Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - Henry Howell

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Henry Howell was born December 20, 1847, in Greene County, Tenn., and 
is a son of Henry and Martha (Lowe) Howell. The parents were born in 
Tennessee, where they received a subscription school education and 
were reared and married. To them nine children were born, seven of 
whom are living: Andrew, Adam, Thomas, Henry, Margaret (wife of J. T. 
Morton), Catherine (wife of John Burchfield) and Emily (wife of Z. T. 
Waters). In 1850 Mr. [p.1157] Howell immigrated to Arkansas on a flat-
boat, settling first on Lee's Creek near Van Buren, where he lived 
five years. He was the founder of Uniontown, where he farmed until his 
death in 1884, aged seventy-two. He was constable and deputy sheriff. 
The mother is now eighty-one years old and enjoying good health. 
Philip Howell, the grandfather, was born in Tennessee, and a soldier 
in the Mexican War. His wife was also a native of Tennessee. Hugh 
Lowe, the maternal grandfather, was of Irish parentage, and died in 
Tennessee. Our subject received a common-school education, and lived 
with his father until after coming to this county. When sixteen he 
enlisted in the Confederate army, served under Capt. Brooks about one 
year, and participated in the battle of Fayetteville. After returning 
home and farming ten years, he engaged in the mercantile business, and 
is now doing a flourishing business in connection with his farming. He 
owns 160 acres, eighty of which he cultivates, and has also a cotton-
gin, grist and saw-mill. In 1862 he married Sarah Jackson, a native of 
Illinois, and daughter of William Jackson. To them six children have 
been born, all save one now living: Rosa, Manta, William H. and 
Martha. Lillie is deceased. Mr. Howell is a Democrat and Royal Arch 
Mason. He is a publicspirited man, and interests himself in the 
educational advancement of the county. 

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