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James POWELL

James POWELL

Male 1841 - 1898  (~ 57 years)

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  • Name James POWELL 
    Born CA 1841  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co F, 3rd W.Va. Inf; Co F & G, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War (wounded)  [2] 
    Census 1850  Randolph Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4] 
    Died 16 Dec 1898  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I104938  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 May 2019 

    Father Benjamin POWELL,   b. CA 1815,   d. 18 Aug 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann LAWSON,   b. CA 1818 
    Family ID F38403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Joannah DAVIS,   b. Oct 1829,   d. 19 Apr 1908, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1862  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis Twp), enumeration date not given:
      James Powell, 28, farmer, value of real estate $780, value of personal estate $125; Catherine J, 30, cannot write; George E, 5; Marry L, 2; Anderson J, 1.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (118th Sub District), enumerated on Jun 8/9 1880:
      James Powel, 37, farmer; wife Cathrine L, 48; son George E, 15, laborer, cannot write; dau Mary L, 11, cannot write; son Andrew J, 9; dau Manerva J, 8. [6]
    Children 
    +1. George Elsworth POWELL,   b. 8 May 1865, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1926, Brown, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +2. Mary Levina POWELL,   b. 27 Feb 1868, Brown, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1941, Pine Bluff, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +3. Andrew J. POWELL,   b. CA 1869, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Minerva Jane POWELL,   b. 11 Jun 1872, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1936, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F43764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    104938_POWELL_James_CivilWarPensionIndexCard_ContestedWidowClaim.jpg    		104938_POWELL_James_CivilWarPensionIndexCard_ContestedWidowClaim.jpg
    104938_POWELL_James_CivilWarPersonnelFile_Page2.jpg    		104938_POWELL_James_CivilWarPersonnelFile_Page2.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).

    3. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S670] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.