Ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Howell wuxuu ahaa dhakhtar ku dhashay Massachusetts 1797, laakiin wuxuu ku noolaa New York ka hor inta uusan u safrin Texas isagoo maraya New Orleans 1835. Wuxuu yimid Texas isagoo xubin ka ah kabtan Thomas H. Breece shirkadiisa New Orleans Greys. Howell wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay hareeraynta Bexar ka dibna wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Alamo isagoo xubin ka ahaa shirkadda Cagaf-cagafka ee Captain William Blazeby. Bishii Maarso 6deedii, 1836 Howell wuxuu ku dhintay
Dagaalkii Alamo.