A letter to the New York Times, reprinted in the 30 April 1864 edition of the Semi- Weekly Wisconsin in Milwaukee, provided insight into the mindsets of the men from company D:
Remarkable History of a Military Company To the Editor of the New York Times:
Company D of the 47th Pennsylvania Regiment, a portion of which recently spent some time at the Soldiers’ Rest, in our city, on the way to Key West, can show the following record. There are in the company the following men:
William Powell,
Andrew Powell,
Solomon Powell,
John Powell
Four brothers and a cousin Daniel Powell
Sources
family history/records. Civil War information provided by George Washington Powell of Donally Mills, Perry County, Pennsylvania, prior to his death in 1925. The information can be verified from Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
~3.12%Jan (Kauffman) Storey :
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