| Home Surname List Name Index Email Us | George Howbert was born (date unknown). Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret C. Fitch. George Howbert was born in Powells Fort, Virginia. He lived in Shenandoah County, Virginia before 1794. According to one report, George was "reared in Shenandoah County, Virginia." He lived in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia after 1794. George "was a man of great energy," and despite being virtually broke when he got married, "he soon made enough money to buy a piece of land and bulld a mill on the Shenandoah River, about three miles from New Market, Virginia." George lived in Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia in 1817. George Howbert sold his property in Shenandoah County in 1817 and moved to Roanoke County near Salem. There he bought a larte tract of land. On part of this farm he kept "public entertainment and a wagon yard." His wagon stand was very popular, and proved very profitable as he became one of the wealthiest men of the neighborhood. There were as many as one hundred teams on the yard at one time. At this time there were no railroads. The flour, bacon, tobacco, and produce in general was conveyed from one town to another by wagon, thus many would stop at the wagon yard to rest the horses and have the wagons repaired. He was member of the Lutheran Church. Parents: Howbert. Spouse: Elizabeth Cochenour. Elizabeth Cochenour and George Howbert were married in 1794. It has been said that after paing the expenses incurred by his marriage, he 'had fifty cents in cash and a grubbing hoe left with which to begin housekeeping." Children were: Jacob Howbert, Michael Howbert, John Howbert, Samuel Howbert, George Howbert, Moses Howbert, Elizabeth Howbert, Catherine Howbert, Barbara Howbert, Esther Howbert, Mary Howbert, Anna Howbert. George Howbert was a farmer. Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Spouse: Amanda M. Coons. Amanda M. Coons and George Howbert were married . According to one source, George and Amanda were not married long, because he died a short time later "with chills and fever." Children were: Howbert. George Howbert was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Parents: George Howbert and Elizabeth Cochenour. Helen Howbert died on 19 September 1933. Parents: William Frank Howbert and Leona Blood. Spouse: Charles W. Armstrong. Helen Howbert and Charles W. Armstrong were married . Irene Howbert was born on 26 March 1848. She died on 23 August 1910 at the age of 62 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Parents: William Howbert and Martha Marshall. Irving Howbert II graduated in 1939 in Yale University, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. He graduated with the Class of 1939. Parents: William Irving Howbert and Mary Scott. Irving Howbert was born on 11 April 1846 in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana. He was educated before 1869 at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. He was awarded LLD and DLitt degrees. He was elected as County Clerk and Recorder about 1869. He was first elected at the age of twenty three, then reportedly reelected without opposition for five terms. Irving owned interest in the Robert E. Lee silver mine after 1870 in Colorado. He was able to realized quite a fortune out of his mining property and was financially able to promote the interests of Colorado Springs, his adopted town, which he did. Between 1878 and 1880 he was a cashier at the First National Bank in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. He Trustee of Colorado College between 1880 and 1921 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Irving was elected as member of the State Legislature between 1882 and 1886 in Colorado. He Delegate to the Republican National Convention between 1888 and 1895 in Colorado. Before 1931 he was a President and Chairman of the Board of First National Bank in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Irving died on 21 December 1934 at the age of 88. He member of the Archaeological Institute of America. He author of two books about Colorado. They were titled "Indians of the Pikes Peak Region," and "Memories of a Lifetime in the Pikes Peak Region." Parents: William Howbert and Martha Marshall. Spouse: Lizzie Copeland. Lizzie Copeland and Irving Howbert were married . Children were: May Howbert, William Irving Howbert. Israel Howbert died. It is reported that he was always a very active youngster, but "died suddenly of spinal disease in his seventeenth year." Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Jacob Howbert was born (date unknown). Spouse: Margaret C. Fitch. Margaret C. Fitch and Jacob Howbert were married . Children were: George Howbert. After 1817 Jacob Howbert was a miller in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia. He lived in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia after 1817. He lived in Ohio in 1836. Jacob became greatly annoyed with the institution of slavery, so he sold his land in Virginia and moved to Ohio in 1836. After clearing the land and putting up good buildings and attending to the comforts of life, he sold out and moved to Indiana. Jacob lived in Indiana after 1837. He was born in Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia. He died in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana. Jacob was buried in Mount Healthy Cemetery, Bartholomew County, Indiana. He was a planter and slave owner in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. He taught school in the winter and worked on the farm in the summer. He lived in Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Parents: George Howbert and Elizabeth Cochenour. Spouse: Margaret Loch. Margaret Loch and Jacob Howbert were married in 1817. Children were: Elizabeth Howbert, William Howbert, David Howbert, Rev. Abraham Howbert, Phoebe Denton Howbert, Samuel Howbert, Israel Howbert, Sarah Ann Howbert, Mary Ann Howbert, Amelia Howbert, Melanchthen Howbert, Catherine Howbert, George Howbert. Joan Howbert was born (date unknown). Parents: Van Dyne Howbert and Helen Weiffenbach. John Howbert was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Parents: George Howbert and Elizabeth Cochenour. John Charles Howbert was born (date unknown). Parents: Van Dyne Howbert and Helen Weiffenbach. Lawrence Howbert lived in Denver, Denver County, Colorado in 1938. Lawrence was reportedly married with no children. Parents: Ted Howbert. Marie Howbert lived in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. Parents: Edwin Payson Howbert and Fanny Lowe. Marshall Howbert was born (date unknown). Marshall, according to one source, died in childhood, but no details have been found. Parents: William Frank Howbert and Leona Blood. Martha Howbert lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California in 1938. She was educated at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Parents: Edgar Howbert and Jessie Cowgill. Spouse: Edwin Mosher. Martha Howbert and Edwin Mosher were married . Children were: Edwin Mosher. Mary Howbert was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Parents: George Howbert and Elizabeth Cochenour. Mary Ann Howbert was born (date unknown). Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Spouse: Robert Richards. Mary Ann Howbert and Robert Richards were married . Children were: Elwood A. Richards, Sebern Sylvester Richards, Catherine Richards, Clara Richards. May Howbert graduated in 1898 in Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. She served in the military during World War I in the United States Army between 1917 and 1918. She served during World War I in the Army Hospital at Fort Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico as an occupational therapist. She President of the YWCA in 1938 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Parents: Irving Howbert and Lizzie Copeland. Melanchthen Howbert served in the military during the Civil War in Company E, 13th Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1861 and 1865. He was wounded in the leg at Alleghany, Virginia on 13 Dec 1861, but later received other wounds as a result of his service. After 1865 he was a miner in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. He is said to have been "engaged in mining" up until the time of his death. He lived in Colorado after 1865. He is reported to have moved here after the Civil War. Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Michael Howbert was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Parents: George Howbert and Elizabeth Cochenour. Moses Howbert was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Parents: George Howbert and Elizabeth Cochenour. Phoebe Denton Howbert was born on 12 December 1824 in Botetourt County, Virginia. About 1856 she was a school teacher in Bartholomew County, Indiana. Phoebe was one of the first real school teachers in the county at the time. She died on 12 August 1904 at the age of 79 in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana. Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Spouse: George Buxton. Phoebe Denton Howbert and George Buxton were married on 1 January 1845. Children were: Samantha Florence Buxton, Henrietta (Retta) Buxton, Vida Buxton, Emma Buxton, George Albert Buxton, Buxton, Buxton. Randolph Howbert lived in Denver, Denver County, Colorado in 1938. Parents: Ted Howbert. In 1938 Raymond Howbert was a businessman in Wyoming. Parents: William Frank Howbert and Leona Blood. Spouse: Lotta DeGroot. Lotta DeGroot and Raymond Howbert were married . Children were: Raymond Howbert. Raymond Howbert was born (date unknown). Parents: Raymond Howbert and Lotta DeGroot. Spouse: Zora . Zora and Raymond Howbert were married . Children were: Donald Howbert. Ruth Howbert was born (date unknown). Parents: William Frank Howbert and Leona Blood. Spouse: William DeGroot. Ruth Howbert and William DeGroot were married . Children were: William DeGroot. Samuel Howbert died. He died at the age of twenty one of heart trouble, just before he would have graduated from college. He was educated in Indiana University, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Samuel Howbert was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Parents: George Howbert and Elizabeth Cochenour. Sarah Ann Howbert was born (date unknown). Sarah Ann Howbert is said to have "died quite young." Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Stephen Howbert graduated in 1939 in University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. He graduated with the Class of 1939. Parents: Earl Howbert and Rae Pitman. Ted Howbert lived in Denver, Denver County, Colorado in 1938. Parents: Rev. Abraham Howbert and Sarah Ann Holwig. Children were: Lawrence Howbert, Randolph Howbert. Van Dyne Howbert graduated in 1913 in Yale University, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. He graduated in 1916 at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. He graduated with the Class of 1916. He served in the military during and after World War I in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919. He served as a First Lieutenant with the 314th Engineers, 89th Division in World War I. He was reportedly overseas from 1918 to 1919. In 1938 Van was a mining engineer with the American Metal Company in New York, New York. Parents: Charles Wesley Howbert and Mary S. Martin. Spouse: Helen Weiffenbach. Helen Weiffenbach and Van Dyne Howbert were married . Children were: John Charles Howbert, Van Dyne Howbert Jr., Joan Howbert. Van Dyne Howbert Jr. was born (date unknown). Parents: Van Dyne Howbert and Helen Weiffenbach. William Howbert was born on 2 February 1820 in Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia. Before 1844 he was a school teacher in Indiana. After 1844 he was a businessman working in the mercantile trade. He engaged in this line of work after his marriage. William was a member of the Methodist Church before 1852 in Indiana. One source states "although reared in the Lutheran faith, he decided to join the Methodist Church while still living in Indiana." He lived in Indiana before 1852. He lived in Iowa between 1852 and 1860. After 1853 William was a Methodist minister in Iowa. After moving to Iowa he entered the ministry and was admitted to the Des Moines Conference. He lived in Colorado City, Pueblo County, Colorado about 1860. The exact year has not been located, but he finally settled here and established a Methodist Church, in which he served as pastor. After 1860 he was a Methodist minister in Colorado. He was said to have been among the first to preach the gospel in southern Colorado and had "a wonderful experience" there among the first settlers of that state. He rode hundresds of miles, often over the summits of the snow clad mountains. His young son Irving was with him at first, but he sent the boy home in the fall. In the springtime, he settled on a ranch near where Colorado Springs is now located, and then sent for the entire family. William died on 11 August 1871 at the age of 51 in Colorado City, Pueblo County, Colorado. He was described as having "just a common school education, but a great amount of natural ability.". Parents: Jacob Howbert and Margaret Loch. Spouse: Martha Marshall. Martha Marshall and William Howbert were married in 1844. Children were: Irving Howbert, Irene Howbert, Alice Howbert, Edgar Howbert, William Frank Howbert, Charles Wesley Howbert, Howbert, Howbert, Howbert. William Frank Howbert was born on 26 October 1858. Before 1933 he was a Collector of Internal Revenue under Presidents McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and Hoover. He lived in Denver, Denver County, Colorado in 1938. Parents: William Howbert and Martha Marshall. Spouse: Leona Blood. Leona Blood and William Frank Howbert were married . Children were: Marshall Howbert, Helen Howbert, Ruth Howbert, Raymond Howbert. William Irving Howbert graduated in 1907 in Yale University, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. In 1938 he was a President of the First National Bank in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. This is a position his grandfather once held. In 1938 he was a Trustee of Colorado College in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Parents: Irving Howbert and Lizzie Copeland. Spouse: Mary Scott. Mary Scott and William Irving Howbert were married . Children were: Carolyn Kernochan Howbert, Irving Howbert II. A. W. Howe was born (date unknown). Spouse: Maria Doe Cann. Albion H. Howe lived in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts about 1874. Spouse: Emily Jewett Robbins. Emily Jewett Robbins and Albion H. Howe were married on 30 May 1874. Beulah Marie Howe was born on 10 August 1904. She died on 12 July 1950 at the age of 45. Spouse: William Phillip Dickerson. Beulah Marie Howe and William Phillip Dickerson were married in 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland. Children were: William Phillip Dickerson Jr., Living, Living. M. Howe was born (date unknown). Spouse: John McKeel. Children were: Anna Howe McKeel. Martha L. Howe lived in Onarga, Iriquois County, Illinois about 1888. Spouse: Ralph B. Porter. Martha L. Howe and Ralph B. Porter were married on 4 September 1888. Children were: Floyd Howe Porter, Ferol Beatrice Porter, Leon Ralph Porter, Blanche Porter. Mary Howe was born in 1838. She died on 29 June 1885 at the age of 47. Spouse: Dr. Richmond Bradford MD. Mary Howe and Dr. Richmond Bradford MD were married on 16 November 1859. Howell was born (date unknown). Spouse: Lois Adams. Children were: Billie Howell, Bobbie Howell. Howell was born in South Carolina. Spouse: Elizabeth . Children were: William C. Howell, John K. Howell, Benjamine Howell. Howell was born (date unknown). Children were: Sarah F. Howell. Benjamin S. Howell was born in 1863 in Ohio. He was received by request in 1866 in Springfield Monthly Meeting, Clinton County, Ohio. He granted a certificate to Dover Monthly Meeting in 1879 in Springfield Monthly Meeting, Clinton County, Ohio. Benjamin received on certificate from Springfield Monthly Meeting in 1879 at Dover Monthly Meeting in Dover, Clinton County, Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Liberty Township, Clinton County, Ohio. He was living with his parents. In 1880 he was an attending school. Benjamin released by request in 1881 at Dover Monthly Meeting in Dover, Clinton County, Ohio. He was a member of the Quaker Church. His middle initial has also been found as "L." Parents: John K. Howell and Sallie Anson. Benjamine Howell was born about 1845 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Adams Township, Clinton County, Ohio. Parents: Howell and Elizabeth . |