Christopher Columbus Powell (1831 - 1921)

Born 26 Apr 1831 in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Isabelle (Sapp) Powell — married 15 Mar 1860 in Blount, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1921 at age 90 in Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Powell Name Study.

Christopher Columbus Powell was born on 26 Apr 1831 in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA, son of George Powell (1794–1872) and Elizabeth Kirksey Davis (1796–1876).^[1]

Christopher had a brother, Jonathan Winchester Powell (1820–1916).

In 1850, Christopher (19) was in the household of his father, George, in Blout county, Blount, Alabama.

Christopher (28) married Isabelle Sapp (15) (born on 28 Jul 1844 in Alabama; daughter of Benjamin Harrison Sapp and Harriet Debell (Ringo) Sapp) on 15 Mar 1860 in Blount, United States. Their children were:

1. Maribette Powell (1863–1925)
2. Kate Viola Powell (~1872–1923)

In 1880, Christopher was living in Hamilton, Texas.

Christopher passed away on 28 Nov 1921 in Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, aged 90.

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Hamilton, Texas; Roll: 1308; Family History Film: 1255308; Page: 391A; Enumeration District: 071 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

See also:

• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Description: The Family Data Collection - Births database was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease. Learn more...
• Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Alabama Center for Health Statistics. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama.
• Dodd, Jordan R., et. al. Early American Marriages: Alabama to 1825. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
• Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library. Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Description: This database contains marriage information from selected areas of Alabama from 1800-1973.
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Hamilton, Texas; Roll: 1308; Family History Film: 1255308; Page: 391A; Enumeration District: 071. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4PW-K4F : 24 March 2016), Christopher C. Powell, 1910.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPT-M8H : 12 April 2016), Christopher Powell in household of George Powell, Blout county, Blount, Alabama, United States; citing family 698, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HT-XPJ : 5 December 2014), Christopher Colmbus Powell, 28 Nov 1921; citing certificate number 30921, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,364.