Ambrose POWELL1,2,3,4,5,6,7
31st Mar 18401,2,3,4,5,6 - 20th Dec 19294
Life History
31st Mar 1840 |
Born in Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5,6 |
about 1866 |
Married Minerva R FOSTER.3 |
9th Jan 1868 |
Birth of daughter Nancy Ann POWELL in Tennessee.1,5,8 |
about 1869 |
Birth of daughter Mahala Jane POWELL in Tennessee.5,1 |
about 1876 |
Birth of daughter Mary E POWELL in Van Buren County, Arkansas.1 |
about 1876 |
Birth of daughter Sarah F POWELL in Van Buren County, Arkansas.1,2,9 |
about 1879 |
Birth of daughter Margaret Etta POWELL in Van Buren County, Arkansas.1 |
Jun 1882 |
Birth of daughter Delila POWELL in Arkansas.4,10,8 |
1st Apr 1888 |
Birth of son Andrew Julius POWELL in Cleveland, Conway, Arkansas.11,12,7,13,14,15,2,16,17,18 |
29th Jul 1921 |
Death of daughter Delila POWELL in Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma.8 |
27th Jun 1925 |
Death of Minerva R FOSTER in Caddo County, Oklahoma.19,4 |
20th Dec 1929 |
Died in Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma.4 |
Notes
- Working backwards from the Green family, the first public record I found of Sarah Powell's parents was the 1910 census record in Washington Township, Love County, Oklahoma. This is near the town of Marietta. Ambrose and Minerva Powell are living in the household of Sarah and her husband Daniel G Green.
1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 5 May, Washington Township, District 171, page 17A, Hse/Fam #314
Green, D G Head M W 40 Marriage 2 Married 3 years [mar abt 1907] OK US US Farmer Owns Farm [b abt 1870]
Green, Sarah Wife F W 28 Marriage 2 Married 3 years AR AR TN No Occupation [b abt 1882]
Powell, A Father-in-Law M W 70 Marriage 2 Married 44 years AR TN TN Own Account [b abt 1840]
Powell, Manervia Mother-in-Law F W 67 Marriage 1 Married 44 years [mar abt 1866] TN US US No Occupation [b abt 1843]
By 1920, Ambrose and Minerva have moved east to near the Arkansas border in McCurtain, Oklahoma.
1920 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, 8 January, Whitfield, District 135, page 7A, 16th St, Hse #114, Fam #118
Powell, Ambrose Head Rents M W 78 AR TN TN No Occup
Powell, Minerva R Wife F W 75 TN SC Unknown No Occup
Earlier information later came to light, giving us more information on their history. In 1870 they had been married a short time and were living in Van Buren County, Arkansas. This census is interesting because the enumerator has mixed the ages somehow. He has reported Minerva as 2, first daughter Nancy as 1 and second daughter Mahala as 21. The age of 21, of course, should be for Minerva, and the order of birth being correct from other sources, the ages of the girls need to be moved down one line. On this transcription I have put the age numbers on the correct line.
The interesting age is Ambrose, who is listed here as 25. This would put his birth date in about 1845. A genealogy (see below) giving the names of all the children and other family information gives Ambrose's birth date at 31 March 1840. Minerva's birthday in the genealogy is also several years earlier than the census ages would indicate.
But note that the age reported in the 1910 census above does match the genealogy for Ambrose's birth date, but it makes Minerva still a year older than allowed by the reported birth date of the genealogy. In the censuses, Minerva is usually reported as 3 years younger than Ambrose,even as their ages vary from census to census. But in 1880 they are two years apart.
They have not been in Arkansas for long before the 1870 census, since both the children were born in Tennessee. Mahala was born in about 1869, so we can tell they moved to Arkansas in late 1869 or the first half of 1870.
1870 Federal Census, Van Buren County, Arkansas, 4 August, Craig Township, PO Clinton, page 14, Hse/Fam #30
Powell, Ambrose 25 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate $100 Personal b AR
Powell, Minerva 21 F W Keeping House b TN
Powell, Nancy 2 F W b TN
Powell, Mahala 1 F W b TN
Living next door is Andrew's brother Andrew J and his family. Andrew's middle name is probably Julius. Ambrose named one of his children Andrew Julius.
In 1880, all the children are reported born in Arkansas.
1880 Federal Census, Van Buren County, Arkansas, 3 June, Craig Township, District 2, page 43, Hse #325, Fam #330
Powell, Ambrose W M 38 Farmer AR TN TN
Powell, Menerva W F 36 Wife Keeps House TN TN TN
Powell, Nancy A W F 12 Dau At Home AR TN TN
Powell, Mahala J W F 10 Dau AR TN TN
Powell, Mary E W F 4 Dau AR TN TN
Powell, Sarah F W F 3 Dau AR TN TN
Powell, Margret [sic] E W F 1 Dau AR TN TN
Goslin, William W M 21 Servant Single Works on Farm AR AR AR
A Powell genealogy provides some details about Ambrose and Minerva and their family. This genealogy reports Andrew Julius also born in Arkansas, confirmed by various public records, including Social Security records and draft registration. These documents also report his birthplace as Cleveland, in Conway County, Arkansas (Morrilton area), which makes sense, being south of the mountains where they had lived in Clinton, Arkansas, and farther west along the Arkansas River.
The migratory route fits with the next documented residence recorded in 1900 in Choctaw Nation, across the Red River from Grayson County, Texas (Sherman-Dennison area). There are a couple of routes they could have taken to get to southern Choctaw Nation. They could have gone on west to Fort Smith on the border, then south, which is a still a major route from Houston to Kansas City along US 59. Or they could have angled from Conway County southwest through Mt Ida and other settlements in the Ouachita Mountains, then across the Arkansas border at around DeQueen, south of the main crest of the Ouachita Mountains (spelled Washita on the Oklahoma side).
Ambrose Powell
Birth 31 MAR 1840 in Arkansas
Death 20 DEC 1929 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Parents Ambrose Powell 1802-1870
Nancy J. Holley 1810-1870
Marriage 1 Jan 1865 to Minerva R. Foster
Birth 16 APR 1844 in Tennessee
Death 27 JUN 1925 in Caddo County, Oklahoma
Children:
Nancy Ann Powell b 1868
Mahala J. Powell b 1870
Mary E. Powell b 1876
Margaret Powell b 1878
Sarah F. Powell b 1879
Delilia C. Powell 1882-1921
Andrew Julius Powell 1889-1965
-- Powell, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14599074/person/131623040
The name of the youngest child here also tells us where Sarah Powell and Daniel Green got the name Julius for their son, who is reported in the 1930 census as age 16. Since public records inform us that Andrew was born in Conway County, Arkansas, this confirms also that Delila (Delilah?) was born in Arkansas, but it could have been in Van Buren (Clinton) or in Conway. I have not found any public documentation of her birth. Note that Minerva was still bearing children till she was about 45 years old.
By 1900, Ambrose had moved his family south and west to Choctaw Nation, resident in the town of Caddo, near the Texas border.
1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, 13 June, Caddo, Township 5, District 183, page 4A, Hse/Fam #58
Morrison, James T Head W M June 1861 38 Married 20 yrs AL AL AL Farmer Rents
Morrison, Mary Wife W F Feb 1855 45 Married 20 yrs 8 children/5 living GA TN TN
Morrison, Verges (?) Son W M Oct 1885 14 AR AL AL Farmer
Powell, Ambrose Boarder W M Mar 1882 59 Married 34 yrs AR TN TN Farmer
Powell, Manuell [sic] Boarder W F Apr 1846 51 [sic] Married 34 yrs 15 children/6 living TN SC TN
Powell, Sarah F Boarder W F June 1879 20 AL VA TN
Powell, Julia A Boarder W M April 1889 11 AL VA TN
I cannot make sense of the date of birth and age recorded here for Minerva (Called Manuell). Her birth date is clearly Apr 1846, but the accompanying age, just as clearly written, is only 51, instead of 54 to match the birth date. The birth date of Sarah here does not match other sources, notably the 1880 census, where she is already reported as 3 years old. And Julius is called Julia, though designated as a male.
Before 1910, Ambrose moved farther west from Choctaw Nation into Chickasaw Nation, which became Love County, Oklahoma, in December 1907. This was where I first found them in my search for this Powell-Green family, as documented above.
We last saw them living alone as a couple in McCurtain County, in southeastern Oklahoma, on the border with both Arkansas and Texas. Family genealogies report that Minerva died in Caddo County, Oklahoma, in 1925 and Ambrose in McCurtain County in 1929.
Sources
- 1. 1880 Federal Census, Van Buren County, Arkansas
- 3 June, Craig Township, District 2, page 43, Hse #325, Fam #330
- 2. 1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 13 June, Caddo, Township 5, District 183, page 4A, Hse/Fam #58
- 3. 1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
- 5 May, Washington Township, District 171, page 17A, Hse/Fam #314
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- Powell, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14599074/person/131623040
- 5. 1870 Federal Census, Van Buren County, Arkansas
- 4 August, Craig Township, PO Clinton, page 14, Hse/Fam #30
- 6. 1920 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
- 8 January, Whitfield, District 135, page 7A, 16th St, Hse #114, Fam #118
- 7. Ancestry Trees
- Bishop Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21181282/person/1052381593?ssrc=&ftm=1
- 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 9. 1930 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
- 17 April, Eagle Township, near Broken Bow, District 3, page 15B, Hse #312, Fam #324
- 10. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 12 June, Township 3, District 160, page 12B, Hse/Fam #210
- 11. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 12. 1940 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
- 9 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 19-25, page 5B, Spring Hill & River Rd, Hse #93, Rents $2
- 13. Social Security Death Index
- 14. Texas Death Certificate
- 15. 1920 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma
- 11 February, Thomas Township, District 97, page 17B, Hse/Fam #330
- 16. 1910 United States Federal Census
- Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
- 29 April, Washington Township, District 173, page 5A (scan 119), Hse #106, Fam #107
- 17. 1930 United States Federal Census
- 14 April, Precinct 6, District 21, page 8A, Hse #165, Fam #171
- 18. 1920 United States Federal Census
- 11 February, Thomas Township, District 97, page 17B, Hse/Fam #330
- 19. Ancestry Trees
- Powell, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14599074/person/131623046
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