John Howell and Rachel Brown had 10 children. Mary Ann Howell born 1841, was my paternal gg grandmother. She married James Logan Alexander. The son of one of her brothers, Robert Howell born 1875 married my maternal grandfather's aunt, Margaret Ann Nichols, Who were Robert's parents? Dos anyone have any information on this family? Was it John R. Howell who married Susan McKnight? Help. Virginia in Seattle .