Francis Powell

Female1854–

Brief Life History of Francis

When Francis Powell was born in 1854, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, her father, Edmond Dillahunty Powell Jr., was 34 and her mother, Mary Polly Stafford, was 28.

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Family Time Line

Edmond Dillahunty Powell Jr.
1821–1880
Mary Polly Stafford
1827–
John Powell
1843–1860
Paul Clay Powell
1846–
Dicey Diana E Powell
1849–
James Powell
1865–
Julia A Powell
1850–
Francis Marion Powell
1854–
Francis Powell
1854–
William Powell Sr.
1856–
Mary S. Powell
1859–
Matilda Powell
1865–1924
Samuel Powell
1866–1900
Margaret "Maggie" Powell
1870–

Sources (2)

  • Francis Powell in household of Ed Powell, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Francis Powell in the 1860 United States Federal Census

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (12)

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World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

Age 8

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

Age 9

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1886

Age 32

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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