Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Powell    
                Born: ca 1841              in Tyler Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Dec-16-1898          in Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Randolph Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Benjamin Powell   (1815 - 1888) 
              Mother: Mary Ann Lawson   (1818 -     ) 
                Wife: Catherine Joannah Davis     
             Married: Dec-25-1862          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Born: Oct-  -1829           
                Died: Apr-19-1908          in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: William Lloyd Davis   (1794 - 1868) 
              Mother: Catherine Ash   (1793 - 1857) 
           M Child 1: George Elsworth Powell      
                Born: May- 8-1865          in Harrison Co, WV  3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov- 9-1926          in Brown, Harrison Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      in Brown, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1920                 in Beaver District, Nicholas Co, WV  
             Resided: 1918                 in Tioga, Nicholas Co, WV  5
              Census: 1910                 in Kentucky District, Nicholas Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1897                 in Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
          Occupation: 1920                 furnishing beater at paper mill  6
          Occupation: 1910                 farm laborer (working out)  7
          Occupation: 1900                 farmer  8,3
                Wife: Sarah Frances Swiger  b. Nov-  -1873  d. 1912  
             Married: Oct-10-1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
           F Child 2: Mary Powell      
                Born: ca 1868               10
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis, Harrison Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Anderson J. Powell      
                Born: ca 1869               10
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Minerva Jane Powell      
                Born: Jun-11-1872          in Harrison Co, WV  2
                Died: Jun-10-1936          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  2
             Husband: Stephen E. Swiger  b. 1873  d. 1926  
             Married: May-12-1894          in Harrison Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database), of son Marcus. 
(6) 1920 Census, Nicholas County, WV. 
(7) 1910 Census, Nicholas County, WV. 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as George Powell, 32, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co; 
and Sarah E. Powell, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Oct 10 1897 at the residence of the officiating minister, 
Isaac Ice, a minister of the Church of Christ.  Informants for marriage license:  A. J. Powell & S. E. Swiger. MR p. 360 
: www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793184&Type=Marriage. 
(10) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1864.







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