I am also an Oregon Howell descendant, My greatGrandmother was Mary Ella Howell. She married Phillip Christian Miller, who was known as Christian Miller. Christian died very shortly after his father, Abraham Miller, Jr, a reverend, and just after his only son, Leonard Miller was born. Mary Ella Howell later remarried and her last name was Tay when she passed away in Compton California, in 1955. -- Jeffery Scism, IBSSG Links to my Homepages: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scismfam/ Genius- Noun. A person who through innate ability is capable of reaching the wrong conclusion faster than anyone else.