Lucy P. Powell (1905 - 2000)

Born 4 Apr 1905 in Ohio, United States

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Died 15 Feb 2000 at age 94 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia

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]

Lucy’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]

Sources

1. ↑ 1910 US Census, Olive, Meigs, Ohio (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLXD-1BD)
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. ↑ 1920 US Census, Parkersville Ward 4, Wood, West Virginia (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN22-NBY)