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Lacy Cemetery, 75-1 Summary Report, page 60
+ Lea b: WFT Est 1849-1871 d: WFT Est 1893-1959
3 Mary OGG b: 1858 d: WFT Est 1859-1952
3 Sarah OGG b: 1860 d: WFT Est 1861-1954
2 James HOWELL b: WFT Est 1819-1848 d: WFT Est 1825-1927
2 Alfred E HOWELL b: ABT 1832 d: WFT Est 1858-1923
+ Elizabeth R OGG b: WFT Est 1815-1839 d: WFT Est 1857-1928
+ Eliza GOHEEN b: WFT Est 1796-1834 d: WFT Est 1856-1922
The data from on-line sources generally supports that the Alfred Howell family in Grimes County, Texas, in the 1850 census is indeed the same as the family from Madison County, Alabama. The most salient aspect of this data is the identification of Mary Elizabeth Wall as being the first wife of Alfred Howell. Considering that she was a daughter of Alexander Grey Wall (initial owner of the land when the government allowed it to be purchased), it is pretty sure that she is buried in the cemetery also.
In fact, it is likely that Alexander Grey Wall himself is buried there, as he is not listed among those buried in Huntsville's Maple Hill Cemetery. Since Alexander G. Wall was a War of 1812 soldier, it would be appropriate to have a marker erected at the cemetery in his memory, if further proof of burial there can be found. For now, it is a mere deduction that he must be buried there, since he died in Madison County in 1836, and in those days people were generally buried on their own land. At that time, community and church cemeteries were not in widespread use, especially in the undeveloped portions of the county.
However, there is a problem with the data from the above on-line sources, in that Mary Elizabeth Wall was given as being born in 1821 in the book about Doctor William Simpson, as carefully written by detailed researcher and descendant Dennis William Simpson. His book further states that Mary Elizabeth Wall married Kennon Harris Steger in Madison County on December 12, 1838. Even a divorce, rather than death, to remove her as wife from Alfred Howell so that Sarah G. Howell could become the mother of Alberta Ann and Prudence K. Howell doesn't fit in order for Mary to marry Mr. Steger as a second marriage.
Alberta Ann Howell was born in 1828 and died in 1837, according to the inscription on her box crypt. Her sister Prudence K. was born in 1830 and died in 1840, according to her box crypt inscription. Both inscriptions plainly state that these girls were daughters of Alfred & Sarah G. Howell.
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