Willie Herbert Howell

1888 - 1968  (79 years)

• Name	Willie Herbert Howell
  Born	28 May 1888	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Mar 1968	Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Notes	Birth Record Name: Willie Herbert Howell "Wm is crossed out and "Willie Herbert" is written in Birth Date: 28 May 1888 Birth Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States Sex: Male Mother: Mattie J Father: D T Howell West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 Name: William Herbert Howell, M.D. Birth Date: abt 1889 Death Date: 27 Mar 1968 Death Place: Monongalia County, West Virginia Death Age: 79 Marital Status: Married Spouse Name: Beulah White Race: White Gender: Male Father Name: Daniel T. Howell Mother Name: Mattie McBride Comments: M.D. FHL Film Number: 840904 FHL Film Number: 1992238 November 12, 1918 Mrs. D.T. Howell Lone Cedar, W.Va. Dear Mother, It has been some time since I wrote to you all at home. I have been in hospital since October 14. I was gassed and had pneumonia following. I was very ill. I was delirious for two weeks so I could not write to any one. The doctors and nurses all thought I would not get well. I am in England now in American Base Hospital -- No 33 -- Portsmouth, England. I am sitting up today. I have had a terrible time with pleurisy since my pneumonia cleared up. I had to lie just in one position and then I could hardly breathe. I am better now and I will soon be walking about. I have been in England about a week now. I was in a hospital in France while I was so ill. I expect I will be sent to the USA as soon as I am able to travel as I don't think I will be fit for a long time yet. I have lost a lot of weight. I am only skin and bone. I will gain rapidly now. Well, there was a great celebration here yesterday when the news of the cessation of hostilities was published. I did not take part. I just lay in bed and was thankful to be alive and glad the war is over. I feel I have done my bit in the war and am satisfied. I suppose there was great celebrating in the USA. Some way I did not feel like celebrating, even if I had be able. I have always looked forward to being in France when peace was declared but I was disappointed. I wanted to be with the men I have served with the past fifteen months when peace was declared. Oh, well I should not complain as I am lucky to be here at all. It's better to be in hospital "cracked up" than lying beneath the daisies of France with a wooden cross for a decoration. It is sort of a sad time for us who have been doing front line work when we think of the good friends we have lost. While the war lasted we did not think of those things but now when the war is over, it comes to one as a shock. My work has mostly been with a battallion in the line and there one makes friends that never can be forgotten and numbers of them have made the supreme sacrifice. Well, the nurse says I have to go back to bed as I have been up long enough. Address my mail to the hospital here as I will be here a month or two anyway. Give my love to all. Your loving son, Will The Jackson Herald, Dec 6, 1918
  Person ID	I116841	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Daniel Tennant Howell,   b. 4 Dec 1861, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 9 May 1926, Grant District, Jackson, West Virginia, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Martha J McBride,   b. Nov 1862, Ohio ,   d. 1951  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1887	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 27 Apr 1887 at the bride's home Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States Daniel T Howell, 25, Ritchie Co, WV; PO Neptune, Jackson Co, WV Mattie J McBride, 24, Ohio; PO Neptune, Jackson Co, WV 1900 Grant, Jackson, WV Howell, Daniel Dec 1861 38 mar 13yr WV WV WV Mattie J wife Nov 1862 37 mar 13y 4-4 children OH VA OH Willie H son May 1888 12 WV WV OH Lucy M dau Apr 1891 9 WV WV OH Thomas H son Feb 1895 5 WV WV OH Marie A dau Apr 1897 3 WV WV OH McBride, Mary T mil Sep 1828 71 wid 11-6 children OH OH OH 1910 Grant, Jackson, WV Howell, Daniel T 48 m1- 22y WV VA WV Mattie J wife 47 m1- 22y 4-4 years OH VA OH Willie H son 21 WV WV OH teacher Public School Mabel L dau 19 WV WV OH teacher Public School Harold T son 17 WV WV OH Marie A dau 13 WV WV OH McBride, Mary T mil 82 wd 11-5 children OH OH OH 1920 Grant, Jackson, WV Howell, Daniel T 58 WV WV WV Martha wife 57 OH VA OH Mable dau 27 WV WV OH McBride, Mary T mil 91 OH OH OH 1930 Grant, Jackson, WV Howell, Mattie 67 wid md age 25 OH VA OH McBride, Edward brother 70 wd md age 50 OH VA OH Jarrett, Bernice boarder 19 WV WV WV Jackson Co Births - Howell Willie Herbert 5/28/1888 Lucy M 4/5/1891 Thomas Harold 2/11/1894 Mamie A 4/26/1897 - censuses show her as Marie A
  Family ID	F29854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beulah M White,   b. CA 1895, Wood County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 Jun 1917	Wood County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 18 June 1917 at Parkersburg Place: Wood Co, WV William Herbert Howell, 29; Jackson Co, WV; Murraysville, WV Beulah M White, 21, Wood Co, WV; Belleville, WV 1930 Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia Howell, William H 41 md age 30 WV WV OH Physican Beulah M wife 35 md age 22 WV OH OH William H Jr son 9 WV WV V Abert D son 8 WV WV WV Alexander, Rose ward 17 OH Italy unk USA 1940 Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia Howell, William 52 WV 1935: lived same house Surgeon Beulah wife 39 WV 1935: lived same house William son 19 WV 1935: lived same house Albert son 18 WV 1935: lived same house
  Children	1. William H Howell, Jr   2. Albert D Howell
  Family ID	F29856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S873] West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.