- 1920, Lower Boon Hill Census
- 1920, birth of daughter Annie Lois Howell
- 1921, birth of son Melvin Thadius Howell
- 1924, birth and death of son Paul Coolidge Howell
- 1924, death of sister Mary Catherine Howell
- 1926, birth of son William Roland Howell
- 1928, birth of son Henry Haywood Jethro Howell
- 1929 Historical Insight -- The Great Depression
1920 Census
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| Fristus and Katie Elizabeth Watkins Howell 1920 NC Census |
1920 Census, Boon Hill, Lower Precinct, Johnston County North Carolina. Dated 21 January 1920
- Start at Line 70. Farm, owned free and clear.
- Frrist (sic) Howell, Head, white male, age 46, married. Unable to read nor write. He was born in North Carolina as were both his parents. Speaks English, is a Farmer on his own General Farm.
- Kattie Howell, wife, white female, age 24, married. able to read and write, born in NC, both parents born NC. Able to speak English, not employed.
- Artie Howell, daughter, white female age 6, single. born NC. Able to speak English, not employed.
- Garland Howell, son, white male age 4. born NC.
- Pauline Howell, daughter, age 3. born NC.
- Letha Howell, daughter, age 1. born NC.
Screenshot of Boon Hill NC. The lower precinct would be south of the highway, borders the Neuse River.
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| Boon Hill NC from google Maps 2017 |
This is an 1896 newspaper article describing how the township was divided for voting purposes.
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| Upper_and_Lower_Boon_Hill_precincts_1896 (1) from Newspapers.com |
1920, age 47
Birth of daughter Annie Lois Howell, 26 February 1920, Princeton RFD, Micro Twp, Johnston County NC
This is a photo of Fristus and Katie Howell, with their son and granddaughter Henry Howell and Wilma Gray Howell in Gastonia NC. Wilma was in hospital for a long time, I think with an injured leg.
Update -- My dad tells me Wilma Gray had one leg longer than the other, and the surgery was to "balance things out." Her brother Joe had the same condition. Sounds like it is genetic?
This is a photo of Fristus and Katie Howell, with their son and granddaughter Henry Howell and Wilma Gray Howell in Gastonia NC. Wilma was in hospital for a long time, I think with an injured leg.
Update -- My dad tells me Wilma Gray had one leg longer than the other, and the surgery was to "balance things out." Her brother Joe had the same condition. Sounds like it is genetic?
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| Fristus and Katie Howell with Henry Howell and Wilma Gray Howell Gastonia NC, photo from Amanda Price |
1921, age 49
Birth of son Melvin Thadius Howell, 27 October 1921, Johnston NC
1924, age 51
Birth of son Paul Coolidge Howell, 7 January 1924, Boon Hill, Johnston, NC
Death of sister Mary Catherine Howell, 28 April 1924, Johnston County NC
Death of son Paul Coolidge Howell, 27 May 1924, Boon Hill, Johnston NC
1926, age 53
Birth of son William Roland Howell, 13 March 1926, Wayne County NC
1928, age 58
Birth of son Henry Haywood Jethro Howell, 18 May 1928, Wayne NC
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| Fristus Howell 3 gen pedigree from Ancestry.com |
1929 Historical Insight -- The Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 propelled the United States into the worst hard times: the Great Depression
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| Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images from Ancestry.com |
October 24, 1929, was one of the darkest days in American history. On Black Tuesday, the hopeful, prosperity of the Roaring Twenties came to an abrupt end when the stock market crashed. Suddenly, the United States, and the world with it, was propelled into the Great Depression. Americans began withdrawing their money from banks, causing them to fail. Industrial production came to a standstill and unemployment skyrocketed. Unable to pay their bills, hundreds of thousands of Americans became homeless. By 1933, 15 million were without work and almost half of all U.S. banks had shuttered. To make matters worse, a historic drought caused widespread farmland erosion across the Prairie, precipitating the Dust Bowl. The “only thing we have to fear is fear itself” declared incoming President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his 1933 inauguration. Immediately he set to work rebuilding the country. Through a series of federal programs, he launched the New Deal, which revived banks, created millions of jobs, and helped Americans from going hungry. Slowly, the economy picked up, and with the outbreak of World War II in 1939, factories across the United States kicked into high gear, propelling the country out of the worst economic depression in its history.
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans relied on soup kitchens and charity for meals during the Great Depression.
Dust storms wreaked havoc on farms across the American heartland, caused the closure of entire towns, and prompted hundreds of thousands to flee their homes for greener pastures along the West Coast. Many became migrant farmers in California.
Because so many Americans were unable to pay their bills, evictions became widespread. Many built makeshift homes, dubbed “Hoovervilles” because of the outgoing president’s inability to combat the growing poverty. Condemned as unsightly, some like this shantytown in the nation’s capital, were burned to the ground.
Though the vast majority of the jobs created by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression were for unskilled laborers, he also employed artists to document life across the country. This photograph of a migrant family escaping the Dust Bowl was shot by Dorothea Lange and has become an iconic work from the era.
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