Martha was born August 28, 1871 in Alabama, and died March 20, 1919 in Flomaton, Escambia County, Alabama.

John and Martha had the following children:

  1. Unknown Daughter (5) born abt.. 1898; died abt. 1898.
  2. John Arthur Howell (5) born October 20, 1899 in Monroe County, Alabama,  died October 11, 1970 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. He married Thelma Mamie Phillips, February 27, 1944 in Wawbeek, Escambia County, Alabama.  She was born November 27, 1901 in Alabama, died March 11, 1991 in Gadsden County, Florida.
  3. Clarence Ezell Howell (5) born September 16, 1901 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama, died November 23, 1976 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. He married Lena Alzada Cole, November 8, 1922 in Monroe County, Alabama. She was born May 6, 1904 in Alabama, died February 1, 1988 in Des Moine, Polk County, Iowa.
  4. Georgie Ellen Howell (5) born November 13, 1903 in Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, died May 29, 1983 in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama.  She married 1) James Holden Presley, December 21, 1921 in Flomaton, Escambia County, Alabama.  He was born June 2, 1902 in Alabama, died October 23, 1992.  She married 2) Leo Iverson Hammonds, July 21, 1945 in Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama. He was born December 16, 1905 in Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama, died October 4, 1982 in Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama.
  5. Annie Jane Howell (5) born January 2, 1906 in Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama,  died December 7, 1991 in Bermuda, Conecuh County, Alabama.
  6. Lucy Mae Howell (5) born October 1, 1907 in Flomaton, Escambia County, Alabama, died November 5, 1999 in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama.  She married Joseph Clinton Watson, September 23, 1926 in Conecuh County, Alabama. He was born October 28, 1895 in Conecuh County, Alabama,  died December 14, 1954 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.

 (credits Ken Johnson)

  William "Willie" Sylvester Howell (4) (John S. 3, Jesse 2, Jesse 1) b. 19 Aug. 1871 in Senoia, Coweta County, Georgia, d. 1941 in Fulton County, Georgia. He married Fannie Elizabeth Barton, daughter of Wiley L. and Emmaline Holland Barton. Fannie was born 10 May 1880 in Hall County, Georgia; died 08 June 1926 of uterine cancer. They lived at 616 Chattahoochee Avenue in East Point, Fulton County, Georgia in 1920.

Willie and Fannie had the following children:

  1. Charles Bartow Howell (5) b. 30 Sept. 1897, d. 06 Dec. 1926.  Charles married Ruth ?????.
  2. Jesse Clark Howell (5) b. 13 Aug. 1898, d. 17 Nov. 1975.  He married Mamie ?????. 
  3. Comer Gordon Howell (5) b. 13 Jan. 1904 in Fulton County, Georgia, d. 08 Nov. 1992. He married Charlye Mae Stephens b. 15 Dec. 1906, d. 17 Feb. 1962.
  4. John William Howell (5) b. 07 Mar. 1906, d. 27 June 1909.
  5. Willie S. "Bill" Howell Jr. (5) b. 05 Nov. 1909, d. 16 Aug. 1916, after being struck by a car.
  6. Hazel Nell Howell (5) b. 01 July 1916, d. Jan. 1973. She married 1) Herman W. Rowland, 02 Apr. 1932; 2) Luther Lane; 3) ???? Sherard 4) Merril Gilley Sr.; 5) ???? Boyd.

Hazel lived in the boarding house operated by the mother of Hank Williams senior in 1951. She dated Hank for some time and he told her that he wrote the song "I can't help it (If I'm still in love with you)" for Hazel Nell Howell.

    Willie, Fannie, Charles, John and Willie S. Jr are buried at Mount Zion Cemetery on Stewart Avenue in Hapeville, Georgia, Section N.  (Stewart Avenue is now known as Metropolitan Parkway.)

Generation 5

Charles Bartow Howell (5) (William S. 4, John S. 3, Jesse 2, Jesse 1) b. 30 Sept. 1897, d. 06 Dec. 1926.  Charles married Ruth ?????.  Charles died from injuries suffered in a car accident on Chattahoochee Ave. in East Point, Georgia.  The accident occured when he and Comer were racing, Charles was too fast in a curve and went off the road and down an embankment.  Charles is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery on Metropolitan Parkway in Hapeville, Georgia, Section N.

Charles and Ruth had one child:

  1. Charles Bartow Howell Jr. (6) was born 1926.   He was an infant when his father died. His mother, Ruth, remarried to ???? Newman. Charles took his stepfathers name and was raised as Charles Newman.

Jesse Clark Howell (5) (William S. 4, John S. 3, Jesse 2, Jesse 1) b. 13 Aug. 1898, d. 17 Nov. 1975.  He married 1) Janie Easterwood.  Janie died and is buried in the Ramah Baptist Church cemetery in Palmetto, Georgia.

Jessie and Janie had one child:

  1. Mary Howell (6)
  2. Jesse Howell Jr. (6) b. ?; d. 29 Oct. 1947.

Jesse married 2) Hazel Watley

Jesse married 3) Mamie Bishop

Jessie, Mamie and Jessie Jr. are buried at Mount Zion Church Cemetery on Metropolitan Parkway in Hapeville, Georgia.  Section H.



Comer Gordon Howell (5) b. 13 Jan. 1904 in Fulton County, Georgia, d. 08 Nov. 1992. He married Charlye Mae Stephens b. 15 Dec. 1906, d. 17 Feb. 1962.  They are buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in East Point, Georgia.

Comer and Charlye Mae had the following children:

      1. Dorothy Geneva Howell, b. 01 Mar. 1927 in Fulton County, Georgia; d. 06 Nov. 2008 in Coweta County, Georgia.  She married Everett Louis Phillips who was b. 11 Mar. 1922.
      2. Agnes Lynnell Howell, b. 28 Oct. 1931 in Fulton County, Georgia.  She married James Earl Madaris on 27 Aug. 1951.  He was b. 18 Oct. 1930 in Fulton County, Georgia; d. 14 July 2005 in Fulton County, Georgia.

For information contact: Brian Kelly Madaris (7)

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"Madaris, Medearis, Medaris, McDaris, McDearis, Medaries"
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Crook Family of Coweta County, Georgia
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Smith Family of Possum Snout, Georgia
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