Carol: I am sorry that I can not offer you any additional information about your Howell's. I am also searching for information on some Pike Co, MO Howell's. I do not know if it will tie in to your search or not. Charles Marion HOWELL, b. abt 1841 in Pike Co, MO, d. ???? in Pike Co, MO, m. in Pike Co, MO to Sarah WORSHAM. They had one son Charles Fredrick HOWELL, b. 17 Dec 1879 in Pike Co, IL. Seems this HOWELL clan bounced back and forth across the Mississippi River between Pike Co, MO and Pike Co, IL. You are the first one on this list that I have seen talk about any Missouri HOWELL's. Jim