This information was copied from The Cass County Genealogical Society, 1974, Vol. 1, No. 3, pg. 17-20.

HOWE FAMILY
Material furnished by:
Mrs. Jean Stow
Mrs. Evelyn Allday Ferguson

The original coat of arms: Or, a fesse between three wolves heads couped sable.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or, a plume of fine ostrich feathers.

The name of this English family was originally that of a place, to indicate a valley. The family originated in the west of England. One ancestor was John Howe, who lived during the reign of Henry the Eight. From John Howe was descended Sir Scoope Howe, who established the family in Ireland. Sir Scoope Howe's three grandsons were noted British Commanders during the American Revolution. George Augustus Howe was killed during the recapture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777.

Admiral Richard Howe, born 1726, died 1799, he commanded the British Navy during the American Revolution, and was victorious over the French at Gibraltar in 1782, and he defeated the French fleet off Ushant in 1793.

Sir William Howe was Commander of the British forces during the early years of the War for Independence. He was born in 1729 and died 1814. He was victorious at the Battle of Long Island in 1776. He occupied Philadelphia in 1777 and was recalled to England in 1778.

Capt. Abraham Howe, among the American troops who fought at Lexington, was a descendent of James Howe, who settled at Roxbury, Mass. In 1637.

Lt. Robert Howe, Sr. helped to drive the British from Virginia.

Samuel Gridley Howe, born at Boston in 1801, died in 1876. He graduated from Harvard Medical College in 1824. In 1831 he went to Paris to study the methods of educating the blind, and established a school in Boston for the blind. His wife, Julia Ward Howe, was the author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

This record below appears in G.G. Smith's "History of Georgia" on pg. 611, also found in an old Bible of Robert Howe, Jr.

Robert Howe, Jr. married Miss Armour in York District, S.C.

Robert Howe III was born Jan 22, 1782 and died Feb 10, 1858. He married Susannah Gray in 1807 in Baldwin Do., Georgia. Susannah Gray Howe was born Sep 13, 1786 and died Oct. 1, 1846. Then children was born to them.

William James Howe, the son of Robert Howe III was born May 31, 1813, Macon Co., Georgia. He died Mar 4, 1893 and is buried at Douglassville, Cass County, Texas. He married Delia Adaline Harp, Dec. 19, 1842 in Upon County, Georgia. (Records on file in Crawford County, Ga.) Celia Adaline Harp was born Dec 19, 1819 in Baldwin County, Ga. And died Dec 16, 1892, buried at Douglassville, Cass County, Tx. Eight children were born to them: Robert D. Howe, Egbert M. Howe, William A. Howe, Corinne S. Howe, Susan E. Howe, Thomas G. Howe, Addella C. Howe, and James E. Howe.

William James Howe and Celia Adaline Howe moved from Macon Co., Ga. To Cass Co., Tx and purchased land in 1859, this record was taken from Linden, Texas and shown in Book N page 641.

Robert D. Howe and Egbert M. Howe were in the Civil War, Robert was killed and Egbert died of pneumonia.

William a. Howe, married Lillie Carlow, and they had five children: Maggie Howe, Thomas A. Howe, Robert Howe, William Howe, Aurelia Howe.

Corinne S. Howe married William L. Heath, and they had four children: Egbert Heath, William L. Heath, Ira Heath, Thomas Heath.

Susan E. Howe married Lina Mims, and four boys were born to them: Otha Mims, Lina Mims, Emmet Mims, and Ralph Mims.

Dr. Thomas G. Howe married Martha Brooks May 9, 1880 and had four children: Una Howe (born Jun 10, 1887), Conrad Howe (born Dec 12, 1889), Cohen Howe (born Dec 2, 1894), Lerina Howe (born Oct 25, 1896). Cohen Howe died Jul 11, 1938 and is buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Atlanta, Texas.

Della C. Howe married Ebb A. Allday and seven children were born to them: E.A. Allday Jr., Harp Allday, Elbert Allday, Martin Allday, Robert Allday, Addell Allday, Corine Allday.

James Emmett Howe married Laura Lightfoot and they had six children: Egbert Howe, Henry Howe, Clarence Howe, Addell Howe, Martha Howe and Emmett Howe.

Additional information on:
Robert Howe's parents have never been definitely proven. He was born in South Carolina on Jan 22, 1782, and died in Crawford County, Ga. Feb 20, 1858.

Susannah Gray's parents: James Gray (her father) born May 1, 1758, was a Revolutionary War soldier, and died in Pike County, Ga. On Nov 18, 1833. Mrs. Mary Gray (maiden name unknown) (her mother) was born May 26, 1769 and died Jul 16, 1836 in Ga.

Celia Adaline Harp's parents: Dixon Harp (her father) born 1763 in Ga., died 1858. Celia Edmondson (her mother) born 1782 in Ga., died 1851. Both of her parents are buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Thomaston, Upson Co., Ga. The parents of neither Celia Edmondson nor Dixon Harp have been proved.

William James Howe and Delia Adaline Harp Howe, with their eight children moved from Graingerville, Macon Co., Ga. In the summer of 1859 to Cass Co., Tx.

Children of William James Howe & Celia Adaline Harp:

I. Robert D. Howe - Confederate soldier killed in Civil War.

II. Egbert M. Howe - Confederate soldier killed in Civil War.

III. William Alfred Howe - married Lily Carlow.
1. Robert Howe - married Marie Starkey
2. Thomas A. Howe - married Mattie Sue Culberson
3. Margaret (Maggie) Howe - married R.E. Florence
4. William Alford Howe, Jr. - married Zeta Gage
5. Aurelia Howe - married David V. Davis

IV. Corrine (or Cora) S. Howe - married William Benjamin Heath
1. Egbert George Heath - married Octavia Maria Carlow
2. William James Lafayette Heath - married Ludie Echols
3. Thomas Robert Heath - married Clifford A. Swint

V. Susan E. Howe - married Lina Mims
1. Ralph Mims - married
2. Emmett Mims - married
3. Lina Mims, Jr. - married

VI. Dr. Thomas Green Howe - married Martha Brooks. He was born Feb 15, 1855 in Grangerville, Macon Co., Ga. And died July 11, 1938, in Atlanta, Cass County, Tx. Martha Brooks was born Jan 6, 1857 in Douglassville, Cass Co., Tx. And died Jan 11, 1943 in Atlanta, Cass Co., Tx.
1. Dr. Una Howe - married Robert Hasskard Feb 14, 1917. Una was born Jun 10, 1887 and died Jul 10, 1918 in Atlanta, Cass Co., Tx. and is buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Atlanta, Tx.
2. Lerina Howe - married John Derryberry

VII. Adella C. Howe - married Judge Elbert A. (Ebb) Allday
1. Emmett Allday - Never married
2. Elbert Allday, Jr. - married
3. Harp Allday - married
4. Martin Allday - married
5. Robert Allday - married
6. Adelle Allday - married Julian Pennington
7. Corinne Allday - married Lloyd Lamar Beechman

VIII. James Emmett Howe - married Laura Ida Lightfoot
1. Egbert Eugene Howe - married Willie
2. Henry Herschel Howe - married Birdie McKinley (Jean Stow's parents)
3. Clarence Cleburne Howe
4. Adelle Howe - married Thomas K. Carson
5. Martha (or Mattie) Howe - married John F. McCall
6. James Emmett Howe, Jr. - married Doshia Plum

DOUGLASSVILLE CEMETERY

Leslie Lightfoot Howe - born 1889 - died 1892 - died in Dumas, but was buried in Douglassville, Cass Co., Tx. In July 1893. She is probably buried near the graves of Ida Blanche Greene Howe (wife of James Emmett Howe) and her two children who died in infancy. These three graves are marked, but Leslie's is not.

Three remaining children are probably buried near graves of William James Howe and wife, Celia Adaline Harp Howe, who died in 1893 and 1892, respectively. (And Leslie Lightfoot Howe may be buried in the same spot too.) These three are:
1. Burtis B. Howe - b. 1898 d. 1899
2. Cora Howe - b. 1906 d. 1910
3. Robert R. Howe - b. 1913 d. 1914