William Powell (1796)

Born 10 Nov 1796 in Kentucky, United States

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Biography

William Powell was born in 1796 in Kentucky^[1].

He lived in Fleming County, Kentucky from at least 1830 to 1840.^[2][3] He moved to Shelby County, Missouri around 1849. (His daughter, Leithe, was born in 1848 in Kentucky, and his younger daughter, Tobitha, was born in 1850 in Missouri.)^[1]

In 1870, his wife, Mary, was living in Adams County, Illinois without him, so he probably died sometime between 1850 and 1870.^[4]

He likely married at least twice, with at least nineteen children born to the two (or more) marriages.

One wife was born between 1791 and 1800. She's listed on the 1830 census^[2]

A subsequent wife, Mary (probably Mary Field) was born in 1808. She's likely listed on the 1840 census, and is definitely listed on the 1850 census.^[3][1][5]

These children were probably born to a previous wife, not Mary.^[2][3]

son - 1816-1820

son - 1816-1820

son - 1820/1821

son - 1821-1825

son - 1825/1826

son - 1826-1830

daughter - 1826-1830

These children could have been born to either Mary or a previous wife.^[3][1]

son - 1833 - Hiram

son - 1834 - Grant

daughter - 1836 - Penelope

son - 1837 - Evans

son - 1836-1840 - unknown child who only appears on the 1840 census

daughter - 1838 - Elizabeth

daughter - 1839- Phebe - There are not enough girls of the correct ages on the 1840 census. Phebe was very young and may have been incorrectly listed as male.

On the 1840 census, the household also includes a woman born between 1811 and 1820. There's no daughter of that age on the 1830 census, so the woman on the 1840 census is probably not a daughter.

These children were probably born to Mary:^[1]

Mary - 1842

John - 1844

Robert - 1843

Letha - 1847

Tobitha - 1850

Research Notes

William Powell is sometimes confused with William Marshall Powell. Both men were born in Kentucky around 1796. William Powell lived in northeastern Kentucky in Fleming County, and then moved to Shelby County, Missouri around 1849, where he likely died.

William Marshall Powell spent his entire life in north central Kentucky, in Oldham and Trimble counties.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PZ-YR4 : accessed 6 September 2019), William Powel household, Shelby, Missouri, United States; citing family 314, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYK-S8VL?cc=1803958&wc=35YH-73F%3A1588469303%2C1588471611%2C1588471712 : 14 August 2015), Kentucky > Fleming > Western Division > image 35 of 73; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-TXX  : accessed 6 March 2020), William Powell, Division 1, Fleming, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 196, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 110; FHL microfilm 7,825.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6F3V-WQ?cc=1438024&wc=9227-L2W%3A518684301%2C518654502%2C519929601 : 11 June 2019), Illinois > Adams > Ursa > image 7 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940", Ancestry.com, database with images (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/iamarriagerec/: accessed 20 September 2019) > Year of Marriage 1903 >413 (Keokuk - Poweshiek) > image 209 of 592 > John J. Powell and Sarah A. Bacon; citing Iowa Department of Public Health, "Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1922," State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.

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