Russell Jones Howell was born in 1812 in Tennessee, the son of William Howell and Mary Pleasant "Polly" Holbrook. Russell married Elizabeth Johnson (born 1818 in Tennessee) about 1837. He died in 1899 in Caloun Co., Mississippi.
The children of Russell Jones Howell and Elizabeth Johnson are:
- M. D. Lafayette Howell born abt 1839 Yalobusha Co., Mississippi; married Martha Rasberry
- John Howell born abt 1840 Mississippi
- Martha Howell born abt 1843 in Mississippi; married a Jennings, first name unknown; one child, Marcus Dudley Lafayette Jennings born 1860 Calhoun Co., MS; Martha married second, Andrew Jackson Newton (see my Newton page for info on this family); died 1879 in Calhoun Co., MS.
- Mary Howell born abt 1844 Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
- Raleigh Howell born abt 1846 Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
- Elizabeth Howell born abt 1848 Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
- Sarah Howell born abt 1850 Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
- William Rufus Howell born 1856 Calhoun Co., Mississippi
- Russell Howell born 1858 Calhoun Co., Mississippi
- Alva Jones Howell born 1863 Calhoun Co., Mississippi; married Josephine Arnold
From A Pictorial History of Calhoun County, MS
