I have a messy, confused photocopy of a handwritten transcription that the widow of my 2g-granduncle made of her husband's notes. He met a Dudley Fletcher Howell on December 6, 1913, in the Lenox Hotel in Spokane, Washington. Dudley Fletcher Howell was from Warren Co., Kentucky. According to these notes: "The Howells came to this country from England about 1706, one landed at Long Island the other two in Virginia." My earliest proven Howell ancestor is James Howell, 1791-1872, married Agnes Cason on October 11, 1814, in Warren Co., Kentucky. I found one website that ties him into Edward Howell's line in Southampton. I think that line is bogus. I'm wondering if he may be a distant uncle, though. I found another site that lists him as the son of Samuel Howell and P. Butler, grandson of Timothy Howell and Rebecca Janney. His marriage record lists him as James Howell, Jr., though. He moved to Howard Co., Missouri, then to Andrew Co., Missouri, and then back to Howard Co., Missouri. There was a James Howell, Sr., living in Howard Co., Missouri for awhile. Does anyone have any thoughts about any part of this message? Diane Midkiff Washington State