Person:Francis Waddell (1)

!BIRTH:Gravestone Inscription from Waddell - Powers Family Cemetery, Wesson, Lincoln Co. MS Baptism Record from St James Episcopan Church, Wilmington, NC as found on Morman Film #0860264.

!BAPTISM: St James Church and Historical Records 1737-1852, Vol l, by Ida Brooks Kellam and Elizabeth Francenia McKoy, 1965/1989, Wilmington, NC, Pg 93

!MARRIAGE: Information taken from a list copied from F. M. WADDELL's Family Bible. The bible has since been lost. Pickering Papers, USM

!MILITARY:General Index of Confederate Soldiers - (Co.B,Stockdales' Batl'n, MS Cavalry) Found listed on the "List of Volunteers in the service of Covington Co. and in the State of MS as recorded by the County Commissioners of Covington County in Feb 1864". This was at the Collins Public Library, MS.

!DEATH: Gravestone Inscription from WADDELL-POWERS Family Cemetery in Wesson, Lincoln Co. MS. Obituary from the WESSON MIRROR Newspaper, 2 July 1907 Information taken from a list copied from the F. M. WADDELL family Bible.

!RELATIONSHIPS: 1850 census, Brunswick NC, HH 66, P42 1860 Census, Covington MS, HH 1, P 1 1880 Census, Lincoln, MS, H 55, P 71B 1967 Search for Clear Title to lands of F. M. WADDELL, Lincoln Co. MS, done by Owens Roberts, Attorney, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

!NOTES OF INTEREST: F.M.WADDELL used his given initials for his signature but was probably called by his second given name, Marion, by family and friends. Only the name Marion was found in the 1880 census and on a list of volunteer soldiers, although both full given names were on the General Index of Confederate Soldiers. He signed all of his deeds, F.M.WADDELL. Covington County, MS records have been destroyed by fire. One deed book that still remains showed that Marion and Sarah sold land in Covington Co. in 1867 and again in 1875. They bought their land in Lincoln County MS 1879. Marion was a member of the Methodist Church. His cause of death was unknown, but an article in the WESSON MIRROR stated that he has been very ill for three months before he died. Marion is buried in the WADDELL-POWERS family cemetery in Wesson, MS. This cemetery is fenced in and sits on a small knoll. It is surrounded by pastureland used for grazing cattle. It is on private land owned by the POWERS family but very near to the WADDELL property. The POWERS graves are unmarked and there is no indication as to where or how many are located there. There are five WADDELL graves, each covered with concrete. Marion's is the only with a marker. WADDELL PETTIGREW, grandson to Marion said the other four graves are graves of Sarah LAIRD WADDELL, Wellington, Maurice, and Robert L. WADDELL.