Husband: Ora Powell Census name: Ora O. Powell
Born: Mar-26-1883 1 (see note 1) Died: Dec-12-1907 1 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Theopholis Washington "Orphis" Powell (1849 - 1925) Mother: Mary Jane Pinell (1851 - 1906)
Wife: Esta M. Williams
Married: May-28-1907 3
Born: Dec- 8-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,6
Died: Jan-29-1949 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4,6
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 7,8
Resided: 1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1930 in Fredericktown, Washington Co, PA
Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2)
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Occupation: 1948 owner/operator of K-W Tourist Home at c/o Neely Ave & Rt 50 10
Occupation: 1940 owner/manager of restaurant 9
Father: Floyd Neely Williams (1856 - 1933)
Mother: Lavina Jane Collins (1860 - 1921)
Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (2) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), Identified as Ora D. Powell, b. 26 March 1883, d. 12 Dec 1907, age 28y 8m 18d. A notation states "Difficult to read. Tombstone lying on it back. An additional notation advises that the death was reported in the West Union Record of 25 Dec 1907. (NOTE: The reported age with the reported death date calculates to a birth date of 24 Mar 1882. Unclear where the error lies.), p. 69. (3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 361. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (6) Obituary. (7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Obituary states burial location as Freeman Cemetery, but death record and "West Union WV Cemeteries," p. 6, show it as Masonic Cemetery. (8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (9) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (10) West Union Herald, 6/17/1948. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date in 1900 Census given as April 1885. Middle initial appears as O in 1900 Census, but reported as D in "Doddridge County Cemeteries." Note (2) In 1910, listed as sister-in-law Esta Powell, 20, widowed, no children, postal clerk, in household of her husband's brother Delbert C. Powell.