Henry Howell (March 6, 1828 – November 24, 1896) was a

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and one of the founders of

Fish Haven, Idaho Fish Haven, originally named Rush Creek, is an unincorporated community along the shores of Bear Lake in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. It is 4 km (2.5 miles) north of the Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain ...

, USA.

Biography

Howell was born in

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. He married 27-year-old Frances Goble in 1855, one month before emigrating to the

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where he settled in Philadelphia for five years. In 1860 Howell crossed the plains to

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. In 1864, he helped pioneer

Bear Lake County, Idaho Bear Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census the county had a population of 6,372. The county seat is Paris, and Montpelier is the largest city. The county is named after Bear Lake, a large al ...

, where he first helped settle

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and then

. Unlike some other Mormons at the time, Howell did not practice

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. He died at Fish Haven.''Bear Lake Pioneers''. Published by the

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, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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1828 births 1896 deaths American city founders Converts to Mormonism English emigrants to the United States English Latter Day Saints Mormon pioneers People from Paris, Idaho People from Essex People from Bear Lake County, Idaho {{idaho-stub