Cleburne County AlArchives Biographies.....Howle, W. H. 1849 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    W. H. HOWLE, a prominent business man of Edwardsville, Ala., was born in
Cleburne county, in 1849, and is a son of William A., and Sarah E. (Armstrong)
Howle. The father was a native of South Carolina, who, came to Alabama in 1834
and settled in the wilds of Cleburne county and cleared up a farm, and underwent
all the hardships known to a pioneer life. The mother was a daughter of William
Armstrong, a native of Georgia, who also came to Alabama about 1834. W. H. Howle
was raised on the farm, but never had the advantages of much schooling, as
William A., died while W. H. Howle was quite young, and the latter had the care
of the family on his hands; the war came on at this time and shut off all
chances of further advantages. In 1870 he married Inns E. Rusk, daughter of
James T. and Sarah P. (Clemens) Rusk, natives of Georgia. This union has been
made happy by the birth of nine children, as follows: Ewell A., William T.,
Sarah E., Susan C., Beulah, Newton A., Robert H., John C., and an infant. The
mother was born in 1854 in Georgia. Mr. Howle served as postmaster at
Edwardsville under Grover Cleveland's administration - and has received other
marks of public favor. He is a member of the Masonic order, also. He remained on
the farm until 1882, when he settled in Edwardsville and engaged in general
merchandising business; in 1887 he took in his brother, P. A. Howle, in
partnership and since that time they have been extensive cotton dealers and also
do an exchange banking business. They are the leading business house of the
town, and do a large volume of trade. W. H. Howle is also one of the most
prominent democratic politicians of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Howle are members
of the Baptist church.

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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 651-652

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