886. . . John A. Howell was Married in St. Charles County, Missouri to Anna A. Vanvaltinburg, Nov. 7th, 1875.
She died in 1894 and John died in 1898 leaving four orphaned children.
. . . The oldest was 13 and she was my great- grandmother. They lived with their uncle Jim Howell, in Summer Hill. In the 1880 census, there is Martha Howell, James Howell and Lucinda Steel(howell), living in Pike county. They are listed in the pike county 1880 census book, in Martinsburg township. . . .