When Adaleide Powell was born in 1822, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Wells Powell, was 35 and her mother, Margaret Barlow, was 35. She married Cary Taylor about 1840, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Washington, Florida, United States for about 10 years and Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 22 July 1895, at the age of 73.