Anna Gist Howell
Anna Gist Howell (maiden name: Gist) was born around 1818 in Kentucky. She married David Howell on September 2, 1834, and they had at least seven children: David, born on January 13, 1840; Rezin, born around 1841; Henry, born around 1843; Howard, born around 1846; Clayton, born around 1848; Florence, born around 1851; and Nettie, born around 1860. They lived in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and her husband worked as a farmer.
 
By 1850, they owned $12,900 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $34,500 of real estate and $16,760 of personal property. They enslaved at least 17 people. By 1870, they owned $40,000 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property. Her husband died on April 16, 1874. Her husband had been a veteran of the War of 1812, and she received a widow’s pension after his death. By 1880, she was living with her children Clayton and Nettie in Montgomery County. She died sometime after 1880.
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(2700)Howell, Anna Gist ~ Gist, Anna1818
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 13

  • (7663) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 19 October 1860
  • (7665) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 4 April 1861
  • (7667) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 2 January 1863
  • (7671) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 12 April 1862
  • (7672) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 1 September 1862
  • (7673) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 8 September 1862
  • (7676) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 22 March 1863
  • (7685) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 5 August 1864
  • (7686) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 23 September 1864
  • (7693) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, April 1865
  • (7709) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 10 February 1866
  • (7710) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, 14 December 1870
  • (7784) [recipient] ~ Rezin G. Howell to Anna G. Howell, November 1875

People - Records: 6

  • (2700) Howell, Anna Gist is the [parent of] (2696) Howell, Rezin Gist
  • (2700) Howell, Anna Gist is the [parent of] (2698) Howell, David G.
  • (2700) Howell, Anna Gist is the [parent-in-law of] (2758) Ayres, Emily Dearborn
  • (2701) Howell, David is the [husband of] (2700) Howell, Anna Gist
  • (2713) Howell, Howard C. is the [child of] (2700) Howell, Anna Gist
  • (2760) Howell, Nettie is the [child of] (2700) Howell, Anna Gist

Places - Records: 1

  • (539) [birth] ~ Kentucky

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, available from Ancestry.com