WNC History Timeline

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www.childers-shepherd.org, 6 Dec 2011
James Harvey Howie + Mary Strube                      John N. Pittman + Sarah Elizabeth Jones
                        |                                                      |
     William Harvey Howie               +         Minnie Mitchell Pittman
  1865       -      1935                              1889                            1866  - 1945
Mecklenburg Co NC     Bunc Co NC                          Bunc Co NC                        Swannanoa Buncombe Co NC
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                                             Victor Boyd Howie (Ora Smith), 1889 - 1960
                                             Herbert Cullen Howie, 1891 - 1928
                                             Chorum Murray Howie (Flonnie Jerusla Burnett), 1893 - 1980
                                             Ela Hassie Howie, b/d 1897
                                             Elva Howie (Guy Hensley), 1900 - 1930
                                             Lawrence H. Howie (Mary Gertrude Lavender), 1907 - 1989
                             


Sources: US Census 1920, Swannanoa, Buncombe Co NC;
     NC Death Certificate, Victor Boyd Howie, 1960 (burial Carolina Cemetery, Concord, NC);
     NC Death Certificate, William Harvey Howie, 1935;
     Ancestry.com's Redmond Gordon Family Tree; Howie family tree;
     Photos of Herbert Cullen Howie, Lawrence Heath Howie, Mary Gertrude Lavender Howie, Minnie Mitchell
Pittman Howie, William H. Howie from Sharon Eakett via FindaGrave.com;
    Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree.