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James Howell

20 October 1816—20 November 1893

The First Fifty Years of Relief Society

1 Born at Childerditch, Essex, England; son of Elizabeth Jay and James Howell. 2 Married Sarah Marshall, 1837. 3 Baptized in England, 1849. 4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Chimborazo, 1855; migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1862. 5 Settled in Salt Lake City; lived in the Salt Lake City Seventh Ward. 6 Attended the organization of the Seventh Ward Relief Society, 1868. 7 Lived at Batesville (later Erda), Tooele County, Utah Territory, by 1880. 8 Died at Erda; buried at Tooele, Tooele County. 9 (See Document 3.3)

Born at Childerditch, Essex, England; son of Elizabeth Jays and James Howell. Died in Tooele County, Utah Territory. 10 (See Document 3.3)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Utah Division of State History (https://history.utah.gov/cemeteries, accessed Oct. 2014), James Howell.

  2. 2 “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Oct. 2014), James Howell KWJC-4TR.

  3. 3 “Family Tree,” database, James Howell and Sarah Marshall KWJC-4T5.

  4. 4 “Family Tree,” database, James Howell.

  5. 5 “Howell, James,” Chimborazo Passengers List, Liverpool to Philadelphia, 17 Apr.–21 May 1855, Saints by Sea database, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. “James Howell Sr.,” Church History Biographical Database (history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023).

  6. 6 G. Owens, comp. Salt Lake City Directory: including a business directory of Provo, Springville, and Ogden, Utah Territory (n.p., 1867), 64.

  7. 7 Seventh Ward Relief Society, Minutes, Jan. 4 and 28, 1868, vol. 1, 1848–1869, Relief Society minutes and records, 1848–1922, Seventh Ward, Pioneer Stake, CHL.

  8. 8 1880 U.S. census, Batesville, Tooele Co., Utah Territory, p. 93D, James Howell; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1338.

  9. 9 “Family Tree,” database, James Howell. “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, James Howell.

  10. 10 “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. D, James Howell, p. 263, FHL microfilm 1149525, FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Nov. 2015), James Howell KWJC-4TR . Mormon Migration (http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu, accessed Aug. 2012), James Howell. 1880 U.S. census, Batesville, Tooele Co., Utah Territory, p. 24D, James Howell, NARA. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Aug. 2012), memorial no. 99891, James Howell; Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, UT.