Orlando PowellAge: 79 years1845–1924
- Name
- Orlando Powell
- Given names
- Orlando
- Surname
- Powell
Shared note: Jacob Powell Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | January 17, 1845 29 19 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | James Troutman September 16, 1847 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jehu Z “John” Powell August 13, 1848 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 11 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | September 2, 1850 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 1, 1860 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Josiah Powell May 6, 1867 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 21 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 21 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 23 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | August 30, 1870 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Adaline Troutman May 20, 1878 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 32 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Stephenson April 11, 1880 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Margaret Mugg May 2, 1880 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | Jacob Powell May 30, 1895 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 70 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | Jehu Z “John” Powell January 18, 1918 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 71 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 72 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | October 3, 1924 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Metea Baptist Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jacob Powell Birth: March 10, 1815 35 21 — Washington, Pennsylvania, United States Death: May 30, 1895 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Martha Adaline Troutman Birth: May 9, 1825 31 26 — Indiana, United States Death: May 20, 1878 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 3, 1842 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Maria L Powell Birth: December 27, 1842 27 17 — Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: February 22, 1927 — Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Matilda Powell Birth: January 8, 1844 28 18 — Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: 1926 — Indiana, United States |
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1 year himself |
Orlando Powell Birth: January 17, 1845 29 19 — Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 3, 1924 — Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Jehu Z “John” Powell Birth: August 13, 1848 33 23 — Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: January 18, 1918 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
Orlando Powell has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (7)
Parents James A Hurst + Mary Ann Troutman
Parents William Ambrose Troutman + Almira Lambert
Parents William Ambrose Troutman + Mary A Billings
Parents David Pugh + Nancy Caroline Troutman
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Martha Adaline Troutman - Household
Jefferson, Miami, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Powell - Household
1860 Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana - Jacob Powell
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Powell - Household
Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Name | 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 |