Minnie Ola Howe

Minnie Ola Howe

• Father: David William Howe b. 9 April 1850, d. 29 May 1918
• Mother: Safronia Elizabeth Barnett b. 5 February 1861, d. 26 October 1946

• Minnie Ola Howe was born on 21 October 1885 in Coleman County, Texas.
• David William Howe and Safronia Elizabeth Barnett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Texas. Other members of the household included Minnie Ola Howe. Also in the household were children Oscar (age 20), Florence (19), Ellen M. (12), Alma E. (11) and Willie (2).
• She married Leslie Andrew Hill, son of William Francis Hill and Josephine Bolt, on 27 December 1908.
• Leslie Andrew Hill and Minnie Ola Howe appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Burkett, Coleman County, Texas, enumerated next to the household of Ola's parents. Also in the household was newborn daughter Allie.
• A photographic portrait was made of Leslie and Ola Hill, and daughter Pearl, in 1910. [from the collection of Karen G. Hill]
• Leslie Andrew Hill and Minnie Ola Howe appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Texas near the household of Minnie Ola's mother and brother Oscar. Other members of the household included Ivan Odell Hill. Also in the household was daughter Allie Pearl (age 9.)
• Leslie Andrew Hill and Minnie Ola Howe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Coleman County, Texas, at Grosevenor Road. Other members of the household included Ivan Odell Hill. Also in the household were daughters A. Pearl (age 10) and Bernice E. (9).
• Leslie Andrew Hill and Minnie Ola Howe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Coleman County, Texas, at Howe Road enumerated next to the household of their son Ivan. Also in the household was daughter Evelyn (age 19.)
• Minnie Ola Howe died on 1 July 1958 at age 72 in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas.
• Leslie Andrew Hill became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Burkett Cemetery, Burkett, Coleman County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 26 Mar 2016