Served with the Florida Volunteer Company in the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) and re-enlisted (1856-1858) as 1st Lieutenant in Florida Mounted Volunteer Company. Son George Howell was killed while fighting Seminole Indians at Ft. Meade in 1856.
Elected as Florida State Representative from Hillsborough County, 1860-1861 session. Served on a committee for Indian Affairs (probably not a good idea as far as the Seminoles would have been concerned) and committee for higher education affairs in Florida. Chairman of the select Florida congressional committee that recommended the creation of Polk County. Voted for the bill introduced in 1861 recommending the secession of Florida from the USA. When there was a threat to recind the articles of secession in December 1861, Howell left in a hurry so that there wouldn't be enough members left for a voting quorum. He was in such a hurry that he left the state capitol without a coat on January 1, 1862 and road on horseback for several days through harsh winter weather. By the time he arrived home on January 8, 1862, he had already contrated pneumonia, from which he died the next day.
The date on the recently-replaced gravestone is incorrect, and has substituted Jun for Jan.
Served with the Florida Volunteer Company in the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) and re-enlisted (1856-1858) as 1st Lieutenant in Florida Mounted Volunteer Company. Son George Howell was killed while fighting Seminole Indians at Ft. Meade in 1856.
Elected as Florida State Representative from Hillsborough County, 1860-1861 session. Served on a committee for Indian Affairs (probably not a good idea as far as the Seminoles would have been concerned) and committee for higher education affairs in Florida. Chairman of the select Florida congressional committee that recommended the creation of Polk County. Voted for the bill introduced in 1861 recommending the secession of Florida from the USA. When there was a threat to recind the articles of secession in December 1861, Howell left in a hurry so that there wouldn't be enough members left for a voting quorum. He was in such a hurry that he left the state capitol without a coat on January 1, 1862 and road on horseback for several days through harsh winter weather. By the time he arrived home on January 8, 1862, he had already contrated pneumonia, from which he died the next day.
The date on the recently-replaced gravestone is incorrect, and has substituted Jun for Jan.
Family Members
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George W Howell
1834–1856
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Martha J. Howell Bryan
1843–1913
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Thomas Jefferson "TJ" Howell
1845–1910
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Joseph Howell
1847–1903
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Moses Turner Howell
1851–1931
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Virginia Howell Blanton
1853–1919
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Missouri Texas Howell McDonald
1855–1931
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Georgia Ann Howell Hayes
1859–1939
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Cornelius Rain Howell
1862–1926
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Infant Howell
unknown–1841
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