Howton Family


Howton Family Ties


Descendants of George Howton


1. GEORGE HOWTON was born ca. 1730 in London, England, and died ca. 1822. He married MARY HAROLD. She was born ca. 1730 in England, and died Unknown.
   
Children of GEORGE HOWTON and MARY HAROLD are:
       i.    JOSEPH HOWTON, b. ca. 1752, London, England; d. Unknown.
2.    ii.    JONATHAN HOWTON, b. April 03, 1757, London, England; d. July 29, 1826, Hopkins Co., KY.


Generation No. 2

2. JONATHAN HOWTON was born April 03, 1757 in London, England, and died July 29, 1826 in Hopkins Co., KY. He married ANN E. TROVER ca. 1787 in Bucks Co., PA.. She was born ca. 1765 in Prussia, and died ca. 1830 in Hopkins Co., KY.
   
Children of JONATHAN HOWTON and ANN TROVER are:
    i.    DAVID3 HOWTON, b. February 26, 1789; d. June 25, 1852; m. ELIZABETH CASTLEBERRY; d. Unknown.
    ii.    ABRAHAM HOWTON, b. June 20, 1791; d. ca. 1840; m. DARCUS CASTLEBERRY, March 19, 1812; d. Unknown.
    iii.    LEWIS(LOUIS) HOWTON, b. December 16, 1793; d. July 1, 1874; m.  August 23, 1816 SARAH RIDGE; b. January 14, 1802 d. September 18, 1851 m. 2nd: Amelia Etheridge, m. 3rd. Margaret Dillingham.
    iv.    CURTIS HOWTON, b. May 20, 1796; d. ca. 1865; m. DARCUS FRANKLIN, May 23, 1816; d. Unknown.
    v.      JANE HOWTON, b. 1797, Dickinson Co., VA. d. unknown; m. NORMAN C. ROBARDS August 14, 1816. m. (second) David Grace.
    vi.    ANNE HOWTON, b. ca. 1799; d. ca. 1846; m. SAMUEL DORRIS SR., June 06, 1815; d. Unknown.
    vii.    SAMUEL P. HOWTON, b. ca. 1801; d. ca. 1850; m. ELIZABETH DORRIS, November 18, 1823; d. Unknown.
    viii.  JOSEPH HOWTON, b. October 12, 1803; d. January 21, 1864; m. JEMINA SMITH, December 14, 1826; d. Unknown.
     ix.    MARY ANN HOWTON, b. ca. 1804; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARY ANN HOWTON:
Mary Ann Howton never married and was listed as being in an insane asylum in 1860.
Source: Dale Curtis Foresythe research

    ix.    JAMES HENRY HOWTON, b. August 17, 1807; d. July 30, 1865; m. (1) EUNICE CLARK; d. Unknown; m. (2) NANCY HANKINS, February 02, 1837; d. Unknown.
3.    x.    JOSHUA(JESSE) CURTIS HOWTON, b. ca. 1810, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; d. ca. 1880, Greene Co., Ar.


Generation No. 3

3. JOSHUA(JESSE) CURTIS HOWTON was born ca. 1810 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky, and died ca. 1880 in Greene Co., Ar. He married (1) LYNDIA DOCKERY January 10, 1830 in Hopkins Co., KY. She died Unknown. He married (2) ELIZABETH HARRIS January 20, 1833 in Hopkins Co., KY, daughter of WILLIAM HARRIS and ANNA CASTLEBERRY. She was born ca. 1811 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky, and died January 21, 1872 in Greene Co., Ar.

Notes for JOSHUA(JESSE) CURTIS HOWTON:
1860 Federal Census lists Joshua as:
Houton, Jesse

Notes for LYNDIA DOCKERY:
No Children to this marriage
Source: Dale C. Foresythe

Notes for ELIZABETH HARRIS:
Elizabeth Harris was a Half sister to Sarah Ridge m. Louis Howton
   
Children of JOSHUA(JESSE) HOWTON and ELIZABETH HARRIS are:
    i.    WILLIAM M HOWTON, b. ca. 1834, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; d. Unknown.
4.    ii.    JOSHUA CURTIS HOWTON, b. ca. 1836, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; d. ca. 1882, Greene Co., Ar.
5.    iii.    ANGELINE HOWTON, b. November 11, 1838; d. Unknown.


Generation No. 4

4. JOSHUA CURTIS HOWTON   was born ca. 1836 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky, and died ca. 1882 in Greene Co., Ar. He married MARY ELIZABETH (ELIZA) in Greene Co., Ar. She was born February 02, 1842 in Arkansas, and died January 21, 1878 in Greene Co., Ar.

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH (ELIZA):
Elizabeths' birth dates have been determined using "Birthday Calculator" along with the information of age at the time of her death given on headstone.
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Died giving birth to youngest son Jesse.
Source: Dale C. Foresythe
   
Children of JOSHUA HOWTON and MARY (ELIZA) are:
    i.    MARY FRANCIS5 HOWTON, b. August 17, 1858; d. Unknown.
6.    ii.    MARTHA ANGELINE HOWTON, b. December 12, 1861, Greene Co., Ar; d. December 04, 1927, Greene Co., Ar.
7.    iii.    DILLA JANE HOWTON, b. February 12, 1864, Greene Co., Ar; d. October 01, 1945, Greene Co., Ar.
8.    iv.    OCTAVIA HOWTON, b. September 12, 1866, Greene Co., Ar; d. ca. 1885, Greene Co., Ar.
9.    v.    KIZIAH ELIZABETH HOWTON, b. August 16, 1868; d. Unknown.
10.    vi.    CYNTHIA A. HOWTON, b. October 14, 1870, Greene Co., Ar; d. July 01, 1948, Paragould, Ar.
11.    vii.    NANCY(NANCE) HOWTON, b. December 07, 1872; d. Unknown.
    viii.    WILLIAM JOSHUA CURTIS HOWTON, b. September 01, 1875, Greene Co., Ar; d. February 26, 1907, Greene Co., Ar; m. EVELYN ALDRIDGE, May 08, 1898, Clay Co. Arkansas; b. ca. 1880; d. Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM JOSHUA CURTIS HOWTON:

Subj:    Records Search Response for W.C. Howton
Date:    7/10/00
From:    [email protected]

Name: W.C. Howton
Date of Birth: 09/15/1856
Date of Death: 02/23/1907
Policy was issued on: 08/16/1899 at the age of 43
City and State: Paragould,Ark
Occupation: Farmer
Death Claim was paid on: 03/20/1907
Monument was issued on: 05/09/1907
Certificate Number(s): 28588
Camp Number: 18
Camp State: Ark
Since the death claim was paid, the application for membership and the
death claim are no longer a part of our records.



    ix.    JESSIE NEWTON HOWTON, b. January 21, 1878, Greene Co., Ar; d. ca. 1892, Greene Co., Ar.

Notes for JESSIE NEWTON HOWTON:
Jessie died at age 14 at his Aunt Dilla's house.
Source: Dale C. Foresythe


5. ANGELINE HOWTON was born November 11, 1838, and died Unknown. She married NELSON OWEN ca. 1854. He died Unknown.

Notes for ANGELINE HOWTON:
Source: Dale C. Forsythe research
   
Children of ANGELINE HOWTON and NELSON OWEN are:
    i.    JOHN CURTIS5 OWEN, d. Unknown.
    ii.    JESSE M. OWEN, d. Unknown.
    iii.    ISABELLA OWEN, d. Unknown.
    iv.    ROSALLAH OWEN, d. Unknown.
    v.    EFFIE LULA OWEN, d. Unknown.


Generation No. 5

6. MARTHA ANGELINE HOWTON  was born December 12, 1861 in Greene Co., Ar, and died December 04, 1927 in Greene Co., Ar. She married JOHN FLETCHER BIBB May 08, 1881 in Greene Co., AR., son of BENJAMIN F. BIBB and JANE C.PATTISHALL. He was born October 30, 1854 in Carroll Co., TN, and died February 06, 1942 in Greene Co., Ar.
   
Children of MARTHA HOWTON and JAMES BIBB are:
    i.    ALBERT BIBB, b. October 29, 1881; d. November 01, 1901.
    ii.    EMMER BIBB, b. March 10, 1884; d. April 11, 1972.
    iii.    JACOB BIBB, b. March 12, 1887; d. April 30, 1968.
    iv.    OMA LONA BIBB, b. September 01, 1889; d. October 01, 1975.
    v.    JOHN BIBB, b. 1890; d. 1955
    vi.    ARTHUR BIBB, b. 1893; d. 1962.
    vii.    ROBERT BIBB, b. January 15, 1896; d. January 29, 1905.
    viii.    EARL BIBB, b. 1898; d. 1972.
    ix.    JAMES EARVY BIBB, b. March 15, 1902; d. February 26, 1988.


7. DILLA JANE HOWTON  was born February 12, 1864 in Greene Co., Ar, and died October 01, 1945 in Greene Co., Ar. She married WM. H. STARS 1886 in Greene Co., Ar. He was born ca. 1861 in Scotland, and died Unknown in Greene Co., Ar.


   
Children of DILLA HOWTON and WM. STARS are:
    i.    JAMES C. STARS, b. 1887, Greene Co., Ar; d. Unknown; m. MERTLE JOE( ??), ca. 1909; b. ca. 1887, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
    ii.    WM. M. STARR, b. September 1889, Greene Co., Ar; d. August 14, 1940, Greene Co., Ar; m. IVA (IVY) TURK, 1907, Greene Co., Ar; b. ca. 1890, Arkansas; d. 1958, Greene Co., Ar.

Notes for WM. M. STARR:
1939 Paragould City Directory:

Starr Grocery (W M Starr) 005 5 6th $53
Starr Jas T (Opal) clk Starr Gro r 511 S 5th
Starr Wm M (Iva) ® (Starr Gro) h 605 5 6th $53



8. OCTAVIA HOWTON   was born September 12, 1866 in Greene Co., Ar, and died ca. 1885 in Greene Co., Ar. She married WM. H. STARS 1882 in Greene Co., Ar. He was born ca. 1861 in Scotland, and died Unknown in Greene Co., Ar.


Child of OCTAVIA HOWTON and WM. STARS is:
    i.    JENNIE STARS, b. ca. 1884, Greene Co., Ar; d. Unknown; m. (1) JOHN WOODS, 1900, Greene Co., Ar; d. Unknown; m. (2) NICHOLAS CHILDERS, 1906, Greene Co., Ar; b. ca. 1875; d. Unknown.

Notes for JENNIE STARS:
1910 Census report as follows:
# of Children-2-    # Living-1-
1920 Census report as follows:
Liolie son 18 AR AR AR
Lorena dtr 12 AR AR AR


       


Notes for NICHOLAS CHILDERS:
1910 Census report:
Nicholas previously married: 1

1920 Son Liolie residing w/family age 18
------ Dtr. Lorena----------------------age 12




9. KIZIAH ELIZABETH HOWTON was born August 16, 1868, and died Unknown. She married CHARLES HANS ca. 1891 in Greene Co., Ar. He died Unknown.


Notes for CHARLES HANS:
Life & Times Clay County Courier newspaper; Corning, AR
"Vol. XVII, Friday, March 7, 1902, No. 37
Charles B. Hans Pardoned. Gov. Davis last week pardoned Charles B. Hans of Clay Co., who was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Hans was convicted of killing his brother-in-law, Thomas McCaul/McCall, at Knobel, April 1900.
p.95
Vol. XIX, Friday, July 3, 1903, No. 2
Delinquent Personal Tax List of Clay Co., Wextern District, entered deliquent on the 20th day of June 1903, for the year 1902. Hans, Chas.


Marriage Notes for KIZIAH HOWTON and CHARLES HANS:
Marriage Records: Greene Co., Ar.
Book/4 Page/50 Year/1891
   
Children of KIZIAH HOWTON and CHARLES HANS are:
    i.    LOUIS B. "JOEY" HANS, b. August 13, 1897, Greene Co., Ar; d. October 03, 1960, Greene Co., Ar; m. ROXANNA G. CARTER, Private; b. Private.

Notes for LOUIS B. "JOEY" HANS:
Greene Co., Marriage Records
Book    Page    Year
032    0319    1946    Hans, Louis B.     Carter, Roxanna   


    ii.    ARTHUR HANS, b. ca. 1892, Greene Co., Ar; d. Unknown.

Notes for ARTHUR HANS:
Died in his early twenties

Registor of Prisoners Confined/Greene Co. Jail 1907                                
                              

Prisoner   Age   Height   Hair   Eyes   Comp.   Offense   Date   Discharge
Arthur Hans   15       Lt.Brown   Brown   White   Petit Larceny   4/8/07   Payment of Fine


10. CYNTHIA A. HOWTON was born October 14, 1870 in Greene Co., Ar, and died July 01, 1948 in Paragould, Ar. She married GEORGE NEWTON SMITH ca. 1888 in Greene Co., Ar, son of JOHN SMITH and FREDERICA SCHUTTE. He was born April 28, 1868 in St. Louis Co., Mo, and died August 11, 1931 in Greene Co., Ar.

Notes for CYNTHIA A. HOWTON:
Also spelled: Synthia
Marriage Records:
Book    Page    Year   
2003    0424    1888    Smith, G.N.     Howton. S.A.

   
Children of CYNTHIA HOWTON and GEORGE SMITH are:
    i.    STILL BORN SMITH, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
    ii.    MAUD SMITH, b. 1893; d. Unknown; m. LEVI GIBSON; d. Unknown.
    iii.    CLAUD SMITH, b. 1893; d. Unknown.
    iv.    JOSEPHINE SMITH, b. 1894; d. Unknown.
    v.    CLYDE SMITH, b. 1894; d. Unknown.
    vi.    CHARLES NEWTON SMITH, b. 1895; d. Unknown.
    vii.    DOLPHER (DOTT) SMITH, b. February 14, 1897, Greene Co., Ar; d. March                03, 1978, Greene Co., Ar; m. IVY IRENE SAUER, Private; b. Private.
    viii.    JOHN FREDRICK SMITH, b. March 10, 1899; d. Unknown; m. (1) INEZ                LORETTA CLARK; d. Unknown; (2) MAUDE ELIZABETH THOMAS; m. 1930; b. Private.
    ix.    HARRY EARL SMITH, b. February 17, 1902; d. Unknown; m. RUTH OTIS,               Private; b. Private.
    x.    CLARRY SMITH, b. February 17, 1902; d. Unknown.
    xi.    LILLIAN SMITH, b. 1904; d. Unknown.
    xii.    ROSE LEE SMITH, b. 1905, Greene Co., Ar; d. 1926, Greene Co., Ar; m.               JOHN IVY; d. Unknown.
    xiii.    JEFFERSON DAVIS SMITH, b. 1907; d. Unknown.
    xiv.    VIOLET D. SMITH, b. March 28, 1908, Greene Co., Ar; d. September 21,                 1923, Greene Co., Ar.
    xv.    DAISY DEAN SMITH, b. March 23, 1914, Greene Co., Ar; d. December 27,                1959, Paragould, Ar; m. ROBERT LEMAN FORESYTHE, June 13, 1929,                Greene Co., Ar; b. December 13, 1909, Manila, Ar. ( Mississippi Co.); d.                December 18, 1985, Paragould, Ar.


11. NANCY(NANCE) HOWTON was born December 07, 1872, and died Unknown. She married T.C.   McCall,  June, 8, 1893 in Clay County, AR. He died April 18, 1900 in Knobel, AR., as the result of stab wounds inflicted by his brother in-law, C.B. (Charles) Hans. (Knobel News, April 20, 1900) courtesy of SBradley.



   
Children of NANCY(NANCE) HOWTON and JOHN McCall are:
    i.    MATTHEW McCall
    ii.    CHARLES McCall

If anyone knows what happened to Matthew and Charles McCall, please contact me, Nancy is reported to have married twice more, but I am unable to find any documentation for this.


Many thanks are in order and given to: D.Foresythe, J.L.Howton, R. Young, SBradley, and FMorris for their contributions.

 

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