Dallas Co., TX - Sarah Howell

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Dallas morning News 29 Jul 1907

DALLAS COUNTY PIONEER DIES

Mrs. Sarah Howell Came to Dallas County in 1858 - Accidental Fall Contributes
to Death

Mrs. Sarah Howell, a Dallas County pioneer and a long time member of the Old
Settlers' Association, died a little before midnight Sunday at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. Adah Sims, 177 Ross Avenue. Mrs. Howell was Miss Sarah
Bernard. She was born at Russellville, Ark., in 1828. It was there that she
married Thomas Howell and with him she came to Dallas County in 1857. She
settled at Lancaster and that has ever since been her home. Mr. Howell died in
1875.

About three weeks ago Mrs. Howell came to Dallas for a visit. She had a fall
in which her forehead received a blow and a gash was cut that required fifteen
stitches. How she fell is not known, but it is supposed she stumbled and that
her head struck some sharp projection. She never recovered from the shock of
the blow.

Surviving her are three daughters and two sons. They are Mrs. Adah Sims and
Mrs. Nannie Salmons of Dallas; Mrs. Bettie Rusk of Eureka Springs, Ark.;
Melville Howell of Dallas and L. Bernard Howell of Lancaster.

Mrs. Howell was always a very active woman. She had great strength of body, of
mind and of character and was a leader in church work and for many years of
the social life of her community. Her acquaintance was extensive and her
popularity as great. Through this section of the State and in Arkansas there
is a very large relationship.

The body of Mrs. Howell will be taken to Lancaster today and interred Tuesday
or at a later time.

Title: Dallas County Pioneer Dies

Date: 1907-07-29

Page: 5