Husband: James C. HOWINGTON
Birthdate: 1824
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: Bef. 1880
Place of death: Newton County, Mississippi
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
Father: Nimrod HOWINGTON
Mother: Milbery BRADLEY

Marriage date: 24 September 1843
Marriage place: Sumter County, Alabama

Wife: Amelia Ann E SMITH
Name: Amelia Ann Elizabeth "Betty" SMITH
Birthdate: 1827
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: 1909
Place of death: Newton County, Mississippi
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James HOWINGTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 1844
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: Bef. 1860
Place of death: Mississippi?
Burial: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown?

Child No. 2: Millery E. HOWINGTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 4 September 1846
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: 08 March 1884
Place of death: Newton County, Mississippi
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
Marriage date: Circa 1861
Marriage place: Mississippi
Spouse's name: George L. NELSON

Child No. 3: Louis McElroy HOWINGTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 17 April 1849
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: 17 April 1930
Place of death: Mississippi
Burial: Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi
Marriage date: Circa 1870
Marriage place: Mississippi
Spouse's name: Susan S. TINGLE

Child No. 4: Nancy Adaline HOWINGTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 27 May 1851
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: 29 October 1909
Place of death: Mississippi
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
Marriage date: 31 July 1875
Marriage place: Newton County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: Nathan Obediah BRELAND

Child No. 5: John T. HOWINGTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 27 March 1853
Birthplace: Newton County, Mississippi
Death date: 28 May 1913
Place of death: Mississippi
Marriage date: (1st) 06 April 1880 (2nd) 01 August 1892)
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
Marriage place: Newton County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: (1st) Ellen Rayner (2nd) Florence Smith

Child No. 6: Benjamin D. HOWINGTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: January 1855
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: Bef. 1950
Place of death: Mississippi?
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: 01 January 1878
Marriage place: Newton County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: Cannie Baker

Child No. 7: Amanda J. HOWINGTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 11 March 1857
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: 15 August 1938
Place of death: Mississippi
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
Marriage date: 09 December 1877
Marriage place: Newton County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: William NELSON

Child No. 8: Sarah A. "Sally" HOWINGTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1858
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: After 1933?
Place of death: Mississippi?
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: 24 December 1877
Marriage place: Newton County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: Edward Lee TINGLE

Child No. 9: James Redding HOWINGTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 08 March 1861
Birthplace: Duffee, Newton County, Mississippi
Death date: 15 January 1933
Place of death: Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Marriage date: (1st) 01 November 1883 (2nd) 15 February 1917
Marriage place: Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Spouse's name: (1st) Amanda Garner (2nd) Mary Baum Johnson

Child No. 10: Arminta E. HOWINGTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1867
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: After 1933?
Place of death: Mississippi?
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: 11 March 1884
Marriage place: Newton County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: Zack GOFORTH

Child No. 11: William W HOWINGTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 08 March 1871
Birthplace: Newton Co., Mississippi
Death date: 15 December 1905
Place of death: Mississippi
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
Marriage date: 23 January 1891
Marriage place: Newton County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: Eversilla R. Cooksey
 
 
Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV.
* 1870 Census for Newton County, Mississippi.
* Newton County Mississippi Marriage Records.
* Cemetery Record of Pleasant Grove Cemetery, near Duffee, Newton County, Mississippi.
* 1933 Obituary of James Redding Howington of Corpus Christi, Texas, which listed two sisters surviving him.
* Mississippi Confederate Military Records of James C. Howington.

Notes:
* James C. Howington served in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company A, 5th Mississippi Infantry. He also served in Co. E, 40th Mississippi Infantry. He enlisted in 1982 at Decatur, Mississippi.
He took the oath of allegiance October 31, 1864 and was released from Rock Island, Illinois and returned home.