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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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James Walter POWELL
(1877 –1962)

 

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1. Helen Rosa DAVENPORT

James Walter POWELL 1 2
  • Born: 15 June 1877, Wasco County, Oregon, USA 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Helen Rosa DAVENPORT on 30 November 1905 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA
  • Died: 15 June 1962, near Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington, USA at age 85
  • Buried: 1962, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA

bullet   Other names for James were James POWELL,4 James W. POWELL 5 and W. James POWELL.3

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bullet  General Notes

After the children were grown, James sold the farm at High Prairie and bought a small farm near Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington, USA

bullet  Burial Notes

Park Hill Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He had a residence in High Prairie, Klickitat County, Washington, USA. Wheat farming section of eastern Washington
  • He was described as hair so black it was blue-black in the sun.

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  • He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 25 June 1880 in Fifteen Mile, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 3

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 farm laborer on 13 June 1900 in Dufur, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 4

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  • He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 13 June 1900 in Dufur, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 4

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

Powell  Isaac J    Head       W  M   Ap   1843   57  M  30         Missouri  Virginia   Virginia   U B Minister*
------  Adelia E   Wife       W  F   Jny  1853   47  M  30  9  8   Utah      Ohio       Ohio      
------  Eva        Daughter   W  F   July 1883   16  S             Oregon    Missouri   Utah       at school
------  Bessie     Daughter   W  F   Dec  1885   14  S             Oregon    Missouri   Utah       at school
------  Lida       Daughter   W  F   Dec  1888   11  S             Oregon    Missouri   Utah       at school
------  Myrtle     Daughter   W  F   July 1892    7  S             Oregon    Missouri   Utah       at school
------  James      Son        W  M   June 1877   22  S             Oregon    Missouri   Utah       Farm Laborer
Barzee  Alice      Daughter   W  F   Aug  1874   25  M   1         Oregon    Missouri   Utah
   *Owns house free of mortgage

Census:  First Street, Dufur City, Dufur Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (Enumeration District No. 149, Sheet No. 6);
         enumerated on the 13th of June 1900, but data recorded as of 01 June 1900

  • He worked as a farmer on 7 April 1930 in Hartland Precinct, Klickitat County, Washington, USA. 5
  • He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 7 April 1930 in Hartland Precinct, Klickitat County, Washington, USA. 5

James W Powell       50
Helen R Powell       43
Edna Powell       19
Donald J Powell       13
Oscar H Powell       11
Delbert E Powell       9


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James married Helen Rosa DAVENPORT, daughter of Dennis Daniel DAVENPORT and Sophronia Abbie DUNTON, on 30 November 1905 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. (Helen Rosa DAVENPORT was born on 11 May 1886 in Rhea Creek, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA,5 died in April 1975 in Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington, USA and was buried in 1975 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 13, 56, 67, 92. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  3. 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.
  4. 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), Isaac J. Powell household, First Street, Dufur City, Dufur Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA; 1900 Census Place: Dufur, Wasco, Oregon, roll 1353, page 6B, enumeration district 0149, FHL microfilm 1241353.
  5. 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), James W. Powell household, Hartland Precinct, Klickitat County, Washington, USA.


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