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Theopholis Washington "Orphis" POWELL

Theopholis Washington "Orphis" POWELL

Male 1849 - 1925  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Theopholis Washington "Orphis" POWELL  [1, 2]
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 10  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth Sep 1849  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Jan 26 1850 (age 75y 6m 14), and date on headstone is 1850. But the 1900 Census shows it as Sep 1849. He was age 1 in the 1850 Census, enumerated in August of that year.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5, 6, 7] 
    Death 10 Aug 1925  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Burial Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9, 10] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 19 1900:
      Theopolis Powell, 50, b. Sep 1849, farmer, married 29 yrs; wife Mary J, 48, b. Dec 1851, married 29 yrs, mother of 11 children (9 still living); son Delbert C, 25, b. Nov 1874, single, school teacher; son Joseph L, 21, b. Oct 1878, single, teamster; son Virgil E, 19, b. Aug 1890, single, farm laborer; son Ora O, 15, b. Apr 1885; son Howard N, 13, b. Mar 1887; dau Letha M, 10, b. Sep 1889; son Acy, 8, b. Jul 1891; stepmother Catherine Powell, 63, b. Jun 1836, widowed, mother of 2 children (1 still living).

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
      Theophelus W. Powell, 58, widowed, farmer; son Howard N, 24 (or 23; entry was changed, but unclear as to which was the original and which was the correction), single, farmer; dau Letha May, 22, single; son Aca, 20, single, farmer; servant Hazel Shields, 10.
    Person ID I27255  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2018

    Father Joseph POWELL,   b. CA 1818
    Mother Susan LAWSON,   b. CA 1820   d. Bef Jul 1855 (Age ~ 35 years)
    Family ID F12336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Jane PINELL,   b. Dec 1851   d. 1906 (Age ~ 54 years)  [2]
    Marriage 2 Apr 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. William Meredith POWELL,   b. 29 Mar 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1957, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +2. Delbert Columbus POWELL,   b. 16 Nov 1873, Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1953, Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +3. Ezra Gilbert POWELL,   b. 7 Aug 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1954, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >4. Joseph L. POWELL,   b. Oct 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1915, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years)
    +5. Virgil Eldridge POWELL,   b. 22 Jun 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1966, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    >6. Ora POWELL,   b. 26 Mar 1883   d. 12 Dec 1907 (Age 24 years)
    +7. Howard Normas POWELL,   b. 29 Mar 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1972 (Age 87 years)
    +8. Letha May POWELL,   b. 11 Sep 1887, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1972, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     9. Acy POWELL,   b. Jul 1891   d. 21 Aug 1910, Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 19 years)
    Family ID F10307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Martha A. SWIGER,   b. CA 1869
    Marriage 6 Mar 1912  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Separated Oct 1915  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 2 1915, under the heading Chancery Causes, in its entirety:
      "T. W. Powell vs. Martha A. Powell. Divorce set for trial on Friday, Dec 3 1915."
    Family ID F12339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    2. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    3. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

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

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

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

    7. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    8. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    9. [S14] Obituary.

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

    11. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Theophilus W. Powell, 21, b. Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Susan; and Mary Jane Pinell, 19, of Doddridge Co, dau of Louisa Jane. Married Apr 2 1871.

    12. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as T. W. Powell, 58, of Doddridge Co; and Martha A. Swiger, 42, of Doddridge Co. Married Mar 6 1912.

    13. [S1897] West Union Record, Thursday, 10/21/1915.
      News item reported the following chancery court order entered at a special term session held on Monday, Oct 18 1915:
      "T. W. Powell vs. Martha A. Powell; the defendant, Martha A. Powell, allowed $10 per month temporary alimony; $25 attorney's fee, and $25 suit money; the answer of defendant, Martha A. Powell, to plaintiff's bill ordered filed."