This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stanley, Howell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1604.1 Message Board Post: Wonder if William Stanley Howell had ties to James P Stanley and Martha (Mattie) Howell in Drew County AR, listed in 1880 AR census as 46yr old merchant in Selma, AR. Both Howell and Stanley families were in Hardeman County , TN before 1860 ... Howells came from NC in 1840.