Andrew Jackson Howell

Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson

When Andrew Jackson Howell was born on 25 December 1808, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, his father, James Howell, was 24 and his mother, Jane Copeland, was 19. He married Mary Ann Wetzel on 10 September 1829, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Vermillion, Indiana, United States in 1840 and Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1850. He died in 1860, in McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Howell
1808–1860
Mary Ann Wetzel
1812–1903
Marriage: 10 September 1829
William J. Howell
1830–1830
Nancy Jane Howell
1831–1902
Mary Jane Howell
1834–
Henry James Howell
1836–1922
Harriette Angelina Howell
1840–1926
William A. Howell
1847–1852
Elijah Commodore Howell
1848–1861
Mary Ann Elvira Bida Howell
1851–1889

Sources (12)

  • Andrew Howel, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Andrew Jackson Howell - Church record: birth-name: Andrew Jackson Howell
  • Andrew Howell, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1824

Historical Boundaries: 1824: Vermillion, Indiana, United States

Name Meaning

Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .

English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).

English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Dr. Andrew Jackson Howell alive after 1860

Records found in Collin County Civil District court in 1862 related to Andrew including land co-signing by Andrew for a member of his family... which proves he was still alive after 1860.

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