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Minerva Angeline <I>Harris</I> Howell

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Minerva Angeline Harris Howell

Birth
Sevier County, Utah, USA
Death
26 Nov 1923 (aged 58)
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
Plot
J-27
Memorial ID
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Minerva was born in Gunnison Utah, parents Jacob & Eliza Jane Carpenter Harris. The family moved to Lincoln Co. New Mexico 1877, homesteaded on the edge of the John S. Chisum ranch. She married Bennett Howell in Roswell NM 1885, Bennett was the ranch foreman for John S. Chisum. After they married they had a small ranch out of Las Vegas NM. Bennett was killed in 1895 when his horse team was spooked and Bennett was thrown under the wagon. Minerva moved to Las Vegas raised her two children there.
Minerva was born in Gunnison Utah, parents Jacob & Eliza Jane Carpenter Harris. The family moved to Lincoln Co. New Mexico 1877, homesteaded on the edge of the John S. Chisum ranch. She married Bennett Howell in Roswell NM 1885, Bennett was the ranch foreman for John S. Chisum. After they married they had a small ranch out of Las Vegas NM. Bennett was killed in 1895 when his horse team was spooked and Bennett was thrown under the wagon. Minerva moved to Las Vegas raised her two children there.


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