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


WILLIAM G. HOWELL merchant miller, P.O. Morrisville, was 
born in Trenton, N. J., June 17, 1844, and is a son of James 
and Adaline (Gillingham) Howell, the latter a native of 
Morrisville, and of Scotch origin.  James Howell, father of 
William G., was born in New Jersey and was of German origin. 
 He was a cooper in his early life, but later on was a 
merchant.  William G. is the second son of a family of six 
children.  He was reared in Trenton, N. J., where he 
attended school.   Early in life he was employed as a 
salesman in a dry goods store, and subsequently was employed 
as a bookkeeper in Trenton for six years.  He then embarked 
in mercantile pursuits and did business in Trenton for six 
years.  In 1870 he embarked in his present business in 
Trenton, N. J.   He is now a member of the firm of Howell & 
Sons, merchant millers, doing business in Morrisville and 
Trenton, N. J.  He was married in Trenton, in October, 1869, 
to Susanna, daughter of Charles Worthington, who is of 
English origin.  Their children are:  Marion, Walter, Mabel, 
Thirzia, and Gershom.  Mr. and Mrs. Howell are members of 
the Baptist church, of which he has been a trustee.  Mr. 
Howell served two terms as member of the town council in 
Trenton, and is now a director of the Broad Street National 
bank and is a member of the Masons and the I. O. O. F.   He 
is a democrat politically.