When William Powell was born in 1806, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Lewis Sanford Powell, was 26 and his mother, Patience Watson, was 20. He married Elizabeth J McKay from January 1830 to December 1830, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in DeKalb, Alabama, United States in 1860. In 1860, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as wheelwright in Duck Springs, Etowah, Alabama, United States. He died in Etowah, Alabama, United States, and was buried in Thrasher Cemetery, Mountainboro, Etowah, Alabama, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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