City: Kenton
HOWELL, Arthur Melvin, insurance man; born Gibson Co., Tenn., Oct. 9, 1874; Scotch-Irish and French descent; son of John W. and Amanda C. (Dozier) Howell; father’s occupation merchant, former judge of the County Court Obion Co., Tenn.; paternal grandparents Jethro and Elizabeth (Needham) Howell; maternal grandparents Peter L. and Elizabeth (Baxter) Dozier; educated in the common schools of Gibson and Obion counties, Tenn.; married Ella Alphin, Oct. 12, 1896; member K. of P. (keeper of record and seals Washington Lodge No. 55), I.O.O.F., (Oriental No. 124), Woodmen of the World (clerk in Poplar No. 167), M.W.A. (clerk Kenton No. 13,348); member U.S. Order of Golden Cross; Democrat; former city recorder of Kenton, Tenn., 1904-1908, served two terms; has been in the fire and life insurance business at Kenton four years; member of Cumberland Presbyterian church, deacon of same eight years.
