HOWELL: Of Curtis and Reedy Districts. Larkin Howell and Moses Howell were the first to settle in Roane County; so much of their ancestry and descendants as we have gathered is as follows:
Pascal W. and Eliza E. (Marple) Howell, his wife, were early settlers in Barbour County, West Virginia; they were parents of five sons, whose names were as follows:
Larkin D., born 1834, married, lived on Middle Fork of Reedy from near close of the Civil War til his death, 1891; left no child.
William M., born February 19, 1838; married Miss Elzena Tennant in Ritchie County; they settled at Lone Cedar, Jackson County, and reared a family there.
Jacob, married a Miss Mount, and they settled on Muses Bottom in Jackson County.
Monroe, married a Miss Tennant and settled in Ritchie.
Moses Howell married a Miss Mary Jane Peck in Barbour County, West Virginia; she having relatives in upper Reedy, they came and settled there about the year 1857, having with them when they came four children born in Barbour; their names: C. Columbus, America, Victoria, Alvin A.
C. Columbus Howell, son of Moses and Mary Jane (Peck), married Miss Sarah N. Roberts, daughter of Simon Roberts, of Curtis District, December 15, 1877; they made their lifetime home on upper Reedy, where to them were born: Clayton, Annie, Icy, Eva, Minnie; a son, Homer D., who married Miss Hallie E. Thomasson, April 2, 1924, his age 23, hers 22; the youngest of this family is Miss Laura Howell. Icy married Romeo Fisher. See "Fisher," "Robey."
America, daughter of Moses Howell, married J. N. Robey.
Victoria, third child of Moses Howell, married James Cummings, October 24, 1874; settled on Reedy.
Alvin Adams Howell, son of Moses and Mary Jane (Peck) Howell, united in marriage with Miss Emma R. Curry, April 14, 1880; she was born in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, daughter of John Curry and his wife, who at the time of Emma R.s marriage, lived on upper Reedy. Alvin A. and wife, Emma R., made their home on upper waters of Left Reedy, where to them were born one son, Boyd A., and six daughters, Pearl D., Lulu Z., Willia L., Myrtle M., Go]die N., and Greekia C. Mary Jane (Peck), mother of the foregoing son and daughters of Alvin A., having died, he united in marriage with Miss Gay Carr, 1916; she a daughter of William P. Carr, of Gllmer County West Virginia; no child was born. Since dictating the above Alvin A. Howell has died.
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 555-556
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999
