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Theophilus POWELL
(1792 –1861)
Rachael Ruth CENTER
(1819 –1890)
Alfred Bainbridge COLLVER
(1819 –1902)
Ruth RICE
(1827 –1903)
Isaac Jamison POWELL
(1843 –1921)
Adelia Emily COLLVER
(1852 –1920)
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John Melvin POWELL
(1872 –1958)

 

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1. Della Alice WHITE

2. Milda Jane LINN
3. Louisa Adelia FANTON

John Melvin POWELL 5 6 7
  • Born: 9 February 1872, Needy, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  • Marriage (1): Della Alice WHITE on 31 December 1896 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, USA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): Milda Jane LINN on 15 October 1931 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA
  • Marriage (3): Louisa Adelia FANTON on 9 November 1936 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA 2 4
  • Died: 7 February 1958, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA at age 85 6 15
  • Buried: 11 February 1958, Juniper Flat, Wasco County, Oregon, USA 16

bullet   Cause of his death was Senility, far advanced; 5 years.

bullet   Other names for John were John M. POWELL 3 11 12 14 and M. John POWELL.10

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bullet  General Notes

JOHN MELVIN POWELL was born 09 Feb 1872 in Oregon, although the exact location in Oregon is disputed. According to several of his children (and listed on his death certificate), John was born in Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon, USA — now known as Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA. But according to a marriage certificate and the Social Security Application form that John filled out himself, he was born in Needy, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.

John was the second son of the Methodist circuit preacher and farmer Isaac Jamison Powell and his wife, Adelia Emily Collver.  The family eventually settled in Wasco County, Oregon, farming in Dufur and Tygh Valley.  On 31 December 1896 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, John married his wife, Della Alice White, daughter of Homer White and Nancy Anna Powell (a different branch of Powells).

John and Della had a homestead up on Juniper Flat, near Wapinitia, and all of their 10 children were born there on the family farm.  Della developed colon cancer, and died in 1927 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon.  John remarried a few times (although none of them were lengthy marriages), lost the homestead because of financial difficulties (some stemming from Della's medical bills), and eventually ended up in a nursing home in Portland, where he died on 07 Feb 1958.  He was buried in Kelly Cemetery, next to Della, on 11 Feb 1958.

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bullet  Death Notes

4:50 am at Graystone Nursing Home; Age at death 85 years.

bullet  Burial Notes

Kelly Cemetery, on Juniper Flat, near Maupin, Oregon (Block 26, Lot 3, Grave 4)

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He was described as hair was brown.
  • He has conflicting birth information of 9 February 1872 and Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon, USA. 3 6 9 10 11 12 14 17 now Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA
  • He worked as a farmer.

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  • He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 25 June 1880 in Fifteen Mile, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 10

1880 Census Place: Fifteen Mile, Wasco, Oregon
Name / Race / Gender / Age / Relation / Marital Status / Occupation / Birthplace / Father's Birthplace / Mother's Birthplace

Powell J. Isaac     W   M   37                 Married   Farmer          Missouri  
------ E. Adelia    W   F   28      Wife       Married   Keeping house   Utah       Ohio       Iowa
------ W. Herbert   W   M    9      Son                                  Oregon     Missouri   Utah
------ M. John      W   M    8      Son                                  Oregon     Missouri   Utah
------ R. Alice     W   M    5      Daughter                             Oregon     Missouri   Utah
------ W. James     W   M    3      Son                                  Oregon     Missouri   Utah
------ A. Nancy     W   F   5/12*   Daughter                             Oregon     Missouri   Utah
   *Born in February 1880

  • He worked as a farmer on 1 June 1900 in Oak Grove Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 3

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  • He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 1 June 1900 in Oak Grove Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 3

    Name / Relation / Race / Sex / Birth / Age / Marital Status and Number of Children / Birthplace / Father's Birthplace / Mother's Birthplace / Occupation

    Powell  John M    Head       W  M   Feb. 1872   28     M  3         Oregon                        Farmer*
    ------  Della A   Wife       W  F   June 1877   22     M  3  2  2   Iowa     Indiana   Missouri
    ------  Carl A    Son        W  M   Nov. 1897    2     S            Oregon   Oregon    Iowa
    ------  Alma M    Daughter   W  F   Nov. 1899    6/12  S            Oregon   Oregon    Iowa
       *rents farm

    Census:  Oak Grove Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (Enumeration District No. 150, Sheet No. 6);
             enumeration date not given, but data recorded as of 01 June 1900
  • He appeared on the 1910 US Federal Census on 3 May 1910 in Tygh Valley Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 18 Tygh Valley Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (John M., age 38)

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  • Gallery: Postcard (side 2), on 14 July 1915, in Sanger, Fresno County, California, USA.

                            July 14, 1915
    Dear Bro & Sister,
       We sent you a picture
    of Lloyd a few days ago
    and wondered if you
    received it all right.
       We are all well.
    The Oregon people had
    a picnic dinner
    at the river the 4th July.
    Crisle's, Parker's, Mrs. White
    Storee's, Sylvia Flynn
    and all the Oregon people
    we[re] there. I wish you
    folks would come in
    and see us all. Once
    in a while.
    Bye Bye write soon to Margie and
                          Clarence.


    Postcard to:
         Mr. & Mrs. John Powell.
                    Wapinitia
         Wasco Co.  Oregon.

    Postmarked: Sanger, California, July 14, 1915, 7:30 pm
    Stamped: U.S. Postage, 1 cent.

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  • Gallery: Postcard (side 1), on 14 July 1915, in Sanger, Fresno County, California, USA.

    Clarence and Margie White sent this postcard to John and Della Powell. Clarence was the younger brother of Della.
  • He worked as a farming, general on 29 January 1920 in Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 11

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  • He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 29 January 1920 in Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 11

    John M Powell       47
    Della A Powell       42
    Carl A Powell       22
    Lula V Powell       16
    Lawerence D Powell       13
    Ruby L Powell       10
    Della E Powell       8
    Ellyn R Powell       4
    James H Powell       1
  • He worked as a farmer, wheat farm on 9 May 1930 in Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 12

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  • He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 9 May 1930 in Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 12

    John M Powell       58
    Evelyn Powell       15
    James Powell       12
    Arthur Powell       10
    Josie Young       38
    Alfred L Olmstead       18
  • He had a residence in 1935 in Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 14
  • He worked as a farmer on 1 April 1940 in Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 14

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  • He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 1 April 1940 in Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 14

Powell John M   Head         M  W  68  D   Oregon   same place               Farmer    Farm
Pechette Ben    Hired hand   M  W  24  S   Oregon   same place               Laborer   Farm
Webb Harold A   Hired hand   M  W  57  S   Idaho    Nyssa, Malheur, Oregon   Laborer   Farm

  • He had a residence before 1954 in Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.
  • He had a residence in 1954-1958 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA. 17
  • Fact: at the time of his death, John had 40 grandchildren, in 1958. 9

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  • Gallery: Death Certificate, on 7 February 1958, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA.

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  • His obituary was published in the published in The Oregonian on 10 February 1958 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA.

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  • He was buried at the Kelly Cemetery in Juniper Flat, Wasco County, Oregon, USA on 11 February 1958.
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John married Della Alice WHITE, daughter of Homer WHITE and Nancy Ann POWELL, on 31 December 1896 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.1 2 3 (Della Alice WHITE was born on 20 June 1877 in Harrison County, Iowa, USA,3 11 19 died on 4 January 1927 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA 17 20 21 and was buried on 7 January 1927 in Juniper Flat, Wasco County, Oregon, USA 16 17.). The cause of her death was "Carcinoma of ilium" (ileum).


bullet  Marriage Notes

At the home of Homer White; Witnesses: Herbert Powell, J. E. Connor.

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John next married Milda Jane LINN, daughter of Benjamin Franklin LINN and Susan Catherine NOYER, on 15 October 1931 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. (Milda Jane LINN was born on 3 September 1880 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA,22 died on 25 April 1935 in Wasco County, Oregon, USA 15 and was buried in 1935 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.)


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John next married Louisa Adelia FANTON on 9 November 1936 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.2 4 The marriage ended in divorce before 1940. (Louisa Adelia FANTON was born on 25 December 1875 in Sumner, Coos County, Oregon, USA 18 23 24 25 26 and died on 13 May 1965 in Linn County, Oregon, USA.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 13. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  2. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  3. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls), John M. Powell household, Oak Grove Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA; 1900 Census Place: Oak Grove, Wasco, Oregon, roll 1353, page 6A, enumeration district 0150, FHL microfilm 1241353.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. NARA microfilm publication T627, 4,643 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Louisa A. Rice and John M. Powell households, Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.
  5. Kirsty M. Haining.
  6. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 13, 56, 67, 92, 101. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  7. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936 – 2007 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936 – 2007.), entry for John Melvin Powell, SSN 542-26-9801, born 9 Feb 1872 in Needy, Clackamus, Oregon, son of Isaac J. Powell and Adelia Culver.
  8. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  9. Personal knowledge of Elden Eugene Richmond (1924 – 2017), family historian. Email Kirsty Haining for contact info for Elden.
  10. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), J. Isaac Powell household, Fifteen-Mile, Wasco County, Oregon; Roll T9_1084; Family History Film 1255084; Page 282D; Enumeration District 123; Image 0558.
  11. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John M. Powell household, Wapinitia precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.
  12. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John M. Powell household, Wapinitia precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.
  13. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining), 1931, JM Powell and Milda J. Shumway.
  14. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. NARA microfilm publication T627, 4,643 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John M. Powell household, Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.
  15. Ancestry.com, Oregon, Death Index, 1898 – 2008 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903 –1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center; and Oregon Death Indexes, 1903 –1970 and Oregon Death Indexes, 1971– 2008; Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library).
  16. Kelly Cemetery, listing of gravestones.
  17. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  18. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC).
  19. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 101. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  20. Personal knowledge of Beulah Richmond Springstead (1922 – 2008), family historian.
  21. Ancestry.com, Oregon, Death Index, 1898 – 2008 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903 –1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center; and Oregon Death Indexes, 1903 –1970 and Oregon Death Indexes, 1971– 2008; Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library), Della Powell death, 04 Jan 1927, Wasco County, Oregon, Certificate No. 2.
  22. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls), Chas B. Shumway household, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA.
  23. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls).
  24. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC).
  25. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC).
  26. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. NARA microfilm publication T627, 4,643 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Louisa A. Rice household, Wapinitia Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.


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