In a message dated 7/19/03 6:24:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jmichel3@prodigy.net writes: > : some of my research indicates Jessie's father was Joseph Howell, Sr., > while another source puts one Hopkins Howell as his father. I know quite a lot > about Joseph Sr., but have been able to find very little about Hopkins > Howell, and, until recently, never heard of him. Does he sound familiar to > anyone? He was married to a lady named Susannah, is all I know. If anyone can > shed some light here, or can confirm he's a myth and http://patsabin.com/colleton/howell/mph-pg18a.html > Also recorded in the family Bible is: "Joseph H. Howell and Louisa Carn > were married February 14, 1823." Joseph R. Howell was a country doctor. Miss > Ennis remembers seeing him when she was a small girl, and she has his enlarged > photograph. She also remembers hearing her father speak of Hopkins Howell > (evidencing some connection with Malachi Howell, who married a Hopkins). Cousin > Ennis says the older Howell's were proud of their blood. She remembers hearing > of William Howell, but has no evidence of his relation to her. Grant Johnston