Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg Map

Family Group Records H

Philip Lafayette Howerton & Rachael Ann Helsley

Husband: Philip Lafayette Howerton
Born: 01 January 1845, Muhlenberg
Married: 12 Apr 1866, Muhlenberg County.
Died: 02 December 1900, Boonville, Warrick Co., IN
Buried: Freedom Cemetery, Boonville, Warrick Co., IN
Father: Thomas Howerton
Mother: Elizabeth Benton

Spouse: Rachael Ann Helsley
Married: 12 April 1866, Muhlenberg
Born: 07 December 1847, Muhlenberg
Died: 04 May 1908, Boonville, Warrick Co., IN
Buried with husband
Father: Philip Warden Helsley
Mother: Elizabeth Roll

The family of Philip L. Howerton were members of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Muhlenberg.

Children:

  1. William Lafayette Howerton
    Born: 04 June 1867, Muhlenberg
    Married: Catherine A. in 1899
    Died: 09 December 1951 Jacksonville, FL
  2. Elizabeth W. Howerton
    Born: 20 October 1869, Muhlenberg
    Died: 10 April 1874, Muhlenberg
    Buried in Sears Cemetery, Muhlenberg
  3. Cordelia Howerton
    Born: 13 December 1871, Muhlenberg
    Died: 13 April 1874, Muhlenberg
    Buried in Sears Cemetery, Muhlenberg
  4. David Ham Howerton
    Born: 21 May 1874, Muhlenberg
    Married: Sarah in 1903
    Died 16 July 1952

    David was baptized 14 December 1885 and became a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. He answered the call to preach and prepared himself for ministry in Bethel College at Russellville, Logan Co., KY. He was licensed to preach on 12 October 1894 and served churches in Kentucky and Missouri.

  5. Emmett M. Howerton
    Born: 16 November 1876, Muhlenberg
    Died: 1945, Boonville, Warrick, Co., IN
    Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Warrick Co., IN
    Married: Mida 1876 - 1936
  6. Edgar Green Howerton
    Born: 09 March 1879, Muhlenberg
    Died: 1934, Boonville, Warrick Co., IN
    Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville, IN
    Married: Auretta J. Sprinkle 26 October 1910, Warrick Co., IN
  7. Lovella Howerton
    Born: 04 November 1881, Muhlenberg
    Died: 21 August 1906, Boonville, Warrick Co., IN
    Buried: Freedom Cemetery, Boonville, IN
  8. Elmer Lewis Howerton
    Born: 29 August 1884, Muhlenberg
    Died: 11 May 1958
    Married Anna Elizabeth Hagan 01 October 1913 Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY
  9. Ora May Howerton
    Born: 06 October 1887, Muhlenberg
    Died: 03 November 1931 Boone Twp., Logan Co., AR
    Buried: Freedom Cemetery, Boonville, IN

    Ora attended Teacher's College at Terre Haute, IN. She taught several sessions in the public schools in Warrick County, IN. She graduated in 1913 from the Woman's Missionary Union Training School in Louisville, KY and served as an early home missionary here in the states working among the cotton mill people in North Carolina and later serving as city missionary in Little Rock, AR and as a practical nurse in Logan Co., AR, and in the Arkansas State Sanitarium.

Updated July 30, 2017