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Louisa POWELL

Louisa POWELL

Female 1831 - 1885  (53 years)

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  • Name Louisa POWELL 
    Born 13 May 1831  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Apr 1885  [2] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I15629  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2018 

    Father Reuben POWELL,   b. 1790, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1827, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Eleanor BAILEY,   b. 1798,   d. 1860  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F43765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Poston ORR,   b. 14 Apr 1820, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1899  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1847  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 20 1860:
      J. P. Orr, 40, farmer, value of real estate $900, value of personal estate $250; L. (female), 12 (sic); R. M. (male), 12; F. A. (male), 10; F. G. (male), 7; J. E. (female), 4. All born in Virginia.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 2 1880:
      John P. Orr, 60, farmer; wife Eliza, 49; dau Julie E, 23; dau Bermeda, 16; dau Iris, 1 (sic). All born in Virginia. Both of John's parents born in Ireland.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Josiah & Mary Heaton. Within five years, two of John Orr's daughters would marry two of Josiah Heaton's sons. [5]
    Children 
    +1. Robert Meredith ORR,   b. 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1922  (Age 74 years)
    +2. Festus A. ORR,   b. 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1913, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Flavius G. ORR,   b. 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1931, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +4. Julia Emaline ORR,   b. 8 Oct 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1954  (Age 97 years)
    +5. Birneda ORR,   b. 26 Aug 1863, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1922, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Iris ORR,   b. 17 Jun 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    5. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979).