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Family: Delbert Columbus POWELL / Maude Elizabeth COLE (F10309)

m. 13 Apr 1907


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  • Delbert Columbus POWELLFather | Male
    Delbert Columbus POWELL

    Born  16 Nov 1873  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Feb 1953  Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  13 Apr 1907  [1, 2]  Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Theopholis Washington "Orphis" POWELL | F10307 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Jane PINELL | F10307 Group Sheet 

    Maude Elizabeth COLEMother | Female
    Maude Elizabeth COLE

    Born  Mar 1888  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Jan 1919  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Lafayette COLE | F28578 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Margaret J. GREEN | F28578 Group Sheet 

    Ray Crummit POWELLChild 1 | Male
    Ray Crummit POWELL

    Born  8 Jul 1908  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Sep 1989  Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Flora S. ___ | F34563 
    Married     

    Glenn Delbert POWELLChild 2 | Male
    Glenn Delbert POWELL

    Born  19 Apr 1910  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Feb 1978  Orange Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Charles Edwin POWELLChild 3 | Male
    + Charles Edwin POWELL

    Born  7 Nov 1911  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Oct 1989  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Blanche Marie KING | F53498 
    Married  CA 1930   

    Pauline Margaret POWELLChild 4 | Female
    Pauline Margaret POWELL

    Born  29 Apr 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Oct 1997  Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Delmar Burlin BATES | F10310 
    Married  24 May 1930  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  ___ GARDNER | F31490 
    Married     

    Edward Claire POWELLChild 5 | Male
    Edward Claire POWELL

    Born  10 Oct 1915  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Mar 1953  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • Delbert C. Powell's obituary stated that he was a son of T. W. and Martha Powell, but Martha A. Swiger was actually his stepmother.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District, Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 25 1910:
      Delbert C. Powell, 36, clerk in store, married 3 yrs; wife Maude, 22, married 3 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Ray C, 1; son (not named), 1 month; sister-in-law Esta Powell, 20, widowed, postal clerk.

      News item, "West Union Record," Friday, October 20 1911:
      "GROCERY CHANGES HANDS - The grocery owned by the West Union Store Company, has been purchased by D. C. Powell and R. C. Gray. The goods have been invoiced and the new firm has already taken charge. This has long been one of the leading groceries in the town and has always enjoyed a liberal patronage. No doubt the new managers will keep it up to its past excellent standard and will merit a continuance of the spendid patronage it has enjoyed. The West Union Store Co., which is one of the solid business concerns of the town, will still continue in the dry goods, notions and clothing business, in which line it has been quite successful ever since the foundation of the company. We wish both the firms success."

      Legal notice, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, March 12 1914:
      "DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
      This day by mutual consent, the firm of Powell & Stuck have dissolved partnership. D. E. [sic] Powell succeeding to the business and has assumed all the indebtedness of the said firm of Powell & Stuck and will collect all claims due the firm.
      West Union, W.Va., Mar. 7, 1914
      D. C. Powell
      R. N. Stuck"

      1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 5 1920 at 105 Neely Ave:
      Delbert C. Powell, 45, widowed, merchant & clerk; son Ray C, 11; son Charles, 8; dau Pauline, 5; son Claire, 4yr 2mo.

      On May 29, 1920, fire destroyed the entire block of businesses on Main Street in West Union. One of those was the D. C. Powell Grocery. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794537&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S110] Obituary of husband.