General Notes

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The Howards were among the first Catholic settlers of Madison County, Kent
ucky also.  Tradition has it that Clem Howard and his brother John Howa
rd who came with him to Kentucky were the sons of a
Brigadier General in the British Army, whose family seat was at Ivernes
s, Scotland  (as narrated by h. B. Schulte).  Clement, Sabrena and Mary A
nn Howard were three of the 11 or 12 Howard children
who were descendants of the Clem Howard who was among the first settle
rs of Madison County, Kentucky.  The Howard plantation in Kentucky was sti
ll occupied by a descendant Howard in 1934.  The
occupants were Fannie Richardson and Carley Howard.  They had no childre
n.  Nettie Richardson Mix and her husband, George, had visited the Kentuc
ky relatives in 1934 whom she had not seen since she
was very young.  On the 9, September 1934, they accompanied Aunt Mary Ric
hardson Winkler and had Sunday dinner with Charley and Fannie Howard.  T
he plantation farm was located 2 miles east of Paint
Lick, Kentucky, Estill County.  The descendant Durbins who were livi
ng in Estill County were congregated around the town Station Camp in 193
4.  Sabrena (Sabina, Sabena, Sabennia, Savina, Sevina)
Howard.  Sabrena died in the 1890's likely at the home of her son Edwin F
rancis Durbin, northwest of Osborn, Missouri with hom she had been livin
g.  She was likely buried in the Stephens family
burial plot near the family home.  Today, 1982, that family burial grou
nd may be discerned by the Iris growth in the grove of trees just we
st of the parking space of the Pony Express Conservation
Area and very near the lake.  p. 91 Extracted from: DURBIN -  WITT - WAGE
RS - RICHARDSON - STEPHENS AND
RELATED FAMILIES VIA MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY AND
MISSOURI;     compiled by Pearl M. Cox 1987