The Howell story begins in colonial New Jersey in the early 1700's, where Hugh Howell probably farmed rented land. Hugh and his wife Margaret were the beginnings of a family line that gradually spread west to Virginia, to Ohio, and then further;some settled in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado. This book chronicles the Howell family through six generations and nearly 300 years of its experiences in North America. Drawing from public records and family documents alike, the authors have traced the Howell line a detailed, comprehensive manner. The text includes many photographs and copies of old records;an appendix contains transcriptions of selected Howell documents, and another replicates census records. A must Howell enthusiasts and researchers!