Wilma Clyde Howell (1898-1953)

Wilma Clyde Howell was born in 1898 in Ada Valley, Conway County, Arkansas.  She was the daughter of Samuel M. Howell and Agnes Elizabeth Bennett.  Wilma was raised on the family farm in Higgins, Conway County, Arkansas.

Wilma married James Madison Hardin on June 3, 1919 in Perry County, Arkansas.  She was 21 years old and he was 37 years.  James was born on September 18, 1881 in Jamestown, Independence County, Arkansas, the son of Joseph John Hardin and Sarah Alice James.

Nine months before his marriage, James registered for the draft for the First World War on September 9, 1918 in Perry County, Arkansas.  He was described as of medium height and build, with gray eyes and light brown hair.

James and Wilma had two children:

Mary G. Hardin                     born 1920

Vonda Rose Hardin             born January 3, 1922

In 1920, James and Wilma were renting a house on East 15^th Street in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.  James was working for a lumber company at that time.

By 1930, the family had moved to Coleman County, Texas.  There, James rented a home for his family and provided for them by working as a “wage hand” on a farm.

James and Wilma and their children moved back to Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas by 1935.  In 1940, they were living at 804 East 18^th Street in Little Rock, where James was employed as a flooring grader for the E. L. Bruce Lumber Company.

James Madison Hardin died in 1953 and was buried in the Liberty Cemetery in Adona, Perry County, Arkansas.  He was 72 years old at his death.

Wilma Clyde Howell Hardin also died in 1953 and was laid to rest beside her husband in the Liberty Cemetery in Adona.  She was 55 years old at her death.

Notes for Wilma Clyde Howell

Birth & Death:  “Wilma C Hardin,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 15 April 2015

1900 US Census:  “Wilma C Howell,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Higgins, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1240055.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

1910 US Census:  “Wilma Howell,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Higgins, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: T624_47; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1374060.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Marriage:  “Wilma Howell,” Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

1920 US Census:  “Wilma C Hardin,” Year: 1920; Census Place: Little Rock Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T625_79; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 124.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1930 US Census:  “Wilma C Hardin,” Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Coleman, Texas; Roll: 2308; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 730.0; FHL microfilm: 2342042.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

1940 US Census:  “Wilma C Hardin,” Year: 1940; Census Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T627_166; Page: 2B; Enumeration District:60-25.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Notes for James Madison Hardin

Birth & Death:  “James Madison Hardin,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 15 April 2015

1900 US Census:  “James M Hardin,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Casa, Perry, Arkansas; Roll: 69; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0161; FHL microfilm: 1240069.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

1910 US Census:  “Maddison J Hardin,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Bronte, Coke, Texas; Roll: T624_1538; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1375551.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

WWI Draft:  “James Madison Hardin,” Registration State: Arkansas; Registration County: Conway; Roll: 1522836.  Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

WWII Draft:  “James Madison Hardin,” The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; State Headquarters: Arkansas.  Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.