Captain Howell was born in Waynesville, North Carolina. He was the son of Methodist Minister, Reverend, Doctor Collins Howell and Mourning Minerva Garrett Howell. Both parents are buried in Green Hill Cemetery near their two sons Alden & Erastus Howell. Both sons were Confederate Veterans.
Captain Howell married Fannie Dillard, from Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 6, 1875 in Bossier Parrish la. They had four children.
Anna Dee Howell 1877 – 1933
Amanda D Howell 1879 –
Alden A Howell 1879 – 1963
Flora Aldine Howell 1883 – 1960
Alden G. Howell enlisted in Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment North Carolina C.S.A. He was promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 9 May 1861 and again promoted to Full Captain (Estimated day of Promo) on 26 Apr 1862. He
Resigned Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 24 Sept. 1862. He was later a Captain in Co. F in the 6th. North Carolina Cavalry in the American Civil War. These units were involved in most of the major battles in which the Army of Northern Virginia participated. 1861-1865
Captain Howell was very active in the promotion and development of his home town of Waynesville, N.C.. He was instrumental in opening the first public library in Haywood County as well as the first bank in Waynesville, N.C. in 1878. Captain Howell was also very active in the local Confederate Veteran affairs.
Captain Howell lived to the age of 106, making him the last surviving Confederate Officer as well as the oldest active Free Mason in the United States at the time of his death. He died in Los Angeles, California at the home of his daughter Flora Aldine.
New York Times: Milestones, Monday Mar. 31, 1947
"Died. Captain Alden G. Howell, 106, who rode to war 86 years ago, saw Stonewall Jackson shot, lived to be the last surviving Confederate officer, oldest Mason in the U.S.; in Los Angeles."
Captain Howell married Fannie Dillard, from Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 6, 1875 in Bossier Parrish la. They had four children.
Anna Dee Howell 1877 – 1933
Amanda D Howell 1879 –
Alden A Howell 1879 – 1963
Flora Aldine Howell 1883 – 1960
Alden G. Howell enlisted in Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment North Carolina C.S.A. He was promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 9 May 1861 and again promoted to Full Captain (Estimated day of Promo) on 26 Apr 1862. He
Resigned Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 24 Sept. 1862. He was later a Captain in Co. F in the 6th. North Carolina Cavalry in the American Civil War. These units were involved in most of the major battles in which the Army of Northern Virginia participated. 1861-1865
Captain Howell was very active in the promotion and development of his home town of Waynesville, N.C.. He was instrumental in opening the first public library in Haywood County as well as the first bank in Waynesville, N.C. in 1878. Captain Howell was also very active in the local Confederate Veteran affairs.
Captain Howell lived to the age of 106, making him the last surviving Confederate Officer as well as the oldest active Free Mason in the United States at the time of his death. He died in Los Angeles, California at the home of his daughter Flora Aldine.
New York Times: Milestones, Monday Mar. 31, 1947
"Died. Captain Alden G. Howell, 106, who rode to war 86 years ago, saw Stonewall Jackson shot, lived to be the last surviving Confederate officer, oldest Mason in the U.S.; in Los Angeles."
Captain Howell was born in Waynesville, North Carolina. He was the son of Methodist Minister, Reverend, Doctor Collins Howell and Mourning Minerva Garrett Howell. Both parents are buried in Green Hill Cemetery near their two sons Alden & Erastus Howell. Both sons were Confederate Veterans.
Captain Howell married Fannie Dillard, from Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 6, 1875 in Bossier Parrish la. They had four children.
Anna Dee Howell 1877 – 1933
Amanda D Howell 1879 –
Alden A Howell 1879 – 1963
Flora Aldine Howell 1883 – 1960
Alden G. Howell enlisted in Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment North Carolina C.S.A. He was promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 9 May 1861 and again promoted to Full Captain (Estimated day of Promo) on 26 Apr 1862. He
Resigned Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 24 Sept. 1862. He was later a Captain in Co. F in the 6th. North Carolina Cavalry in the American Civil War. These units were involved in most of the major battles in which the Army of Northern Virginia participated. 1861-1865
Captain Howell was very active in the promotion and development of his home town of Waynesville, N.C.. He was instrumental in opening the first public library in Haywood County as well as the first bank in Waynesville, N.C. in 1878. Captain Howell was also very active in the local Confederate Veteran affairs.
Captain Howell lived to the age of 106, making him the last surviving Confederate Officer as well as the oldest active Free Mason in the United States at the time of his death. He died in Los Angeles, California at the home of his daughter Flora Aldine.
New York Times: Milestones, Monday Mar. 31, 1947
"Died. Captain Alden G. Howell, 106, who rode to war 86 years ago, saw Stonewall Jackson shot, lived to be the last surviving Confederate officer, oldest Mason in the U.S.; in Los Angeles."
Captain Howell married Fannie Dillard, from Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 6, 1875 in Bossier Parrish la. They had four children.
Anna Dee Howell 1877 – 1933
Amanda D Howell 1879 –
Alden A Howell 1879 – 1963
Flora Aldine Howell 1883 – 1960
Alden G. Howell enlisted in Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment North Carolina C.S.A. He was promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 9 May 1861 and again promoted to Full Captain (Estimated day of Promo) on 26 Apr 1862. He
Resigned Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 24 Sept. 1862. He was later a Captain in Co. F in the 6th. North Carolina Cavalry in the American Civil War. These units were involved in most of the major battles in which the Army of Northern Virginia participated. 1861-1865
Captain Howell was very active in the promotion and development of his home town of Waynesville, N.C.. He was instrumental in opening the first public library in Haywood County as well as the first bank in Waynesville, N.C. in 1878. Captain Howell was also very active in the local Confederate Veteran affairs.
Captain Howell lived to the age of 106, making him the last surviving Confederate Officer as well as the oldest active Free Mason in the United States at the time of his death. He died in Los Angeles, California at the home of his daughter Flora Aldine.
New York Times: Milestones, Monday Mar. 31, 1947
"Died. Captain Alden G. Howell, 106, who rode to war 86 years ago, saw Stonewall Jackson shot, lived to be the last surviving Confederate officer, oldest Mason in the U.S.; in Los Angeles."
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