When William Morgan Powell was born on 6 September 1880, in Republic, Kansas, United States, his father, Morgan LeRoy Powell, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Kiley, was 22. He married Jennie Clark on 16 March 1905. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Nora, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States for about 25 years and Election District 11 Saratoga, Carbon, Wyoming, United States in 1940. He died on 12 March 1959, in Saratoga, Carbon, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Saratoga, Carbon, Wyoming, United States.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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