Biographical Sketch of 	Dr. R. H. Howerton, Johnson County, Missouri
Chilhowee Township 

>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

DR. R. H. HOWERTON,
postoffice, Holden. Is a son of N. C. Howerton, who was a native of North
Carolina. The grandfather, Heritage Howerton, was a soldier in the
revolutionary war, and a native of Virginia. The subject of this sketch
was born in Rockingham county, North Carolina, October 8, 1823.He received
his primary education partly in North Carolina and partly in Missouri; he
read medicine under his uncle, R. Z. R. Wall, and afterward, in ‘54 and
‘55, took a course of lectures at the medical college, Cincinnati. After
completing his medical course, he returned to Johnson county Missouri, and
engaged in the practice with his uncle, Dr. R. Z. R. Wall, for about one
year. Then he moved to Cass county, and practiced his profession until the
breaking out of the war, when he returned to Johnson, where he remained
for two years, then moved to Lebanon, Cooper county, and practiced his
profession in that county, until the year 1867, when he again returned to
Johnson county, where he has since resided and been engaged in the
practice of his profession and farming. June 27, 1857, Dr. Howerton
married Miss Nancy A. Hughes, a most estimable lady, the daughter of John
Hughes, and a native of Kentucky. From this union there were eight
children, five of whom are yet living, viz: James B., Fannie M., Robert
R., Benjamin H., and Annie C. Dr. Howerton owns a very fine farm of 410
acres, under a high state of cultivation and well improved. Dr. Howerton
is a man of intelligence, and stands high in his profession. In business
he is honorable, enjoying the confidence of all.

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