I haven't seen the Howell name in our family tree yet, but that doesn't mean it isn't there. I have had a lot of trouble with this side of the family. My mother-in-law was put in the Methodist Childrens Homes in Macon, Georgia in 1917 she was just a little girl. She didn't remember much or didn't tell what she did remember. Do you have any Hand-Nichols-Watson-Catchings-Pittmann families in your tree? Thanks, Jean