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Martha Ellen Powell, 1848 - 1923
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Martha Ellen Powell, married Andrew Jones
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Powell Sisters: Martha Ellen Powell (Jones), Sarah
Elizabeth Powell (Timberlake) and Mary Ann Powell (Scott)
Photos shared by Dennis Ward who descends from Martha
Ellen.
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Ira Powell was an Illinois native who farmed near
Moundville. In the 1870 census, he was 32 and claimed $900
worth of real estate. His wife Sarah L., was age 26, and
from Kentucky. This family had only recently arrived at
Moundville in 1870, as all of their children, including a
one year old child, had been born in Illinois. Their
daughters were, Ida
May, age 9; Sarah E., age 7, Georganna, age 4;
and Mary E., age 1. By 1880, more children had been born and
wife, Sarah had died. She is also in Moundville
Cemetery.
Left: Grave Marker from Moundville Cemetery for Ira
Powell (1838 - 1908) and second wife, Floid Powell (1838 -
1927)
Right: George Powell died 1876, age 40.
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Right: Another early Powell grave is in Welborn
Cemetery. This is for James T. Powell who died in 1892 at
the age of 47.
To the right of that is the obituary for his wife, M.
E. Bacon Powell Inglish who died near Bronaugh in 1914. It
is from a copy of a copy, so I will try to give the
highlights of the obituary here:
M. E. Bacon was born November 10, 1845 in St. Louis
County, MO and died July 10, 1914. (I am confused about
this date however, because the obituary appeared in the July
5 issue of the Bronaugh Journal and I cannot imagine how
this date can be correct.) She was 65 years, 7 months
and 4 days old. She had married James T. Powell in 1870 and
they had six children, four were surviving - John A, William
N, Thomas James and Maude Alice. Mr. Powell had died
December 23, 1892. She then married M.
V. Inglish on March 14, 1894. Mr. Inglish
Survived. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South and at the time of her death, was a member of the
Bronaugh Methodist Church. Funeral servies were conducted by
Rev. Welborn in the ME Church South in Moundville. Burial
was in Welborn Cemetery.
Nancy Thompson notes that the gravestone reads Mary
Elizabeth English, wife of Van English. The spelling for the
name seems to vary between English and Inglish.
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Warner T. Powell and his wife Alice were pioneer
residents of Moundville. This is their grave marker from
Welborn Cemetery.
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