Gary Howell discovers his Bartholomew family history during Timber Lake visit
Gary Howell and his wife Vivian were surprised to find his family’s former home during a visit to Timber Lake.
Gary Howell discovers his Bartholomew family history during Timber Lake visit
Gary Howell discovers his Bartholomew family history during Timber Lake visit
“We never dreamed we’d find this much information. We figured we’d drive through town and see what the area looked like.”
That was Gary Howell of Maryville, Missouri after a September, 2025 stop in Timber Lake, where his grandmother, Lovelle Lois Bartholomew, and her family had lived more than a hundred years ago.
The biggest surprise was finding the “160 acres, more or less, at the Northeast Corner…
