Howell Thomas N. Howell, of Hawley, Wayne County, was born at Egypt Mills, Pike County, Feb. 7, 1834, s/o David and Catharine (Newman) Howell, the former of Phila., PA and the latter of Pike County. The paternal grandfather, Dr. Abraham Howell was born in Scotland, and with two brothers located in Phila. He married a Miss Nyce, who became the grandmother of Thomas N. Howell, and after her death, Dr. Abraham Howell married a French-Canadian lady. The maternal grandparents, Ira and Mary (Bross) Newman, were native of Holland, and came to America prior to the Rev., which the grandfather participated. They made their home near Milford. Gov. Bross of IL, was a nephew of Mrs. Newman. David Howell, father of Thomas N., served a 4 year apprenticeship at sailmaking in Phila., at the close of which he shipped as a sailmaker on a whaling vessel. His last days were spent upon a farm in Pike County, where he died in 1861. The mother died in 1891, aged 76 and both were laid to rest in Milford. Children, David, Thomas N., George, of NY., Mary, the wife of John McCarty, of Pike County, H. Foster, of Pen Argyl, Northampton County, Esther J., of Milford, and James of Pen Argyl. The father was twice married, his first wife being Jemima Van Gordon. Thomas N. was married at Port Jervis, NY to Rose Berstein, she was born Sept. 17, 1860, d/p William Berstein and Margaret (Longstreet) (Margaret Longstreet was the d/o Louis and Elizabeth (Gobel) Longstreet, natives of Pike County) Best Wishes, Geri