Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Howell, David
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   DAVID HOWELL deceased, P.O. Yardley, was born in Lower 
Makefield township, December 17, 1804, and is a son of 
Timothy and Rebecca (Margerum) Howell.  His father was twice 
married.  By his first wife he had two sons, Levi and Asher. 
 By his second wife, Rebecca Margerum, he had six children:  
John, David, Sarah, (Mrs. Lewis Moore), Mary, Susanna (Mrs. 
John Temple) and Martha (Mrs. Samuel G. Slack).  David 
Howell was born and reared in Lower Makefield, where he 
resided until his death in 1864, and was a prominent farmer. 
 His wife was Harriet I., daughter of Francis and Mary E. 
(Smith) Sandoz, of Bristol, this county, the former a native 
of France, and the latter of Germany.  They settled in this 
county in 1795.  The children of this union were seven 
daughters, of whom five are living:  Mary E. (Mrs. E. N. 
Ely, had one son and two daughters:  Howell, Carrie and 
Hattie), Martha A. (Mrs. Joshua Maris, had three daughters:  
Bertha H., Dela H., and Elma H.), Emma, Carrie (Mrs. Samuel 
W. Throp, had one daughter, Helen A., and one son, Russell 
R.), and H. Amelia.