Hill County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....Howell, Elizabeth "Eliza" Martin ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: T. Bradford Willis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007638 October 2, 2012, 2:32 pm Cemetery: Bell Springs Cemetery Name: Elizabeth "Eliza" Martin Howell Date Of Photograph: 1980s Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/hill/photos/tombstones/bellsprings/howell9985nph.jpg Image file size: 38.5 Kb Elizabeth "Eliza" Martin was born April 20, 1823 (grave marker) or April 1, 1824 (Martin family Bible) in Wilkes County or Upson County, Georgia. She was the daughter of Austin and Martha Gresham Martin. On January 9, 1840, John Noah Howell married Elizabeth "Eliza" Martin in Upson, County, Georgia. John Noah Howell was born ca. 1817 in Georgia, the son of Burwell and Elizabeth Powell Howell. He later died ca. 1891 in Upson County. After her husband's death, Elizabeth Martin Howell moved to Hill County, Texas with her son, Donaldson G. Howell, and her daughter, Miss Emily Howell. She died July 3, 1898 and is buried in the Bell Springs Cemetery in Hill County, Texas. More information on the Howell family may be found in the Howell Genealogy and History by Betty Howell George of Fort Valley, Georgia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/hill/photos/tombstones/bellsprings/howell9985nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/txfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb