Background
Howell was a doctor who was born in Massachusetts in 1797, but lived in New York before traveling to Texas by way of New Orleans in 1835.
Howell was a doctor who was born in Massachusetts in 1797, but lived in New York before traveling to Texas by way of New Orleans in 1835.
On March 6, 1836 Howell died in the Battle of the Alamo.
He came to Texas as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece"s company of New Orleans Greys. Howell participated in the Siege of Bexar and later served at the Alamo as a member of Captain
William Blazeby"s infantry company.