Brief Life History of Sampson
When Sampson Howell was born on 4 October 1828, in Union, Central Elgin, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, his father, Enoch Howell, was 21 and his mother, Drusilla Drake, was 24. He married Phoebe Ellen Springsteen in 1857, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Dayton Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Fremont Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1910. He died on 24 November 1913, in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85.
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- Samson Howell, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Sampson Howell, "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
- Sampson Howell in entry for Joseph Starr and Mary E Howell, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
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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