John Henry Howell (1861-1927)
Amanda Emily
Ringo (1861-1935)
paternal great-granduncle & grandaunt
*Updated 5 Apr 2026
Philip Howell
(1948-2020), the home person in the Howell-Richards tree, was John and Amanda’s
great-grandnephew. Their relationship is in a chart at the end of this post.
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| John H. Howell & Amanda Emily Ringo |
Deloris Howell Griffith [granddaughter
of John Henry Howell &
Amanda Emily
Ringo Howell] wrote of her grand-
parents:
"Grandfather [John Henry Howell] was
killed when his bicycle was
struck by an
automobile when he was riding it, without
lights, on what is now Main Street in Gas
City (near the bowling alley, now). At the
time, the place was called Bimm's Farm.
Grandmother [Amanda Emily Ringo]
continued to live in their little "farm" in
Slabtown, just down the road from Sam
Troxell's place near Candy Bridge until she
was unable to take her regular walks to
town where she purchased her groceries
then pushed them home in a baby
carriage. She moved to Fairmount where
she made her home until 1935 when she
died."
AND
"I have a picture of my grandparents and
their children in front of a log cabin. I
think the occasion was the wedding of
their eldest daughter whom we always
called Aunt Lizzie. They had ten children."
The log cabin photo was published in the Marion, Indiana Chronicle Tribune Magazine on February 19, 1984. Elizabeth's wedding took place on May 24, 1903. She is third from the left in the back; her husband, Edward [Frank] Johnson, is next to her.
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| The John Henry Howell family on the farm in Liberty Twp, Grant County, Indiana - May 24, 1903. |
An enlarged view of the newspaper item:
Excerpt from the article above:
“… James Howell, who is the young man with
the folded arms at the right in the picture. In the picture are, from the left,
Ed Howell, Florence Howell, Elizabeth Howell Johnson, Edward Johnson and
Georgica Howell. Wayne Howell is in the lap of his mother, Amanda Howell, and
beside them are Wayne Howell, Robert Howell — the patriarch of the family — and
Grant and James.”
Standing L-R: John Edward Howell (b. 1889), Florence Ringo Howell (b. 1891), Elizabeth M. Howell
(1884-1969) and her husband, Edward Johnson, Georgia Howell (1887-1926), Grant
Eben Howell (1895-1978), James Otto Howell (1892-1967).
Seated L-R: Amanda Ringo Howell (1861-1935), Wayne Whitson Howell (1901-1978) in Amanda’s
lap, Robert Warren Howell (1899-1957), and John Henry Howell (1861-1927), the family
patriarch.
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Relationship between John Henry Howell and Philip Ray Howell:
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Howell-Richards Family History - July 2021 (updated April 2026)