My ancestor Robert Henry HOWELL d. 1834, of Polk Co. Tenn., leaving children Robert Nathaniel Henry HOWELL, b. 1816, Powhatan Co., Va., d. 1896, Comanche Co., Texas; and an unmarried daughter Dorothy Briggs "Dolly" HOWELL, b. c1826, who left at least two HOWELL sons, possibly Indian heritage; sons Edwin Wallace HOWELL, b. 1831, and Asa J. HOWELL, b. 1835, both married with children in Polk Co., Tenn. Another daug. on the 1860 census, Mariah C. HOWELL, b. John HOWARD. Need descendants. J. Chan EDMONDSON edmoski@airmail.net 4051 Buena Vista Street Dallas, Texas 75204