Elizabeth Grace

Elizabeth Grace

• Elizabeth Grace was born in May 1835 in Cuba.
• She married Robert Micajah Powell, son of George Francis Powell and Nancy Brown Williamson, on 30 January 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Basilica of the Assumption B.V.M, 408 North Charles Street.
• On 26 June 1865, in Campbell Courthouse, Virginia, Thomas Jewett Goree wrote in his travel diary: "At the time of Genl. Lee's surrender I was quite unwell and so could not start for Texas with Pleasant and others who were going home. I thought that by the time I was well enough to travel it would be difficult to find company going south and to travel alone in the unsettled state of the country would be too dangerous. So decided to send my horse on the Texas and go to Lynchburg and remain a while and then try to get home via N. York, N. Orleans, Galveston &c. I was encouraged to this, too, by Genl. Longstreet who had decided to go to Texas and proposed this route for himself. The only difficulty in my way was the want of funds, but I thought by some means to overcome this. Col. Powellhis wife.
• Robert Micajah Powell and Elizabeth Grace appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Baltimore, Maryland, and one female servant.. Other members of the household included William Wood Powell and George Francis Powell.
• Robert Micajah Powell and Elizabeth Grace appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, at 51 Mosher Street with two female servants.. Other members of the household included George Francis Powell and Florence Nancy Powell.
• Robert Micajah Powell and Elizabeth Grace appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri, at 4062 Morgan Street. Other members of the household included George Francis Powell and Florence Nancy Powell.
• Robert Micajah Powell and Elizabeth Grace appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in St. Louis, Missouri, at 5076 Morgan Street living either next to or with their son George and his family.
• Elizabeth Grace became a widow at the 15 January 1916 death of her husband Robert Micajah Powell.
• Elizabeth Grace died on 7 February 1922 at age 86 in St. Louis, Missouri.
• She was interred at Calvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri.

• Last Edited: 10 Aug 2013