Jul-28-2018
Husband: Reuben Powell
Census name: Ruben Powell
Born: Jun-17-1845 in Taylor Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: May-10-1912 1
Buried: in Barker Cemetery, Price Fork Rd, near Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 1
Census: 1910 in Washington Co, PA
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1890 at Eagle Mills, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1878 in Tyler Co, WV 2
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Taylor Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1900 farmer 5
Occupation: 1880 laborer 6
Military: Dec-25-1862 - May- -1864 Pvt, Co A, 7th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (gunshot wounds) 4,7,8,9
Father: Joseph Powell (1818 - )
Mother: Susan Lawson (1820 - 1855)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Synthia McGeorge
Also known as: Cyntha 4
Married: Oct- 1-1878 in Tyler Co, WV 2
Born: ca 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 2
Died: aft May 1912 7
Census: 1910 in Washington Co, PA
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1878 in Tyler Co, WV 2
Father:
Mother:
Other spouse 1
M Child 1: Albert Powell
Born: ca 1874 6
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
F Child 2: Ada Z. Powell
Born: Jul- -1879 6 (see note 2)
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
M Child 3: James Orval Powell
Born: 1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,11 (see note 3)
Died: 1951 10
Buried: in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1920 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV
Census: 1910 in Washington Co, PA
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1920 oil well pumper 13
Occupation: 1910 laborer at odd jobs 14
Wife: Iva Myrtle Dotson b. May- -1886 d. 1932
Census name: Ivy M. Dotson 15
Married: Nov-26-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
M Child 4: Henry T. Powell
Born: Oct- -1886 5
Census: 1910 in Washington Co, PA
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com.
(2) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 182, Line 18 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791319&Type=Marriage.
(4) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District)
(6) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV.
(7) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(8) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(9) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(10) Headstone (year only)
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(12) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(13) 1920 Census, Wetzel County, WV.
(14) 1910 Census.
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District)
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given a Jun 1843 in 1900 Census. But age was 5 in 1850 Census,
and 14 in 1860 Census. Other researchers have reported a birth date of Jun 17
1845.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jul 1878. But she was age 10 months in
1880 Census, with birth month specified as July.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1883.
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