George Abbey Powell (1908)

Born 1908 in Meigs, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Virginia (Rhodes) Powell — married 26 Mar 1927 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA

Descendants

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Biography

In 1910, the Powell family lived on their mortgaged farm in Olive, Meigs, Ohio. All members of the household were born in Ohio, as were their parents, except as noted. The household included Richard V. Powell, 28, a farmer, whose father was born in Virginia; his wife of eight years (first marriage for both), Lulu B., 24, who had had six children, five of whom were living; their children, Norma F., 8, in school; Norval, 6, in school; Lucy, 5; George A., 2; and Claude A, an infant.^[1]

In 1918, the Powells lived on their farm at RFD #3, Long Bottom, Meigs, Ohio, when Richard Vernon Powell, 37, registered for the WWI Draft on 12 September 1918 in Meigs, Ohio. His contact was his wife, Lulu B. Powell. Richard was born 4 November 1881. He was of medium height and slender build, with brown eyes and black hair.^[2]

George’s father, Richard Vernon Powell, 37, died of tuberculosis on 12 July 1919 in Orange, Meigs, Ohio. The informant to his death was his wife. He was buried in Tuppers Plains, Ohio.^[3]

In 1920, the Powell family lived at 722 Jeanette St., Parkersville, Wood County, West Virginia. All Powell members of the household were born in Ohio, as were their parents. The household included Lulu Powell, 24, a widow; her children, Norma, 18; Norval, 16, machine man at a machine co.; Lucy, 15, machine hand at a shoe factory; George, 12, in school; Claude, 10, in school; and Frank, 7, in school. Also living with them were five male boarders, aged 17-20. Two worked in a shoe factory, two with the Ohio railroad, and one was a lumber mill laborer.^[4]

Name

Name: George Abbey /Powell/^[5]

George A. Powell^[1]

Georgia Powell^[4][6]

Birth

Date: 1908 Meigs, Ohio, USA

1908 West Virginia^[6]

1908 Ohio^[1][4]

Residence

Residence:

1930 Census: Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia^[6]

Residence:

1920 Census: Parkersburg Ward 4, Wood, West Virginia^[4]

Residence:

1910 Census: Olive, Meigs, Ohio^[1]

Marriage: Wood County, West Virginia Marriage License issued 26 Mar 1927

Date: 26 Mar 1927 Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLXD-1BN : accessed 2 October 2020), George A Powell in household of Richard V Powell, Olive, Meigs, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 106, sheet 16B, family 386, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1214; FHL microfilm 1,375,227.
2. ↑ US WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6NM-7S5)
3. ↑ Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X822-WBJ)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN22-N19 : accessed 2 October 2020), George Powell in household of Lula Powell, Parkersburg Ward 4, Wood, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 170, sheet 7A, line 25, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1973; FHL microfilm 1,821,973.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Ancestry Profile
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCT-VPD : accessed 2 October 2020), George Powell, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 19B, line 63, family 478, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2558; FHL microfilm 2,342,292.

Acknowledgments

• This person was started through the import of Roberts-Bischoff Family Tree.ged on 31 August 2010.