Brief Life History of William Henry ‘Billie’
When William Henry ‘Billie’ Powell was born on 25 January 1847, in Clay, Missouri, United States, his father, Robert Coleman Powell, was 29 and his mother, Julia Ann Rhodes, was 24. He married Amanda Ellen McCoy on 22 September 1869, in Pulaski, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Gentry, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Eminence, Shannon, Missouri, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1863. He died on 18 October 1919, in Shannon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Shannon, Missouri, United States.
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- William Powell in household of Robert C Powell, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Henry Powell, "Find A Grave Index"
- W H Powell in entry for David L Bales, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
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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