1. Of Sarah Howell, another writer has said:
“Another prominent Methodist in the neighborhood at that time was Aunt Sallie Howell, mother of the late Jacob and Thomas Howell, who was left a widow with seven boys and one daughter, who were dependent upon her for their daily bread and religious instruction. Her house was open to the preaching of the Gospel. Father John Scripps of Rushville occasionally preached at her house, which was on what is now the Ed Davis homestead. She used to ride horseback to Rushville on Sunday to attend church, until she got a church near home. She was a leading mover in organizing the Sunday school at Sugar Grove, which she hoped would help her religiously to instruct those seven boys.” [48]