Adoption information needed from 1860's or 1870's. Can anyone help or tell me how I might get help in finding out who were the parents of ALICE BEATRICE HOWELL ? In the 1880 Census of Hardin County, Tennessee she is listed as the daughter of D. W. Howell. Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace D. W. Howell self W Male W 50 AL Farmer ------- ------- Alice Howell Dau S Female W 13 AL Keeps House ------- AL Bob Howell other S Male W 20 TN Labor -------- ------- D.W. Howell is David W. Howell. He married Sarah Margaret Williams in 1851 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Later he moved to Hardin County, Tennessee. She died and he married Sarah Columbia Palmer Graham, widow of James Graham. They later moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama. They died in Lauderdale County, Alabama and are buried at the Florence City Cemetery. ALICE BEATRICE HOWELL married JAMES BOYD THOMAS in Lauderdale County, Alabama in 1894. She died in 1908 and she and James are buried in the Florence City Cemetery also, with D.W. Howell and second wife Sarah C. Howell. The obituary in the local paper states that ALICE BEATRICE HOWELL was the adopted daughter of David W. Howell. Are there any records in Hardin County, TN. that might show who her birth parents were ? Any one have any ideas ? Thanks, SteveCooper

Alice might have been the daughter of this second wife and he adopted her when they married.Just a thought. Jeany

Hello Jeany: Thank you for writing. Yes, I thought of that also, but according to the 1880 Census, Alice (daughter) was in the household but (wid) D.W. Howell's 2nd wife, Sarah Columbia Palmer Graham was not. Keep thinking, I need help with this one. SteveCooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "john t roark" <jroark1@tds.net> To: <HOWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 7:14 AM Subject: Re: [HOWELL] Howell adoption Hardin County, TN. > Alice might have been the daughter of this second wife and he adopted her > when they married.Just a thought. > Jeany > > > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. >

HOWELL adoption in Hardin County, Tennessee continued---- David W. Howell married Sarah Margaret Williams in Lauderdale County, Alabama in 1851. She died in Hardin County, Tennessee in 1877. David W. Howell married Sarah Columbia (Palmer) Graham, widow of James Graham in 1880. Alice Beatrice Howell 13 (dau.) is on the 1880 Census with D.W. Howell. D.W. Howell 50 is listed as (Widower). Sarah Columbia Palmer Graham is not (yet) listed with the Howell family. Thanks for any help. SteveCooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Cooper" <stevecooper75@comcast.net> To: <HOWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [HOWELL] Howell adoption Hardin County, TN. > Hello Jeany: > > Thank you for writing. > > Yes, I thought of that also, but according to the 1880 Census, Alice > (daughter) was in the household but (wid) D.W. Howell's 2nd wife, Sarah > Columbia Palmer Graham was not. > > Keep thinking, I need help with this one. > > SteveCooper > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "john t roark" <jroark1@tds.net> > To: <HOWELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 7:14 AM > Subject: Re: [HOWELL] Howell adoption Hardin County, TN. > > > > Alice might have been the daughter of this second wife and he adopted her > > when they married.Just a thought. > > Jeany > > > > > > > > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Our homesite is the Howell Research Room located at > <http://howellresearch.com>. >

Steve, Since Lauderdale and Hardin co. are right next to each other, I would think that one of the counties would have a probate record where Alice was warded to or adopted to D.W. Howell. Have you checked in the surrounding counties? Have you posted to the Thomas list? Someone there might recognize something. Keith Bailey