from History of Barbour county, WV I thought that some one may want to read this and it may help some one. Your List Owner. Jim. John Howell born 1843 at the Old Howell homestead, son of Nehemiah and Rebecca [Limbers] Howell, was married first to Mary E. Ringer of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1866; second, to Mary E. Daughter of Robert and Emaline Brown. children, Columbia E., Annie M., Dora May, R. B. Hayes, and an infant unnamed born in 1873. He is a Republican, a farmer and stock dealer, owning about 1800 acres, of which 40 in corn, 75 in wheat, and the balance in oats, buckwheat and potatoes. In one year he raised 1000 bushels of potatoes, 1050 of wheat, and 2000 of shelled corn. the stock he handles is of the improved varieties, usually 300 cattle yearly. When he was in the lumber business from 1873 to 1895 he owned two saw mills and was an ecporter of Lumber. His dealings in fertilizers are extensive, amounting to 300 tons a year. He lives on a part of the old home farm. He served about one year in the Union army. He has always taken an interest in the success of his political party, and has been three times nominated for office. In 1888 he was defeated by a few votes for Sheriff; in 1892 was elected, on the face of the returns, to the legislature, but was counted out on technicalities. In 1894 he was elected Sheriff of Barbour by a large majority. All of his land is underlaid with coal, there beirng four veins, including the Roaring Creek vein 12 feet thick. Mr. Howell was seven years post master at Calhoun, during his mercantile first in the county. Mrs. Howell was born 1847, and her ancestors were English, her great grandfather having come from that county and settled in Pennsylvania. Grant Tuman Howell, born 1861, son of Nehemiah and Rebecca [Limbers] Howell, was married October 18, 1893, to Anna Belle, daughter of Eldridge and Darothy [Bartlett] Golden. children, Eva Maude, Harold George and Jessie. He is a member of the M. E. Church; of A. O. F. A., is a farmer and lumber dealer, owning 164 acres ner the old homestead mostly improved. He was educated in the public schools of Barbour, The great grandfather came from Scotland and settled near Philadelphia, and Nehemiah Howell was born in Preston County 1815, and died 1885. NehimiahÀÀs fatherÀÀs name was John, and he was born in 1792. The grandfather John Limbers, was born in France, and with his parents settled in Green County, Pennsylvania, about 1835. Rebecca Howell was born 1823. William Howell, brother of Nehemiah, was in the Union army under Averell, and was in the battle of Droop Mountain and at other places, dying of a wound received at Cedar Creek in 1864. The children of Nehemiah and Rebecca Howell, were as follows, with the dates of their birts: Sarah 1841; John, 1843; William 1845; David, 1847; Lewis, 1848; Rachel, 1850; Martin, 1852; James, 1854; George, 1856; Samuel, 1858; Grant, 1861; Mattie E. 1865. R. B. Howell, born 1877 in Barbour County, son of John and Mary [Brown] Howell, was married october 9, 1898, at Philippi, to Lummie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and is a farmer and stock raiser, living near Clements. He is in partnership with his father in the gertilizer and machine business. When he was only fifteen years of age he began transacting business, and soon developed a judgment and knowledge which enable him to complete successfully with men who had the experience of years. The most of the stock handled by him is of improved varieties. James E. Howell, born in Barbour County, 1845, son of Nehemiah and Rebecca Howell; German and Welsh descent; married, 1880, Virginia daughter of Jacob and Nancy [McQuain] Isner. Children, Daisy D., Lily B., George M. Farmer; owns 840 acres, 280 improved. His father was one of the early settlers in Barbour, and during the Civil war was a Union soldier, fighting till peace was signed. James howell come to Randolph in 1878 and began work in the woods. His farm is one of the finest in the district, and his barn the largest being 50 by 100 feet. In November 1811 ÀÀWilliam Howell came into court and made oath that Michael Howell never received any compansation in land for his services while a soldier under Colonel Murtenberger in the Revolutionary War.: