San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 2/12/2010
BENJAMIN F. HOWELL
At the age of four years Benjamin F. Howell accompanied his parents to California, where his education was received in the public schools of Oakland and there took his first job when he was sixteen years old with the Great American Tea Company. He was born in Nevada, Mo., June 22, 1871, the eldest son of William J. and Narcissa (Moore) Howell, both natives of Missouri. William J. Howell was a butcher by trade, who came to California in 1875 and settled in Mono County where he conducted a wholesale and retail butcher business. He spent fourteen years in California, then returned to Nevada, Mo., where he passed away at the age of sixty-six years; his wife still lives there. Five children were born to them: Benjamin F.; Respino died in 1922; William J. resides in Pueblo, Col.; May E. is Mrs. Wm. Bailey, residing at Lees Summit, Mo.; Georgia is deceased. Benjamin F. Howell accompanied his parents to Missouri in 1889 and while there learned the butcher and the carpenter trades, both of which he followed.
On May 1, 1892, in Nevada, Mo., Mr. Howell was first married to Miss Iva Murray, born in Nevada, Mo., a daughter of Joseph Murray. Two children were born of this union, Vivian and Wanda. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Howell was married to Mrs. Emma Clyne, the widow of Charles Clyne and the daughter of J.B. Adams. She had two sons by her first marriage, Ralph and Earl Clyne. In 1913 Mr. Howell brought his family to California and located at Stockton where he has since resided and where he has followed both the butcher and carpenter trades. In 1918 the family home at 1727 South Stanislaus Avenue was purchased. In politics he is a Democrat and fraternally belongs to the Moose and Yeoman lodges of Stockton.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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