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James William POWELL

James William POWELL

Male 1849 - 1924  (75 years)

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  • Name James William POWELL 
    Census 1880, 1900, 10, 20  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 13 Apr 1849  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison 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  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 3] 
    Died 23 Dec 1924  Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: gunshot wound (homicide) 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I57629  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2014 

    Father Stephen POWELL,   b. CA 1819,   d. 7 Apr 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Mother Eliza Ann COPLIN,   b. CA 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malissa DAVIS,   b. Mar 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1910, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)  [5, 6, 7] 
    Married 28 Jun 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Laura Ethel POWELL,   b. 2 Apr 1886,   d. 10 May 1963, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Bessie C. POWELL,   b. 14 Oct 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1968, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Alta Oma POWELL,   b. 6 Sep 1893, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1945, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     4. Alfred Lee (Alpheus) POWELL,   b. 3 Sep 1895, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1939, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     5. Blonnie B. POWELL,   b. 30 Sep 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1981, Athens, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F23846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    57629_POWELL_JamesWilliam_1849-1924_DeathCertificate.jpg    		57629_POWELL_JamesWilliam_1849-1924_DeathCertificate.jpg
    999999_PowellMurderTrial_PennsboroNews_23Apr1925_Page1.jpg    		999999_PowellMurderTrial_PennsboroNews_23Apr1925_Page1.jpg
    999999_PowellMurderTrial_PennsboroNews_23Apr1925_Page2.jpg    		999999_PowellMurderTrial_PennsboroNews_23Apr1925_Page2.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1567937&Type=Death.
      Identified as James William Powell, widower, farmer, born Apr 13 1849 in Harrison Co, son of Stephen Powell & Eliza Floyd; died Dec 23 1924 at Long Run, Grant District, Doddridge County, age 75y 8m 10d, cause of death gunshot wound, burial at IOOF Cemetery in West Union. Informant: Alfred Powell, Long Run. (Note: Mother's name is incorrectly given as her re-married name Floyd, rather than her maiden name Coplin. Based on newspaper accounts, James Powell's death resulted from an armed attack by three men, Ralph C. Richards, Roscoe M. Cross and Samuel Elliott. They were charged with murder and tried in Doddridge County. Their convictions resulted in sentences at the WV State Penitentiary in Moundsville, where all three were found in the 1930 Census. What provoked the attack is not clear. Roscoe Cross and Ralph Richards were first cousins; Samuel Elliott was married to Cross' sister.)

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    7. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 70.