Joseph Howell (February 17, 1857 – July 18, 1918) was a

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from

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Born in Brigham City,

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, Howell moved with his parents to

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, in 1863. He attended the common schools and the

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. He taught school, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and served as mayor of Wellsville from 1882 to 1884. Howell served in the territorial house of representatives from 1886 to 1892. After Utah gained statehood, Howell served as member of the State senate from 1896 to 1900. He was also regent of the

from 1896 to 1900. Howell moved to

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, in 1901. Howell married Mary Maughan and their daughter Barabara Howell Richards served as a member of the

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General Board. Howell was elected as a

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for the Fifty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1917). Howell was involved in getting appropriations for the Mormon colonists who had fled Mexico in 1912.''Conference Report'', October 1912, p. 85 Howell engaged in banking and the real estate business. The town of

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, founded about 1910 on land owned by one of his business interests in

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, was named for him. He died in

, July 18, 1918, and was interred in the Logan City Cemetery.

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