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 2
Wife: Mary Ann Martin
Married: Nov-12-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Born: ca 1845 in Indiana 11
Census: 1910 in Pleasant District, Clay Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Paw Paw District, Marion Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Father: George D. Martin (1808 - 1880)
Mother: Charlotte ___ (1813 - 1889)
Other spouse 1
Notes
M Child 1: Dudley Evans Powell
Born: Dec-27-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,14,15
Census: 1940 in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH
Resided: 1935 in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH 16
Census: 1930 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Flemington District, Taylor Co, WV
Resided: 1915 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 17
Census: 1910 in Pleasant District, Clay Co, WV
Resided: 1899 in Wetzel Co, WV 14
Resided: 1894 in Harrison Co, WV 18
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1940 laborer for W.P.A. 16
Occupation: 1930 coal loader in coal mine 19
Occupation: 1920 blacksmith for coal company 20
Occupation: 1915 blacksmith 17
Occupation: 1910 coal miner 21
Wife: Samantha Moran b. ca 1877
Married: May-22-1894 in Taylor Co, WV 18
Wife: Mary Goff b. ca 1877
Married: Mar-17-1899 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 14
Wife: Addie Lee Pritt b. ca 1883 d. Jan- 7-1963
Married: May-31-1900 in Clay Co, WV 15
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) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Rheuben R. Powell, widowed, age 27y 6m, b. Taylor Co,
res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Susan Powell; and Mary Ann Martin, widowed, 26, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau
of George & (blank) Martin. Married Nov 12 1871 in Doddridge County, officiated by R. S. Welch. MR p. 182, Line 18 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791319&Type=Marriage.
(11) 1850 Census, Monongalia County (W)VA.
(12) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online
database)
(13) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District)
(14) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV,
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11597886&Type=Marriage.
(15) Clay County Marriage Records, Clay, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10984319&Type=Marriage.
(16) 1940 Census.
(17) City Directory.
(18) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11208965&Type=Marriage.
(19) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.
(20) 1920 Census, Taylor County, WV.
(21) 1910 Census, Clay County, WV.
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.
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