howell

My great grandfather, David Wagener Howell, my grandfather, Stanley Howell and my father,
Chauncey D. Howell, all were born and resided in Forks Township. They and their extended family
members now departed are buried in the Forks Cemetery in Stockertown and Church Hill
Cemetery in Martins Creek.

David Wagener Howell was born in 1824 and before his death in 1905, he was a farmer and
tanner in Martins Creek. His principal farmhouse was located on the bluff at Rt. 611 and Howell
Road, overlooking his farmland, part of which is now owned by Con Agra.

His son, Stanley Howell, my grandfather, was born in 1874 at Martins Creek and died in 1930. As
was his father, he is buried in the Church Hill Cemetery. He was a farmer and businessman in
Martins Creek and Easton. His principal residence is now the Palmeri Funeral Home on Alpha
Avenue in Martins Creek.

Stanley had a son, Chauncey D. Howell, my father, who was born in 1907 and died in 1969 with
burial in Stockertown. My father was an attorney in Northampton County for thirty eight years and
was, for many of those years, the Forks Township Solicitor.

Additionally, my great great grandfather, Joseph Howell, father of David Wagener Howell, was
born February 5, 1798 in Sussex, now Warren County, New Jersey. He died on January 10, 1889
and was buried in Easton Cemetery. He moved to the area around Mt. Bethel (PA) where he
engaged in farming, milling, distilling, store keeping and the lumber business. I am not sure where
his principal residence was at that time, however, I am sure he farmed in Forks, as he devised his
Martins Creek property and other real estate in Northampton and Sussex (NJ) Counties to his
descendants, which included his son, David Wagener Howell. He also had a dry goods store in
Martins Creek, which was the subject of a recent mention in John A. Zukowski's “The Almanac”
column in the Express-Times. Apparently the store was robbed and his son, Joseph, was stabbed
on that date a 100 years ago. C lick here to read the Express Times article (149 Years Ago Today).