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Howell, William D.

Age: 39

Rank: Garrison Member

From: Massachusetts

William D. Howell, Alamo defender, was born in Massachusetts in 1797. He was a doctor and lived in New York before traveling to Texas by way of New Orleans in 1835 as a member of Capt. Thomas H. Breece'sqv company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexarqv and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William Blazeby'sqv infantry company. Howell died in the battle of the Alamoqv on March 6, 1836.