Matthias David Howell

1831 - 1915  (84 years)

• Name	Matthias David Howell
  Birth	7 Jan 1831	Chester, Morris, New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Aug 1915	San Francisco, San Francisco, California   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I22741	Scudder
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	James Harvey Howell,   b. Abt 1804, Madison, Morris, New Jersey d. 1854, Plumas county, California (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Harriet Scudder,   b. 7 Apr 1805, Chester, Morris, New Jersey d. 23 May 1868, Chester, Morris, New Jersey (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F7911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Charlotte Alabama Turner,   b. 7 Nov 1839, Jacksonville, Benton, Alabama d. 17 Jul 1925, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1856	Yuba county, California   [1]
  Children	1. Eugene William Howell,   b. 21 Mar 1858, Eureka, Plumas, California d. 25 Jun 1914, Tonopah, Nye, Nevada (Age 56 years)   2. Alice S. Howell,   b. Jan 1864, California d. Yes, date unknown   3. Harriet S. Howell,   b. 29 Mar 1865, San Francisco, San Francisco, California d. 21 Dec 1945, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 80 years)   4. Elizabeth Louise Howell,   b. 28 Sep 1871, California d. 29 Jan 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 79 years)   5. Edna Mary Howell,   b. Abt 1884, California d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Matthias arrived in California 27 October 1849 by ship around the Horn. He became one of the owners of the Plumas Eureka gold mine with a partner, George Kilorn. He conducted a prosperous mercantile business in Virginia City, coming to Reno, Nevada, in 1868, when he became a partner with S.C. Fergus. The partners built the first flour mill on the Trukee River. In 1880, Matthias was the superintendent of a mining company in Nevada. His son, Eugene, was working with him.

  
  

• Sources

  [S690] Scudder. [S703] Obituary for Matthias David Howell.