Joab Powell (1799 - 1873)

Born 16 Jul 1799 in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Beeler) Powell — married 1817 in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1873 at age 73 in Lacomb, Linn, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Joab was a preacher. He and his wife had fourteen children. He came to Oregon in 1852. He is buried in Providence Cemetery, Scio, Linn County, Oregon.

Joab Powell and Jane (Powell) Beeler were siblings. Their spouses, John Beeler and Anna (Beeler) Powell were also brother and sister.

Joab was illiterate but became a Baptist Pastor. He had churches first in Missouri and then later in Oregon. The songs he sang and the scripture verses he quoted were from memory. His wife would read the scriptures or songs and he would memorize them. After his wife's death, he is said to have gone to a neighbors home to ask him to look after his cattle etc.. He said he would be leaving the next day. His neighbor assumed that he was going on a preaching circuit leaving the next day. The next day he found Joab at home - dead. He had never planned to go on a preaching circuit.

Further Notes posted on Find A Grave - Well-known circuit-riding preacher in Jackson Co., MO "Joab Powell, the Baptist Circuit Rider, was born 16 July 1799 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. He was the son of Joseph Powell and Hanna Jewson. They were of Welsh ancestry, and they were Quakers, though Joseph fought in the American Revolution. Joab converted to the Baptist religion and rode circuit in Missouri and later in Oregon. He married Anna Beeler in 1817, in Claiborne County and they had 14 children, the first five born in Tenn.and the others in Jackson County, Missouri.The family followed the Oregon Trail in 1852 with John and Jane (Powell) Beeler and settled in Linn County where Joab continued his preaching of the gospel. Joab Powell and Jane (Powell) Beeler were siblings. Their spouses, John Beeler and Anna (Beeler) Powell were also brother and sister.

Occupation: MOVED OREGON 1852 LIVED IN MO 20 YEARS-SETTLED @@FORKS OF SANTIAM, LINN CO. OR., Circuit Preacher.

Buried

BURIAL Providence Cemetery Scio, Linn County, Oregon, USA

Sources

• Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp., Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

• 1850 US Federal Census, Missouri, Jackson, Sni-A-Bar, Image 7 of 29.

• Find A Grave Memorial # 15396114.

• Some information provided by Joab's great great grandson, Paul Robertson.

• Source: S1365875371 Bartholomew Web Site Willa Ruth (Corky) Bartholomew Note:

  MyHeritage family tree

  Family site: Bartholomew Web Site

  Family tree: 373433201-1 Joab Powell 29 APR 2017 Note: Event: Discovery Added via a Smart Match

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Dave Rutherford for starting this profile.