My great-grandfather's records gave her middle name as "Jane", and identified her as the daughter of John and Nancy Brewer Howell. Marion Rice enlisted at old Zion in White county with his uncles Tillman C. Howell and Silas Howell in B Company, 1st TN Battalion (Colms') on December 8, 1861. Marion deserted, but the other two went on to get captured up at Fort Donelson on 16 Feb 1862. Tillman became a "galvanized" Yankee, and enlisted in B Company, 1st TN Mounted Infantry, and was mustered out at Nashville, April 14, 1865. He subsequently died in a measles epidemic within the year, and Silas raised his son, George W. Howell, who had a son named Tillman C. Howell. Sarah was born in 1815 according to her original grave monument which was destroyed by the so-called "caretaker" at the Rice Cemetery in 1993. Thank God that someone did a compilation of the burials there, right down to the location of all the unmarked graves, about three years earlier, or we would have lost that data altogether. I still haven't located Silas Howell's or Matilda's graves, but feel certain they're probably buried at Rice Cemetery, since that is where William Decatur Howell, who committed suicide about 1901, is buried with his wife, and many of his descendants. I'd like to find Silas's grave and have it properly marked with a Confederate monument. Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "john t roark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: [HOWELL] Sarah Jane?? > Will, > Who were Sarah Janes parents? I don't have her as a daughter of John and > Nancy.I do though have their son Silas b.1822 married March 21,1843 to > Matilda C.Rice b.1827.I don't have any Sarah as eaely as yours.This couple > had a Sarah though. > Jeany > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. >