***** Who were these "family in Florence, Alabama" ? See ***** below. I need help in researching the family of Charles Attaway/Ottoway born in England about 1798 and died after 1850 probably in Franklin or Colbert County, Alabama. He married Elizabeth Garnett. Also, need help in researching the family of Emma Attaway/Ottoway and husband Captain Lee Howell. Obituary for Emma Ottoway Howell (Florence Times, Dec. 29, 1922, page 1, Florence, Alabama) Mrs. Lee Howell Dead Mrs. Lee Howell, widow of Capt. Lee Howell died at the family home 217 Chestnut Street, at 9:45 o'clock Saturday morning, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Howell had been in declining health since last summer, was taken ill 10 days ago but it was not until the last 24 hours that her condition became critical. Mrs. Howell, whose birthplace was in Tuscumbia, Alabama, was the formerly Miss Emma Ottaway, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Garnett Ottaway. She married Capt. Howell at the end of the civil war and for the last 40 years has lived in Evansville. Mrs. Howell who is the last surviving member of her family, leaves two children, Lee Howell and Mrs. James Edward Cox, and one grandchild, Miss Emma Lee Cox. Evansville (Indiana) Journal, December 16th. ***** Captain and Mrs. Lee Howell were the residents of Florence about forty years ago, and have a number of relatives in this section, besides friends of the family, who will regret to learn of Mrs. Howell's death. 1850 Census for Franklin County, Alabama Attaway (Note: Sometimes found as Ottoway) Charles M 52 Taylor England Elizabeth F 42 Va. Mary F 10 Al. Emma F 6 Al, Fran?ey F 1 Al. Chas. M 15 Al. Other families connected to Emma Attaway/Ottoway are Fosdick, Cox, Garnett. Steve Cooper Cloverdale, Alabama [email protected]