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:
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.
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