"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a compilation of this work....by a number of writers". Chapman Publishing Co; Chicago, 1903. p. 512. CAREL HOWELL At the time of purchase in 1867, twenty of the one hundred and sixty acre farm of Carel Howell had been cleared of timber and undergrowth, and was therefore a much less discouraging proposition than falls to the lot of many who come here with large expectations regarding farming possibilities. At the present time one hundred and twenty acres are under cultivation, and in addition to general farming and some stock-raising, Mr. Howell does a large business in fruit drying. The youth and early manhood of Mr. Howell were passed on his father's farm in Washington county, Ark., where he was born June 11, 1837. His father, James, was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1800, and died in 1862. The elder Howell removed to Arkansas about 1833, where he plied his trade of brick-mason for a number of years, or until 1845, after which he located on a farm, where the remainder of his life was spent. His son, Carel, was reared to an appreciation of the dignity of labor, but as he grew older had ambitions which lay beyond the confines of his father's farm. He therefore joined a company bound for the western sea, and, with four yoke of oxen, managed to reach the head of the Rogue river, having been six months on the trip. In the mines of Josephine county he experimented for about three years. and then went to Canyon City, in Eastern Oregon, where he engaged as foreman on several claims. 1867 found him in Springwater, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, comprising the old Presley Warnack donation claim, upon which he has since made his home. In 1866 Mr. Howell married Mary F. Warnack, of which union there were born eleven children, viz.: Maggie, deceased; Presley; Wiley; Frank; Carroll; George; Harry; Archie; Sarah; Jennie, now Mrs. Marshbank, of Springwater, and Flossie. The unmarried children are living with their parents. For thirty-five years Mr. Howell has traveled through this section of the country with a threshing machine, being the first man to introduce one in this section. Mr. Howell in independent in politics, and has creditably filled the office of school director for six years. He is one of the progressive and successful farmers of this district, and while laboring for the betterment of the community has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2008 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.