Fourth Generation

84. Howell W. RUNNELS was born on Mar 31, 1823 in Mississippi.^29,114 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Bowie Co., TX, enumerated in the household with his brother, H. R. Runnels.¹¹⁵ He died on Nov 7, 1895.²⁹

Howell W. RUNNELS and Smithia Jane HOOKS were married on Jan 6, 1850 in Bowie Co., TX.²⁹ Smithia Jane HOOKS was born in Jul 1826 in North Carolina.²⁹ She died on Jun 13, 1852 in Bowie Co., TX.²⁹ Howell W. RUNNELS and Smithia Jane HOOKS had the following children:

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Boy RUNNELS was born in Jun 1852 in Bowie Co., TX.29 He died in Jun 1852 in Bowie Co., TX.29

Howell W. RUNNELS and Martha Caroline Blackburn ADAMS were married on Oct 1, 1856 in Harrison Co., TX.²⁹ They appeared in the census on Jul 6, 1860 in Bowie Co., TX.¹¹⁶ Martha Caroline Blackburn ADAMS (daughter of Jonathan ADAMS and Mary GRAY) was born on Mar 26, 1836 in Harrison Co., TX.²⁹ She was born on Mar 26, 1837 in Georgia. She died on Jun 19, 1907 in Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX.²⁹ 1857 - Martha Adams Runnels (March 26, 1836- July 19, 1907) Recorded 1969 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas. A first lady of Texas. Wife of H.W. Runnels, member of Legislature 1857-59. During these years she and husband lived in Governor's Mansion, where she was the official hostess for her bachelor brother-in-law, Gov. Harding Richard Runnels. Incise on base: Erected by Lone Star Chapter Daughters of American Revolution and Bowie County Historical Survey Committee. (Bowie County Texas Landmarks)

1857 - Martha C. Runnels, wife of Texas legislator Howell W. Runnels, acts as the First Lady of Texas for Gov. Hardin Richard Runnels, her bachelor brother-in-law, until 1859. She is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Howell W. RUNNELS and Martha Caroline Blackburn ADAMS had the following children:

+184	i.	Smithia Jane RUNNELS.
+185	ii.	Mary Howell RUNNELS.
186	iii.	Martha Darden RUNNELS was born on Aug 20, 1862.117
187	iv.	Hardin Richard RUNNELS was born on Sep 28, 1863 in Harrison Co., TX.29 He died on May 2, 1888.118
+188	v.	Howell Washington RUNNELS.
+189	vi.	Georgia Elizabeth RUNNELS.
190	vii.	Hardin Dudley RUNNELS was born in Feb 1873 in Bowie Co., TX.29 He died on Sep 19, 1892.
191	viii.	Harmon Jonathan RUNNELS was born on Apr 21, 1875 in Boston, Bowie Co., TX.119 He died on Aug 14, 1882.
192	ix.	Edmund S. RUNNELS was born on Jun 30, 1877 in Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX.120
193	x.	Hulen Holmes RUNNELS was born on Jul 20, 1881 in Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX.121 He died on Nov 8, 1888.