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Major Crumb Howell (son of John H Howell and Croom)381, 382, 382, 382 was born 20 Aug 1799 in North Carolina, USA382, 382, 382, and died 12 May 1888 in Giles, Tennessee, USA382, 382, 382.He married (1) Gatsey Jones on 04 Oct 1823 in Tennessee, USA382.He married (2) Mary Neese on 02 Jan 1827 in Maury, Tennessee, USA382.He married (3) Mary E Freeman on Abt. 1830383.
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Major C. Howell -- Mury Democrat, 28 March 1889
The subject of our sketch this week is Major C. Howell, man of many eccentricities; was born in North Carolina of Scotch-Irish parents, August 26, 1799, and moved to Maury County, Tenn., in early manhood and settled in two miles of the place where he died -- he resided at the same place sixty years.He was married three times -- first to Mary Nanco, she lived only about one year after her marriage; by her he had one child, which survived her only a short time.In abouttwo years after her death, he married Miss Jones; she lived only two years and died leaving one child, which survived her a short time.In 1830 he again married, this time a Miss Mary Freeman, by her he had 8 children, five of whom still live.Soon after this marriage he joined that branch of the Baptist Church known as Iron-Jackets or Hard Shell Baptists, at what was then known as Cross Roads, but now as Screamersville, where his membership remained til his death.He was an old line Whig till the war, but from then always voted the Democratic ticket.Some years before his death, he suffered with some affliction, and could only rest while lying on his right side, and for this reason he called one of his daughter-in-law to him, ad lying down ona board plank, with his right hand under his head, feet slightly drawn up, had his measurement taken, and said he intended to make his coffin to suit himself, and gave directions that at his death he was to be laid in his coffin on his right side, hand under his head, feet drawn up in the usual position in which he rested. All of those directions were faithfully carried out.He passed quietly out May 1888, at the ripe age of 89; the only office he ever held was Captain of Militia.He never told a falsehood knowingly; he died indebted to no man; was a blessing to his country and greatly missed.(signed)W. H.
SOURCE:Maury County, Tennessee Historical Sketches, by Jill Garrett (c) 1967, page 212
More About Major Crumb Howell:
Date born 2: 26 Jul 1799383
Died 2: 12 May 1888383
More About Major Crumb Howell and Gatsey Jones:
Marriage: 04 Oct 1823, Tennessee, USA.384
More About Major Crumb Howell and Mary Neese:
Marriage: 02 Jan 1827, Maury, Tennessee, USA.384
More About Major Crumb Howell and Mary E Freeman:
Marriage 1: Abt. 1830385
Marriage 2: 1828, Giles, Tennessee, USA.386
Children of Major Crumb Howell and Mary E Freeman are:
  1. +William Perry Howell, b. 24 Apr 1836, Tennessee, USA386, 386, 386, d. 18 Oct 1920, Maury, Tennessee, USA386, 386, 386.
  2. Jackson T Howell, b. 19 Nov 1849, Tennessee, USA386, d. 1897, Southport, Tennessee, USA386.
  3. John H Howell, b. 27 Jan 1834, Giles, Tennessee, USA386, d. 01 Mar 1920, Maury, Tennessee, USA386.
  4. Lewis Howell, b. 1839, Tennessee, USA386, d. 1870386.
  5. Fransis Elizabeth Howell, b. 1852, Tennessee, USA386, d. date unknown.
  6. Rebecca Howell, b. 1849, Tennessee, USA386, d. 1860386.
  7. Jesse F Howell, b. 1832, Tennessee, USA386, d. date unknown.
  8. V Howell, b. 1840, Tennessee, USA386, d. date unknown.
  9. E J Howell, b. 1854, Tennessee, USA386, d. date unknown.
  10. Eliza M Howell, b. 1829, Tennessee, USA386, d. date unknown.
  11. E J Howell, b., Tennessee, USA386, d. date unknown.