Dora Ann (Leger) Howell (1840 - 1942)

Born 12 Mar 1840 in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1942 at age 101 in Sumter County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

When Dora Ann Leger [1] was born on 12 March 1840, in Alabama, United States, her father, Samuel Stephen Leger (1820-1870), was 21 and her mother, Martha Jackson Mills (1823-1885), was 17.

She married John Hooks Howell (1842-1919) on 23 December 1871, in Sumter, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. John Hooks Howell 1842–1919

Children (13)

1. George Washington Howell 1873–1908
2. Mary Frances Minnie Howell 1874–1961
3. Nancy Jane Elizabeth Howell 1876–1938
4. Ina Irene Howell 1877–1969
5. Joseph Howell 1879–1890
6. Alice Howell 1880–Deceased
7. Addie Lillian Judson Howell 1882–1967
8. Stephen Blake Howell 1884–1952
9. Joe Shirah Barbara Stewart Howell Male 1885–1952
10. Alma Alice Howell 1886–Deceased
11. George Howell 1886–1939
12. Verna Lee Howell 1890–Deceased
13. Bertha Howell 1891–1987

She died on 6 January 1942, in Americus, Sumter, Georgia, United States, at the age of 101, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sumter, Georgia, United States. BURIAL Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, USA

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34553457/dora-ann-howell: accessed 13 June 2023), memorial page for Dora Ann Leger Howell (12 Mar 1840–6 Jan 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34553457, citing Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Moe Martin (contributor 46975542).

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