Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Howell likita ne wanda aka haife shi a Massachusetts a 1797, amma ya zauna a New York kafin ya tafi Texas ta hanyar New Orleans a 1835. Ya zo Texas a matsayin memba na Kyaftin Thomas H. Breece na kamfanin New Orleans Greys. Howell ya shiga cikin Siege na Bexar kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a Alamo a matsayin memba na Kyaftin William Blazeby na kamfanin soja. A ranar 6 ga Maris, 1836 Howell ya mutu a yakin Alamo
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