Susan Ella Powell

Susan Ella Powell

• Father: John Lewis Powell b. circa 1807, d. 5 December 1861
• Mother: Susan G. Orgain b. 11 March 1811, d. 28 May 1852

• Susan Ella Powell was born on 20 November 1847 in Lowndes County, Alabama.
• John Lewis Powell and Susan G. Orgain appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Susan Ella Powell, Sarah Elizabeth Powell, Anna A. Powell, Rebecca Orgain Powell and Thomas Clifton Powell.
• John Lewis Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Susan Ella Powell, Sarah Elizabeth Powell, Rebecca Orgain Powell, Thomas Clifton Powell, Roberta C. Powell and Rebecca Gee Powell. Also in the household was James Hitchcock (39). John L. Powell was enumerator for this area.
• She married Valentine Ham Meriwether, son of James Bradley de Yampert Meriwether and Lucy Ann Sophia Taliaferro, on 8 November 1865. Bond co-signed by D. J. McCord..
• Valentine Ham Meriwether and Susan Ella Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Mathews Station PO, Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Anna Augusta Meriwether, Lula Meriwether, Lucy Mildred Meriwether and Lucy Ann Sophia Taliaferro. Also in the household was Valentine's brother William (age 18) and his sister Rebecca (28).
• Valentine Ham Meriwether and Susan Ella Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Lula Meriwether, Anna Augusta Meriwether, John Lucius Meriwether and Lucy Mildred Meriwether.
• Susan Ella Powell became a widow at the 11 July 1880 death of her husband Valentine Ham Meriwether.
• Susan Ella Powell died on 27 December 1893 at age 46 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
• She was interred at Haardt Cemetery, Montgomery County, Alabama.
• Much of the information on the Ludwell Powell family has been generously provided by Rod Powell, whose has done extensive research on the Powell Family from Lowndes County, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 22 Apr 2016