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Reuben POWELL

Reuben POWELL

Male 1845 - 1912  (66 years)


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  • Name Reuben POWELL
    Birth 17 Jun 1845  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given a Jun 1843 in 1900 Census. But age was 5 in 1850 Census, and 14 in 1860 Census. Other researchers have reported a birth date of Jun 17 1845.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 25 Dec 1862 to May 1864  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Pvt, Co A, 7th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (gunshot wounds) 
    Residence 1878  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [8] 
    laborer 
    Residence 1890  Eagle Mills, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [9] 
    farmer 
    Census 1910  Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 May 1912  [1] 
    Burial Barker Cemetery, Price Fork Rd, near Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I89616  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2018

    Father Joseph POWELL,   b. CA 1818
    Mother Susan LAWSON,   b. CA 1820   d. Bef Jul 1855 (Age ~ 35 years)
    Family ID F12336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ann MARTIN,   b. CA 1845, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 12 Nov 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Dudley Evans POWELL,   b. 27 Dec 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F51172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Synthia MCGEORGE,   b. CA 1850, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft May 1912 (Age ~ 62 years)
    Marriage 1 Oct 1878  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Albert POWELL,   b. CA 1874
    >2. Ada Z. POWELL,   b. Jul 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. James Orval POWELL,   b. 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951 (Age 69 years)
     4. Henry T. POWELL,   b. Oct 1886
    Family ID F38486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 182, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791319&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S2126] 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    9. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 182, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791319&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Rheuben R. Powell, widowed, age 27y 6m, b. Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Susan Powell; and Mary Ann Martin, widowed, 26, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of George & (blank) Martin. Married Nov 12 1871 in Doddridge County, officiated by R. S. Welch.