Hi to all........ I have searched and searched for my HOWARD family for years and years to no avail........ Just last night I may have finally gotten a clue to my HOWARD family....... My granddaddy was Edward Paul HOWARD b 1872 maybe Davidson Co, Tn. to John HOWARD and Mary ?CURLEE? of which both are suppose to have died in Memphis, Shelby Co, Tn. during the Yellow Fever Epic 1878/79 leaving their only child Edward Paul........at that point he was suppose to have gone to live with his grandfather in "Middle Tn"......he never gave us a name........not a given name........his granddaddy was suppose to have died when he was 12/13 years old then he struck out on his own......... Here is the story I have from my Daddy, Paul Revere HOWARD b 1906 John HOWARD was suppose to have a brother named William "Will or Lum" HOWARD, a brother named Franklin and a sister named Maggie or Margaret.........I am sure there were others, this is all he ever talked about........ Now the only concrete connection I have ever made was with the grandchildren of Will or Lum HOWARD in the Tipton Co/Shelby Co, Tn. area........I have a picture of him and his wife.........also their son John B. and wife Savannah MEARS HOWARD........Will HOWARD and my daddy looked just alike!!!!!! The entry for Anderson HOWARD b 1820 in Kentucky that lived in Morgan Co, Tn in 1850 and seemed to be in Benton Co, Ar. by 1860........this is the closest to any family that would fit......so my story is one that is swaying from end results to beginning needing to meet in the middle.......after 40 years and 2 professional other than myself........I am here with open arms asking for any help I can get......... Known Children of Anderson HOWARD John William Wilson Matilda Know children of Lum Howard and probably Sarah Dickson (this is from a death certificate of their oldest child) Nancy Elizabeth "Bet or Bettie" Howard Sherman Yarbrough b abt 1863 John B. Howard b abt 1867 married Savannah Mears Mary Howard b abt 1867 married William Dunbar There was a girl they called "Aunt Pee" that might have married a Gibson Maybe a Charles....... I want my family...........my daddy died in 1992 wanting to know his family also.........thank you in advance for any help you might give me.........