John Powell was enumerated as head of the household at Lithonia and Redan Road, Redan, DeKalb County, Georgia for the January 23, United States Census, 1920. He was noted as born 1848 in Georgia and married. He was an owner and a farmer on a general farm as seen in the image of the original census. Also included in the household are wife Martha Powell and son Memergene Powell.[3]
John Powell was listed as the father of Luther N Powell who died March 7, 1932 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The mother was listed as Martha Whitley.[4]
John Louis Powell is buried at Lithonia City Cemetery in Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.[5]
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↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8LG-2ST : accessed 21 Aug 2014), John L Powell, Lithonia, De Kalb, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 412D, NARA microfilm publication T9.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3ND-83G : accessed 21 Aug 2014), John Powell, Militia Districts 536, 1398, Panthersville, Redan, DeKalb, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 297, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240192.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJD4-19C : accessed 21 Aug 2014), John Powell, Redan, De Kalb, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 15A, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820249.
↑ "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-L966 : 11 March 2018), John Powell in entry for Luther N Powell, 07 Mar 1932; citing Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, Georgia Archives, Morrow; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCSY-GS5 : accessed 21 Aug 2014), John L Powell, Georgia, United States; citing p. 56, family 439, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000545646.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLKN-WJ2 : accessed 21 Aug 2014), John L Powell, Redan, Dekalb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374197.
"Georgia, Deaths, 1914-1927," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD66-N16 : accessed 21 Aug 2014), John L Powell in entry for Sadie Ophelia Brantley, 05 Aug 1920; citing Lithonia, DeKalb, Georgia, United States, reference 28205, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2295622.
"Georgia, Deaths, 1914-1927," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD6F-XX9 : accessed 21 Aug 2014), John L. Powell in entry for Mamie Lou Scott, 12 Nov 1920; citing DeKalb, Georgia, United States, reference 30991, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2295624.
"Georgia, Deaths, 1914-1927," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDF2-PBW : accessed 21 Aug 2014), J.L Powell in entry for Martha Ann Powell, 18 Apr 1924; citing Lithonia, DeKalb, Georgia, United States, reference 11241, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2321581.
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