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Jacob PowellAge: 80 years18151895

Name
Jacob Powell
Given names
Jacob
Surname
Powell
Birth March 10, 1815 35 21
MarriageMartha Adaline TroutmanView this family
January 3, 1842 (Age 26 years)
Text:
Name: Jacob Powell Sex: Male Residence Place: Cass Spouse's Name: Martha A Troutman Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Residence Place: Cass Officiator's Name: P J Buckingham Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 3 Jan 1842 Event Place: Cass, Indiana, United States First Page Number: 69
Birth of a daughter
#1
Maria L Powell
December 27, 1842 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Matilda Powell
January 8, 1844 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Orlando Powell
January 17, 1845 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Jehu Z “John” Powell
August 13, 1848 (Age 33 years)
Census September 2, 1850 (Age 35 years)
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherJosiah Powell
May 6, 1867 (Age 52 years)
Census August 30, 1870 (Age 55 years)
Death of a wifeMartha Adaline Troutman
May 20, 1878 (Age 63 years)
Death of a motherMargaret Mugg
May 2, 1880 (Age 65 years)
Census June 21, 1880 (Age 65 years)
Death May 30, 1895 (Age 80 years)
Text:
Name: Jacob Powell Sex: Male Age: 80 yr Race: W Event Type: Death Event Date: 30 May 1895 Event Place: Logansport, Indiana Birth Year (Estimated): 1815 Affiliate Repository Place: County Clerk Office, County Clerks Office, Logansport
Obituary
Jacob Powell Obituary and Family Listing
May 31, 1895 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Josiah Powell
Birth: August 1, 1779Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 6, 1867Cass, Indiana, United States
mother
Margaret Mugg
Birth: December 7, 1793Maryland, United States
Death: May 2, 1880Indiana, United States
Marriage: October 8, 1812Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
2 years
himself
Jacob Powell
Birth: March 10, 1815 35 21Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 30, 1895Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Family with Martha Adaline Troutman - View this family
himself
Jacob Powell
Birth: March 10, 1815 35 21Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 30, 1895Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
wife
Marriage: January 3, 1842Cass, Indiana, United States
1 year
daughter
Maria L Powell
Birth: December 27, 1842 27 17Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: February 22, 1927Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States
1 year
daughter
Matilda Powell
Birth: January 8, 1844 28 18Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: 1926Indiana, United States
1 year
son
Orlando Powell
Birth: January 17, 1845 29 19Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: October 3, 1924Indiana, United States
4 years
son
Jehu Z “John” Powell
Birth: August 13, 1848 33 23Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: January 18, 1918Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States

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MarriageIndiana Marriages, 1811-2019
Text:
Name: Jacob Powell Sex: Male Residence Place: Cass Spouse's Name: Martha A Troutman Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Residence Place: Cass Officiator's Name: P J Buckingham Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 3 Jan 1842 Event Place: Cass, Indiana, United States First Page Number: 69
DeathIndiana Death Index, 1882-1920
Text:
Name: Jacob Powell Sex: Male Age: 80 yr Race: W Event Type: Death Event Date: 30 May 1895 Event Place: Logansport, Indiana Birth Year (Estimated): 1815 Affiliate Repository Place: County Clerk Office, County Clerks Office, Logansport
Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Martha Adaline Troutman - Household

Jefferson, Miami, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Jacob Powellhead37MWFarmerPA
Martha Adaline Powellwife25FWIN
Maria L Powelldaughter7FWINx
Matilda Powelldaughter6FWINx
Orlando Powellson5MWINx
Jehu Z “John” Powellson2MWIN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Powell - Household

1860 Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana - Jacob Powell

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Jacob Powellhead45MWPAx
Martha Adaline Powellwife35FWIN
Maria L Powelldaughter17FWINx
Matilda Powelldaughter16FWINx
Orlando Powellson15MWINx
Jehu Z “John” Powellson11MWINx
Nancy Troutmanmother-in-law61FWVA

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Powell - Household

Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Powell, Jacobhead55MWFarmer120001600PAx
Powell, Martha Awife45FWKeeping HouseIN
Powell, Matildadaughter25FWIN
Powell, Orlandoson24MWWorks on FarmINx
Powell, Jehu Zson22MWStudentINx
Troutman, Nancymother-in-law72FWVA

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Powell - Household

Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Powell, JacobWM65headWdFarmerPAPAMD

Obituary
Jacob Powell Obituary and Family Listing Logansport Pharos-Tribune 31 May 1895 p11 Jacob Powell was born Washington County PA . As a young boy with his father he moved to Jefferson County OH near Steubenville. At the age of 20 in 1835 he went by boat down the Ohio River and then up to Rock Island IL. He then walked across the country to where Chicago now stands and worked the summer . He headed south to Logansport and soon located in Bethlehem Township where he lived until the death of his first wife Miss Troutman in 1878. They had four children. 1881 he built a boat and steamed down the Wabash and Ohio Rivers to Metropolis IL where he has since resided, having married Mrs. Julia Turner of that place. He was visiting his children in Logansport when he passed away." https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34822064/jacob-powell
Name
James Troutman Obituary and Family Listing James Troutman was born in Kentucky in 1793, was a soldier in the War of 1812; married Nancy Stephenson of Kentucky, May 8, 1817, who was born November 24, 1798; moved to Bethlehem township in 1835, and kept a tavern, the Seven Mile House, on the Michigan road, until his death, September 17, 1847, and sleeps his last sleep in the Troutman burial ground back of his residence. His wife died April 11, 1880, in Fulton county. J. Troutman had several brothers and half-brothers who lived and died in Cass and Fulton counties. He also left the following children : Wm. Ambrose, Benjamin Eli. Jane (Lambert), Mary- (Hurst), Elizabeth (Veal), Caroline (Pugh), and Martha Adaline, who became the wife of Jacob Powell. They are all dead, but each left descendants scattered east and west. J. Troutman was a portly, stoutly built man of pleasing manners and a leader in the early history of the township. He affiliated with the Baptist church and the first religious meetings of that denomination were held at his house. SOURCE: History of Cass County, Indiana : from its earliest settlement to the present time ; with biographical sketches and reference to biographies previously compiled by Powell, Jehu Z., 1848-1918 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_exgVAAAAYAAJ/page/496/mode/2up