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Catherine L. "Kate" POWELL

Catherine L. "Kate" POWELL

Female 1883 - 1952  (69 years)

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  • Name Catherine L. "Kate" POWELL 
    Born 1883  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1882. But age in other censuses and in marriage record put it in about 1884 or 1885, while date on headstone is 1883.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1923  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 1952  [1] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I89632  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2018 

    Father Thomas S. POWELL,   b. 29 Dec 1845,   d. 21 Jul 1923, Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Emaline POWELL,   b. 31 May 1851, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1933, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F38488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clarence Otterbein "Ott" MYER,   b. 4 May 1879, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1925  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 12 1930 on Morgans Run Road:
      Clarence O. Myer, 50, farmer; wife Kate, 47; orphan child Clarence Hennings, 13.
      NOTE: Clarence Henning was the son of James Rolland "Roley" Henning and Mary Zirkle. His mother died in 1917. His father remarried in 1919 and soon moved to another part of the state, where he raised a family of three children with his second wife. Clarence Henning was Catherine "Kate" Powell Myer's first cousin once removed; his paternal grandmother, Calista Powell, was her aunt.
    Family ID F38492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    3. [S2115] 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    4. [S643] Obituary of father.

    5. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

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