THOMPSON, Nancy Ann

  Noted events in her life were:

• Notes about life. Shortly after their marriage, Marion's father and stepmother
both passed away, leaving three of their children--David,
Daniel, and Fanny--to be raised by Marion and Ann. Their
household also included N. S. Thompson from Ann's family.

The lives of the Howell family were closely associated with
the New Hope Church of Christ, where Marion was an elder for
many years, and the names of his eight children and other relatives
appear on the baptism and attendance records of the church.
One son (Francis Ono Howell) and one grandson (Maurice Howell)
were to become well-known preachers of the Church of Christ in
the Mid-South area. The New Hope church was the location in
1982 of a gala reunion of Marion and Ann's descendants from
throughout the nation.

The Marion Howell family farmed in the New Hope community
near Middleton, but for several years they resided in the
Essary Springs community so that their older children could
attend Southern Tennessee Normal College. In later years,
the couple made their home with their daughter, Lizzie Howell
Nelms, whose husband, Lester Nelms, was the longtime sheriff
and jail superintendent for Hardeman County.

Nancy married Franklin Marion HOWELL, son of Rufus Rigdon (Wrigdon) HOWELL and Sarah Elizabeth BROWN, on 23 Dec 1877 in Saulsbury, Tennessee. (Franklin Marion HOWELL was born on 19 Apr 1853 in Middleton, Tennessee, died on 29 Jun 1932 in Bolivar, Tennessee and was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Bolivar, Tennessee.)