Alabama May Lee

6 February 1858–11 February 1924 (Age 66)
Livingston, Sumter, Alabama, United States

The Life Summary of Alabama May

When Alabama May Lee was born on 6 February 1858, in Livingston, Sumter, Alabama, United States, her father, Isaac James Lee, was 29 and her mother, Susan Lee Boling, was 20. She married Ezekiel Abner Powell Jr. on 29 November 1877, in Sumter, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Brewersville, Sumter, Alabama, United States in 1870 and Sidney, Cheyenne, Nebraska, United States in 1880. She died on 11 February 1924, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

Ezekiel Abner Powell Jr.
1855–1883
Alabama May Lee
1858–1924
Marriage: 29 November 1877
Agnes Lee Powell
1879–
William James Powell
1882–1967

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 November 1877Sumter, Alabama, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 5
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1871
    Age 13
    Historical Boundaries: 1871: Jefferson, Alabama, United States [Spreads across Jefferson and Shelby counties]
    1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
    Age 18
    The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

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    Layman
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    Saelee
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    Sources (14)

    • Allie L Powell, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Allie See, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
    • Allie May Powell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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