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Facts and Events
Name |
Wesley Samuel Powell |
Alt Name[1] |
Samuel Wesley Powell |
Gender |
Male |
Birth? |
14 Jan 1856 |
Stark, Ohio, United States |
Occupation[1] |
Abt 1872 |
After his father died he began working among the farmers in summer and attending school in winter. |
Residence[1] |
1878 |
Benton, Iowa, United States |
Marriage |
12 Dec 1878 |
to Sarah Esther Baker |
Residence[1] |
From 1879 to 1882 |
A farm of 80 acres near Biarstown, Iowa. (Note: I can not find a Biarstown, Iowa) |
Residence[1] |
From 1902 to 1906 |
Pierson, Woodbury, Iowa, United StatesLived in Pierson, but moved to the farm again in the spring of 1906. |
Religion[1] |
1906 |
They are in fellowship with the Evangelical church in which Mr Powell has held official relation for many years. He believes in temperance and so votes Prohibition. |
Death? |
22 Mar 1913 |
Cherokee, Iowa, United States |
Burial[2] |
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Grand Meadow Township Cemetery, Grand Meadow (township), Cherokee, Iowa, United States |
"1882 he sold out and went 200 miles farther west, into Cherokee county, near Pierson, where he bought 320 acres, adding 320 acres more later. He bought this land at a low price, which has greatly increased in value, thus putting them in comfortable circumstances. The boys are all farmers and located on the large home farm."S1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 D.J. Powell. The Powell Family a Record and Biography of the Descendants of Thomas Powell, Sr. (1906, Damascus, Ohio).
- ↑ Grand Meadow Township Cemetery, rural Washta, Cherokee Co., Iowa burial listing.
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