Howell, Daniel W. Age 26. Residence Davenport, nativity New York. Enlisted as a Private on 02 Feb. 1864 in Company C, 20th Iowa Infantry. Mustered Feb. 25, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Twenty-ninth Infantry. Mustered out Aug. 10, 1865, New Orleans, La.

He married Esther P. Moore on 01 March 1864 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.

They had moved to Read Precinct, Butler County Nebraska by 1880 and are found there in the 1885 Nebraska State Census. D. W. Howell was a farmer.

They then moved to Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma.

November 1897 - Funds Raised to Bring a New Railroad Line - D. W. Howell subscribed to the Railroad Fund and gave $100 note towards the "building of the 'Frisco extension from Red Fork, I. T., to Guthrie

DROPPED DEAD
Farmer D. W. Howell Succumbs to Heart Trouble on the Street

D. W. Howell, aged 52 years, a farmer who had lived three miles southeast of the city during the past five years, fell dead in his buggy shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday on Oklahoma avenue and Division street. The deceased had just driven to the city to do some trading. Dr. Avery, the deceased's physician, ascribed the fatality to heart trouble. The remains were taken to the late home of the deceased by Frank Hewitt, and will be buried tomorrow. Mr/ Howell came to Oklahoma from Nebraska. Source: The Guthrie Daily Leader (Guthrie, Oklahoma), Thursday, 03 March 1898, page 4. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"DW Howell, a prominent farmer was found dead sitting in a buggy on the principal street in Guthrie recently. Death had resulted from heart disease." Source: Cheyenne Sunbeam (Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Territory), 11 March 1898
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Ulysses (Neb.) Dispatch: Mr. Howell the morning of his death, had gone down to the depot to meet Mrs. Townsend and child, of Lincoln, formerly Miss Winnie Furr, feeling as well as usual. They had just started for home in the phaeton, and were busy talking, when Mr. Howell dropped the lines and died instantaneously. Deceased had been doctoring for heart trouble for several years, and the last few weeks was thought much better. Miss Nina Furr, who writes us these particulars also adds that grandpa, Mrs. Howell's father we suppose, is quite well for one who is 86 years of age. Source: The Guthrie Daily Leader (Guthrie, Oklahoma), Friday, 18 March 1898, page 2.

In his will written 29 June 1897 in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma, Daniel "bequeathed his estate to his namesake, if there was one. If not, his step-daughter received it."