Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell - (PDF ... - Adkinshorton.net

Chester Everts Howell was born on West Hill Road in Elmira. In 1885 hewent to the Michigan north woods region for his health. At Manistique he lived anoutdoor life, working first on a Great Lakes barge; next as transit man in the surveyfor the Minn. & Sault Ste. Marie R. R. His health improved and after hismarriage to Marion R. E. Connor he returned to Elmira. Here he worked in thebox manufacture business established by Fred his brother, after whose death hebecame its president. During his life he was connected with church & civic affairs;headed several campaigns for raising charity funds; a charter member & trustee ofNorth Presbyterian Church; later trustee and Chairman of the Board, Lake St.Presbyterian Church; director & vice -president of Mechanics Bank; charter member& a president of Rotary; director & president of the Central YMCA; a presidentof Century Club; a Masonic Shrine member; a president of the Newtown BattlefieldChapter of the Sons of the Revolution; appointed by Gov. Dewey in 1945 Commissionerof the Battlefield. His kindness, sympathy and generosity endeared him tomany.Children of Chester & Marion Connor Howell: (4)Jessie Everts Howell b. Manistique, Mich. 12 Sept. 1889 married 9 Sept. 1920,Frank Clifford Finch b. 4 Oct. 1891 son of Cornelius & AliceRowley Finch of Endicott, NY. child:Jerrold Fletcher Finch b. 3 Sept. 1924 mar. Jan. 1950 Anne Ridgway Elbersondau. of Frank O. & Blanche Brown Elberson of Haddonfield NY. ch:Jeffrey Elberson Finch b. 2 June 1951 Wash. D. C. ; Robert Howell Finch1 Sept. 1952; Susanne Rowlee Finch 7 May 1955; Jerrold MinierFinch 5 Sept. 1959; (last 3 born Elmira, NY) Eric Brown Finchborn Downingtown, Pa. 20 March 1962.Edith Louese Howell b. Elmira 12 Oct. 1890 mar. 9 Sept. 1920 James Edwin Rileyb. Jan. 1889, son of Jas. Edward & Amanda Dinsmore Riley; ch:Nancy Ann Riley b. Montpelier, Vt. 18 June 1921 d. 30 Aug. 1946Isabel Howell Riley b. Montpelier 27 June 1923 m. (1) Robert E. Austin (div.1946) m. (2) Oct. 1950 Herbert Crilly Childs son of Francis & MaryFlorence Childs of Redlands, Calif. ch: Nancy Riley Austin Childsb. 28 Nov. 1946; Karen Crilly Childs 8 June 1951; Herbert C.Childs Jr. 27 Sept. 1952; Rebecca Howell Childs 11 Aug. 1954;Andrew Riley Childs 12 Feb. 1957; Sarah Howell Childs 8 July 1962James Edwin Riley Jr. b. New Haven Ct. 3 June 1926 mar. Carol dau .. ofRobert & Madeleine Chadwick of Milwaukee, Wis. ch: Lynne CarolRiley b. 4 Oct. 1956; Pamela Lee Riley 3 Oct. 1958; Melissa Rileyb. 27 Oct. 1960, residences Cedar Rapids, Ia. & McLean, Va.Everts Howe Howell b. Elmira 11 March 1897 mar. 9 Oct. 1917 Gladys MaeShaw dau. of Jay W. & Clare Coolbaugh Shaw. child:Elizabeth Howell b. Elmira 5 Feb. 1922 mar. Rev. Alan Gordon Gripe son ofDr. O. H. & Bertha Anderson Gripe of Indianapolis. ch: Stephen b.17 Nov. 1953 West Point; David Alan b. 29 Apr. 1957 Westfield, NY.Chester Everts Howell Jr. b. 16 July 1899 mar. Georgia Isabel Lowman dau. ofMartin & Lena Long Lowman of Wellsburg, N. Y. ch:Jack Martin Howell b. 16 May 1930 d. 26 Nov. 1936George Lowman Howell b. 7 Aug. 1933 mar. 21 July 1956 Elizabeth Ann dau.of Dr. Milton & Elizabeth Evans Harkrader, Westfield N. J. ch:Katharine Elizabeth Howell b. 23 March 1960 at ElmiraSarah Burt Howell b. 11 June 1965 at ElmiraFred Ellwyn Howell b. 12 Feb. 1937 mar. July 1959 Janet dau. of Judge Richard& Mary Annete Trimble Heller of Elmira. ch:Elizabeth Lowman Howell born 6 July 1960Chester Everts Howell 3rd born 28 Sept. 1961Mary Trimble Howell born 26 Dec. 196215