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Lemon Leroy POWELL

Lemon Leroy POWELL

Male 1907 - 1982  (75 years)


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  • Name Lemon Leroy POWELL
    Birth 12 Feb 1907  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910  Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1929  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1930  North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [6] 
    automobile repairman in garage 
    Census 1940  Morris Twp, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Apr 1940  [7] 
    coal miner 
    Occupation Oct 1940  [2] 
    Sam's Auto Wrecking of Washington Pa. 
    Military From 31 Mar 1944 to 10 Nov 1945  [8] 
    U.S. Army, World War II 
    Residence Prosperity, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 8 Apr 1982  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I78713  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2020

    Father James Orval POWELL,   b. 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951 (Age 69 years)
    Mother Iva Myrtle DOTSON,   b. May 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1932 (Age ~ 45 years)
    Family ID F33688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agnes Charity ELLIOTT,   b. 19 Sep 1914, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1987 (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 30 Nov 1929  Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania (North Huntingdon Twp), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
      Lemon Powell, 23, b. WVa, auto repairman in garage, age 23 at time of first marriage; wife Agnes, 18, b. Pennsylvania, age 18 at first marriage.
      NOTE: Agnes was actually two months short of her 15th birthday in November 1929 when she married Lemon Powell in Brooke County, WV. In the marriage record, her age was stated as 21 with birthplace West Union, WV and residence Clarksburg, none of which was correct. She was age 5 in the 1920 Census,

      1940 Census, Washington Co, Pennsylvania (Morris Twp), enumerated on Apr 17 1940:
      Lemon Powell, 33, b. WVa, laborer in coal mine; wife Agnes, 25, b. Pa; son Orvalle, 7, b. Pa; son Harry Lee, 4, b. Pa; son David McCarroll, 2, b. Pa.
    Family ID F33687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S2331] Brooke County Marriage Records, Wellsburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11742496&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    7. [S127] 1940 Census.

    8. [S96] Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    9. [S1932] Social Security Death Index.