Daniel Howell was the first owner of the land containing the site of the cemetery. His daughter Elizabeth was the first person buried there.
78In the 1850 Illinois Census there are 8 children. Elizabeth and James are missing.
In the 1855 census, Daniel is 38, Elizabeth is 39, Lewis, 15, is listed as adopted, Henry, 13, is listed as adopted, Mary A, 12; John, 8; Samuel, 6; Levi, 4; Martha, 3; Cynthia, 6/12.
In the 1855 Illinois census, Daniel's family consisted of 12 people.
In the 1860 Illinois census, Daniel is 49, born in Ohio; Elizabeth is 50, born in Ohio; Henry, 28; Mary A, 21; John, 17; Samuel, 15; Levi, 13; Martha, 11; Cynthia, 10; and James F, 7.
Daniel, in the 1865 Illinois census, had 1 girl under 10, 2 boys and 2 girls under 20, 4 boys and 1 girl under 30 and 1 man and 1 woman under 60.
The 1870 Missouri census lists Daniel, 45, born in Ohio; Elizabeth, 40, born in Ohio, cannot read or write, and is checked as either/or deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic; James F, 15, born in Illinois; Julia A, 12, born in Illinois, and checked as either/or deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic.
See WFT 19, 890