Howell Family

MC 28

9 boxes (3 cu.ft.)

About the Howell Family

John Beatty Howell (1847-1924)

John Beatty Howell spent nineteen years (1877-1896) in Sao Paolo, Brazil under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Missions. He planned and built a farm school for the education of country boys and, at the request of the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he translated the Prayer Book into Portuguese. Upon returning to the United States, Howell organized and became the pastor of the Tennent Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. In retirement, he devoted himself to writing commentaries on books of the New Testament in Portuguese.

Elizabeth Hibler Day Howell (b.1850)

Was the wife of John Beatty Howell and an author of childrens’ stories about Brazilian life and culture.

Archibald Alexander Howell, II (d.1918)

Archibald was the son of John and Elizabeth Howell and a 1903 graduate of Princeton University. He became a doctor and published several works on the measurement of blood pressure.

Lawrence Day Howell

Lawrence Day Howell was the son of John and Elizabeth Howell and a 1913 graduate of Princeton University. From September 1913 until 1915, Lawrence Howell worked for Princeton’s branch of the Y.M.C.A. in Peking, China. In 1916, he enlisted into the Third Pennsylvania Infantry and was stationed in France during World War I. He was wounded twice during the war and became a First Lieutenant.

Isabell Howell Thatcher

Poet and author, was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Howell and wife of Edward Thatcher, III.

Beatty Family

Charles Clinton Beatty (1715-1772) was a Presbyterian minister in Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, who did some missionary work among the Indians. Beatty was trained by William Tennent, and he was one of the most popular preachers of his day. His son, John Beatty (1749-1820), was a graduate of Princeton College, a commissioned captain in the Revolutionary War, a member of the New Jersey state legislature, and a delegate to the Continental Congress.

Dr. James Lawrence Day (1814-1854)

A doctor from Morristown, New Jersey, became Physician for the American Colonization Society to Liberia in 1840. The American Colonization Society was established in 1816 to aid in the emigration of free blacks in the United States back to Africa. The Society bought land in what is now Liberia, on the western coast of Africa. Dr. Day spent three years in Liberia, 1840-1843, aiding in the welfare and partial success of the colony. In 1843 he served as the United States Agent to the West Coast of Africa.

Grier Family

Isaac Grier (1763-1814) was a graduate of Dickinson College and a Presbyterian minister. He served as a missionary on the western frontier of Pennsylvania and New York in 1791-1792, and he married Elizabeth Cooper in 1793. John Grier Hibben (1861-1933), a great-grandson of Isaac and Elizabeth Grier, was President of Princeton University.

About the Howell Family papers

The Howell Family Collection contains correspondence regarding James Lawrence Day’s work in Africa, S. Harrie Hibler’s (the uncle of Elizabeth Day Howell) activities in the Civil War, John Beatty Howell’s mission in Brazil, and Lawrence Day Howell’s experiences teaching in Peking, China and fighting in France during World War I. Manuscripts found in the collection include sermons by Charles Beatty, Isaac Grier, and John Beatty Howell; journals pertaining to the secondary education of an unidentified son of Charles Beatty, Isaac Grier’s work as an itinerant minister on the western “frontier” of Pennsylvania and New York, and James Lawrence Day’s experiences in Africa; Bible translations by John Beatty Howell written in Portuguese; as well as music, poetry, and prose composed by Isabel Howell Thatcher. Also included in the Howell Family Collection are extensive genealogical notes, photographs, and printed materials by or about individuals related to these families including Archibald Alexander Howell.

Folder Listing

1. Howell Family
   1. John Beatty Howell (1847-1924)
   2. Elizabeth Day Howell (b.1850)
   3. Archibald Alexander Howell (d.1918)
   4. Lawrence Day Howell
   5. Isabel Howell Thatcher
   6. Howell Family, Genealogical Records
2. Beatty Family
3. Day Family
   1. James Lawrence Day (1814-1854)
   2. Day Family, Genealogical Records
4. Grier Family
5. Photographs
6. Miscellaneous

I. Howell Family

A. JOHN BEATTY HOWELL (1847-1924)
BOX 1
f.l       Correspondence: Family members to JBH, 1875-1889.
f.2       Correspondence: Miscellaneous to JBH, 1875-1917.
f.3       Correspondence: JBH to his wife, Elizabeth Day Howell,
          1885-1895.
f.4       Correspondence: JBH to his parents, 1868-1874.
f.5       Correspondence: JBH to his sister, Susan Howell,
          1874-1878.
f.6       Correspondence: JBH to his children, 1895-1918.
f.7       Correspondence: JBH, miscellaneous, 1892-1920.
f.8       Manuscripts: Essays, 1857-1858.
f.9       Manuscripts: Sermons, 1896-1917.
f.10      Manuscripts: Sermons, undated.
f.ll      Manuscripts: Religious notes, undated.
f.12      Manuscripts: "Exposicao da Epistola aos Romanos," 1918.
f.13      Manuscripts: Diary transcriptions, 1888-1912.
f.14      Manuscripts: Notes on JBH, undated.
f.15      Published articles and sermons by JBH, 1896-1897.
f.16      Miscellaneous: Princeton University materials, 1836-1872.
f.17      Miscellaneous: 1852-1910.
f.18      Miscellaneous: Brazilian materials, 1876-1913.
f.19      Miscellaneous: Newspaper clippings regarding Brazil,
          1878-1912.
f.20      Obituaries and Resolutions of Esteem for JBH, 1924.
B. ELIZABETH DAY HOWELL (b.1850)
BOX 2
f.1       Correspondence: S. Harrie Hibler to Elizabeth Hilber
          Day (Howell), 1861-1864.
f.2       Correspondence: Miscellaneous to EDH, 1872-1901.
f.3       Correspondence: EDH and her mother, 1878.
f.4       Correspondence: EDH to her daughter, 1911-1912.
f.5       Correspondence: EDH, miscellaneous, 1881-1887.
f.6       Published works, 1886-1890.
f.7       Miscellaneous: 1877-1882.
C. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER HOWELL
f.8       Published works, 1910-1914.
f.9       Miscellaneous: Princeton materials, 1903.
f.10      Miscellaneous: 1877-1918.
D. LAWRENCE DAY HOWELL
f.11      Correspondence: 1913.
f.12      Correspondence: 1914.
f.13      Correspondence: 1915.
f.14      Correspondence: 1916.
f.15      Correspondence: 1917.
f.16      Correspondence: January-July 1918.
f.17      Correspondence: August-December 1918.
f.18      Correspondence: 1919-1920.
f.19      Miscellaneous: 1917 & undated.
E. ISABEL HOWELL THATCHER
f.20      Correspondence: Letters to IHT, 1925-1961.
f.21      Correspondence: Letters from IHT, 1932-1953.
f.22      Correspondence: Edward J. Thatcher, III, 1946-1958.
f.23      Manuscripts: Poetry and prose.
BOX 3
f.1       Manuscripts: "The Clock."
f.2       Manuscripts: Transcribed diaries of John and Reading
          Beatty.
f.3       Miscellaneous: Articles and news clippings, 1930-1958.
f.4       Miscellaneous: Engravings of Philadelphia and surrounding
          area.
f.5       Miscellaneous: Engravings of paintings at the Vernon
          Gallery, London.
f.6       Miscellaneous: Engravings of paintings at the Vernon
          Gallery, London.
f.7       Miscellaneous: Engravings of paintings at the Vernon
          Gallery, London.
f.8       Miscellaneous.
 F. HOWELL FAMILY, GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
f.9       Howell family genealogical notes.
f.10      Howell family miscellaneous materials, 1832-1881.
     
II.  BEATTY FAMILY
f.11      Charles Beatty (1715-1772): Sermon, "Concerning Man's
          Natural Estate," undated.
f.12      John Beatty (1749-1820): Papers, 1794-1814.
f.13      Journal of unidentified Beatty.
f.14      Beatty family genealogical notes.
f.15      Miscellaneous newspaper clippings on the Revolutionary
          War, 1900-1956.
     
III.  DAY FAMILY
A. JAMES LAWRENCE DAY (1814-1854)
BOX 4
f.1       Correspondence: JLD from his father, David Day,
          1840-1853.
f.2       Correspondence: Miscellaneous letters to JLD from members
          of the Day family, 1839-1845.
f.3       Correspondence: JLD from Franklin Knight, 1840.
f.4       Correspondence: JLD from J.N. Lewis, 1845-1848.
f.5       Correspondence: JLD from W. McSwain, 1841.
f.6       Correspondence: JLD from W.W. Seaton, 1840.
f.7       Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1839-1845.
f.8       Correspondence: Letters from JLD, 1846 & 1862.
f.9       Manuscripts: Journals of JLD, 1841-1843.
f.10      Documents and letters relating to Liberia, 1826-1845.
f.11      Miscellaneous printed materials relating to Liberia,
          1824-1843.
f.12      Inventory of JLD's correspondence.
f.13      Elizabeth Day Howell: Correspondence relating to JLD,
          1914-1939.
f.14      Notes, articles, and news clippings relating to Liberia.
f.15      Notes, articles, and news clippings relating to Liberia.
f.16      Articles and news clippings relating to Liberia.
f.17      Notes on Liberia.
B. DAY FAMILY, GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
BOX 5
f.1       Day family: Genealogical notes.
f.2       Day and Howell families: Genealogical notes.
f.3       Day family: Miscellaneous, 1893-1914.
    
IV.  GRIER FAMILY
f.4       Isaac Grier (1763-1814): Correspondence, 1783 & 1808.
f.5       Isaac Grier: Journal, 1791-1792 & manuscript,
          undated.
f.6       Isaac Grier: Sermons, 1800-1814.
f.7       Elizabeth (Cooper) Grier (d.1844): Correspondence, 1800-
          1843.
f.8       John Grier Hibben (1861-1933): Correspondence, 1900-1913.
f.9       Miscellaneous correspondence, 1863-1900.
f.10      Genealogical notes.
f.11      Miscellaneous, 1891-1953.
     
V.  PHOTOGRAPHS
BOX 6
envelope
number:
1         John Beatty Howell, Christmas, 1900.
2         Elizabeth Day Howell and her children, Isabel, Alex,
          Emma, and Lawrence.
3         John Beatty Howell
4         John Beatty Howell
5         John Beatty Howell, taken in Sao Paolo.
6         John Beatty Howell, taken in Sao Paolo.
7         Elizabeth Day Howell.
8         Elizabeth Day Howell and her daughter Emma, 3 months, 23
          days taken in Sao Paolo.
9         Elizabeth Day Howell, Lisbon, October 1912.
10        Elizabeth Hibler Day (Howell), Lizzie Miner, Mary E.
          Yost.
11        Massey Burroughs, Elizabeth H. Day, Phebe R. Thomas.
12        Elizabeth Day (Howell).
13        Elizabeth Day (Howell).
14        Elizabeth Day (Howell), Centennial Tea Party at
          Wilkes-Barre, Pa. February 3, 4, 5.
15        Elizabeth Hibler Day (Howell), Lizzie Miner, Mame Yost.
16        Elizabeth Hibler Day (Howell), Lizzie Miner, Mame Yost.
17        Elizabeth Hibler Day (Howell).
18        Elizabeth Day Howell ?
19        Emma Howell, daughter of E. L and J. Beatty Howell.
20        Emma Howell.
21        Lawrence Day Howell with Mrs. Anna Hibler Yost, Jeanne
          and Richard Hibbel.
22        Lawrence Day Howell, World War I.
23        Lawrence Day Howell, 1st Sergeant's Tent, Co.H, 3rd Reg.
          N.G.P Mt. Gretna, Pa. July 1913.
24        Lawrence Day Howell in uniform.
25        Lawrence Day Howell, 2nd Lt. 110th Inf. Augusta, Georgia.
          Nov. 1917.
26        Lawrence Day Howell as a young boy.
27        Lawrence Day Howell with Bruce (dog).
28        Lawrence Day Howell.
29        LDH and W. H. Baker, Capt. Co.E, 104th Eng. APO 765.
30        LDH (oval shaped photo)
31        LDH at Gettysburg, 1912.
32        LDH as a young boy.
33        Kate Howell Reynolds, sister of J. B. Howell.
34        Horatio Howell,Chaplain in the Civil War, killed at
          Gettysburg, Pa. Uncle of J. B. Howell.
35        Isabella Beatty Howell, mother of J. B. Howell.
36        Dr. Archibald Alexander Howell, I, father of J.B.Howell.
37        Howell Home (tin-type) Allentown, N.J. shows Isabella
          Beatty Howell and Dr. A. A. Howell, I.
38        Howell Homestead in Allentown, N.J.
39        View of Sao Paolo from MacKenzie College.
40        Main Building, MacKenzie College
41        Statue of Dr. Horace Lane, 1st President of MacKenzie
          College.
42        Dormitory of Mackenzie College.
43        View of Building, in Brazil (J.B.Howell's Agricultural
          School.)
44        Farm School founded by J. B. Howell.
45        View of Church in Sao Paolo.
46        Home of J. Beatty Howell. Rua Da Consolacao, Sao Paolo,
          Brazil.
47        View from back corner of porch of Howell home in Sao
          Paolo, with rear view of boy's dormitory school on the
          hill beyond.
48        The Chamberlain family-associates in Mission work in Sao
          Paolo.
49        G.W.Chamberlain/Phebis property. View taken from the
          college hill back of Howell's house showing relative
          position of properties.
50        Family reunion and 40th anniversary of John Beatty
          Howell's wedding. Taken at the bungalow in Newtown, Conn.
          ca. 1917.
51        Bungalow at Newtown, Conn.
52        Bungalow at Newtown, Conn.
53        A.Alexander Howell II.
54        Archibald Alexander Howell (Alex).
55        Dr. A. Alexander Howell II and his wife, Hattie Chapman
          Howell.
56        Dr. A. Alexander Howell II and his wife, Hattie Chapman
          Howell.
57        Hattie Chapman, married January 1910.
58        Photograph album. Dr. A. A. Howell and his family.
59        Snapshot album. Dr. A. A. Howell and his family.
60        Children of Dr. A. A. Howell...Jack, Nevin, and Bobbie.
61        Mrs. Hattie Chapman Howell and some children
62        A.A.Howell and son Archibald, June 1912.
63        A.A.Howell and son Nevin, about l 1/2 years old.
64        Nevin Howell.
65        Nevin Howell, 3 photographs.
66        Jack Howell
67        Jack Howell
68        Jack and Nevin Howell
69        Edwin Nevin Howell, Stony Brook Prep School, StonyBrook,
          N.Y. Graduation Class of 1931.
70        Robert Grier Howell, Stony Brook Prep School, Long
          Island, N.Y., 1934.
71        Photo Album. Emma Howell Reynolds and her family.
72        Emma Howell Reynolds and son.
73        Emma Day Howell Reynolds and Lawrence Beatty Reynolds
74        Lawrence Beatty Reynolds (standing)
75        Lawrence Beatty Reynolds
76        Lawrence, taken Christmas Day, 1912.
77        Lawrence, (standing) and Wilson Reynolds (sitting).
78        Lawrence Beatty Reynolds.
79        Group photograph. A. Alexander Howell, Wilson Reynolds,
          and Lawrence Beatty Reynolds.
80        Arthur Wilson Reynolds and his three children.
81        Wilson M. Reynolds, age 4 years, 3 months.
82        Wilson Reynolds
83        Phebe R. Thomas, "Aunt Phebe," sister of Elizabeth Hibler
          Howell.
84        Unidentified person, possibly Isabel Howell Thatcher.
85        Postcard showing unidentified woman in car with dogs.
          Addressed to Mr. Mike Thatcher, of Woodstock, New York.
86        Edward John Thatcher III and his son Mike (Edward John
          Thatcher IV).
BOX 7
87        Dr. James Lawrence Day (1814-1854).
88        Dr. James Lawrence Day
89        Dr. James Lawrence Day
90        Dr. James Lawrence Day
91        Sarah Hibler Day, wife of James Lawrence Day
92        Sarah Hibler Day, "Grandma Day."
93        Sarah Hibler Day, wife of James Lawrence Day
94        David Day, father of James Lawrence Day
95        Samuel Henrie Hibler, brother of Sarah Hibler Day
96        William Hibler, porcelain-type photograph.
97        William Hibler ? , porcelain-type photograph.
98        William Hibler (1798-1875), son-in-law of Rev. Isaac
          Grier.  Husband of Jane Grier.
99        William Grier Hibler (1836-1876) and Samuel Henrie Hibler
          (1839 -1880), brothers of Sarah Hibler Day.
100       William Hibler
101       Jane Grier Hibler (1800-1871), wife of William Hibler
102       Jane Grier Hibler
103       Jane Grier Hibler (Grandma Day's Mother)
104       Mary (Mame) E. Yost, b.1853, daughter of Anne J. Hibler
          and John S. Yost.
105       Henrietta Hibler Kutz (1831-1909), sister-in-law of J.
          Lawrence Day
106       Isabella Rose Kutz, niece of James Lawrence Day
107       Isabella Rose Kutz
108       Isabella Rose Kutz
109       Isabella Rose Kutz
110       Isabella Rose Kutz
111       Isabella Grier, mother of Mrs. LeConte, wife of
          Judge Robert Grier.
112       Sarah Grier Beck, daughter of Hon. Robert Grier
113       Elizabeth Grier Hancock.
114       John Grier
115       Unidentified male (Grier family)
116       Unidentified girls (Grier family)
117       Congregational Church in Newtown, Conn., postcard.
118       Man on a tractor, 2 photographs.
119       Unidentified young men, appearing in various skits, and
          poses.  Numbered 2 - 5.
120       Christmas card with photograph, from Eve and Josh.
121-5     Unidentified women
126       Elizabeth Day Chesbro, July 4, 1941
127       Chesbro family (on left), September 1941
128       Elizabeth Day Chesbro, July 4, 1941
     
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
BOX 8
envelope
number:
1         Metal ring and pin.
2         Child's shoe.
3         Infant's shirt worn by Elizabeth Day Howell.
4         Journal of poetry by Isabel Howell Thatcher.
OVERSIZE
BOX 1
f.1       Broadside: Regulations for the Port of St. Thomas, 1819.
f.2       Deed [Pennsylvania]: William Hilber, 1848.
f.3       Diploma [Medical Society of Pennsylvania]: A. Alexander
          Howell, 1851.
f.6       Paul Pry, Vol.1 No.5 [December 1862].  Princeton, New
          Jersey.
f.7       Whang-Doodle, Vol.1 No.2 [May 1863].  Princeton, New
          Jersey.
f.8       The Nassau Herald, No.1 [June 1864] & No.2 [June 1865].
          Princeton College, Princeton, New Jersey.
f.9       Princeton Standard---Extra, [April 7, 1865].  Princeton,
          New Jersey.
f.10      St. Valentine Journal, Vol.1 No.1 [February 14, 1867].
          Monticello, New York
f.11      Pass [U.S. Department of State]: John Beatty and Elizabeth Day
	  Howell, 1877.
f.12      Musical composition for piano by Isabel Howell Thatcher
          and Carl Johner, undated.
oversized
materials
in the
map case
drawer 4
1         Deed: John Scott & Trustees of the General Loan Office of
          the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1789.
2         Indenture: David N. Inman & William Hibler, 1843.
3         Indenture: Nathaniel and Susan Horton & Elijah Richards,
          1849.
4         Indenture: Thomas P. Darrach, William Bradford, Jr., and
          Dr. James H. Bradford & William Hibler, 1857.