Howell W. Runnels

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Howell W. Runnels
Diedbef. May 1837

Howell W. Runnels (d. bef. May 1837) was a Mississippi state legislator. His father was Harmon Runnels and his brothers were Hiram G. Runnels (a governor of Mississippi in the 1830s), Harmon M. Runnels, and Hardin D. Runnels. [1] He was said to have shared his father's temperament. [1] He married Anne Buckhannon in Jasper, Georgia in October 1810. [2] He represented Lawrence, Marion, and Hancock counties in the Mississippi state senate in 1819. [3] [4] In 1820 he represented the senatorial district of Lawrence, Wayne, and Covington counties. [5] He appears to have represented also Lawrence in the senate in 1821. [6] According to a history of Lawrence County, Hardin D. and Howell W. Runnels removed to Hinds County in the 1820s, and "the wife of Howell Runnels" is "buried in the town cemetery near the Bass home." [7]

He was married in 1827 to Cary D. Collins of Marion County, Mississippi. [8] In 1832 he chaired a Mississippi committee to endorse the re-election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency. [9] He was a delegate to the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1832, representing Yazoo County. [10] In 1833 he was a candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives from Yazoo County. [11] He died sometime before May 1837. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 Powell (1938), p. 17.
  2. ↑ "Entry for Howel W. Runnels and Anne Buckhannon, 23 Oct 1810". Georgia, County Marriages, 1785–1950. FamilySearch.
  3. ↑ Goodspeed Brothers (1891). Biographical and historical memoirs of Mississippi, embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Chicago, Goodspeed. p. 194.
  4. ↑ "Legislature of the State of Mississippi". Natchez Gazette. January 6, 1819. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  5. ↑ "Journal of the Senate". Mississippi Free Trader. January 18, 1820. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  6. ↑ Powell (1938), p. xxiii.
  7. ↑ Powell (1938), p. 18.
  8. ↑ "Married". Mississippi Gazette. January 10, 1827. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  9. ↑ "Whereas it is the pride..." The Washington Union. May 19, 1832. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  10. ↑ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1974). A history of Mississippi, from the discovery of the great river by Hernando DeSoto, including the earliest settlement made by the French under Iberville, to the death of Jefferson Davis. New York: AMS Press. p. 271. ISBN   978-0-404-04610-1.
  11. ↑ "Candidates for the Legislature". The Weekly Natchez Courier. October 4, 1833. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  12. ↑ "An Act for the relief of Cary D. Runnels". The Weekly Mississippian. June 9, 1837. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-10-27.

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