Robert Powell

b. circa 3 December 1874, d. 4 July 1957
  • Father: Richmond b. 14 September 1846
  • Mother: Julia b. September 1854
  • Robert Powell was born circa 3 December 1874 in Texas.
  • Richmond and Julia appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Falls County, Texas. Other members of the household included Robert Powell, Caroline Powell and Pleasant Powell.
  • He married Mary Ellen Woodley on 27 November 1898 in Montgomery County, Texas.
  • Richmond and Julia appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Robert Powell, Maggie Powell, Willie Powell, James Powell, James Kemp, Mable Powell, Julia S. Powell, Milton Powell and Minnie Ola Powell. Also in the household were granddaughters Ella Cacel (age 17), Sallie E. Clay (16) and Leola Calvin (14).
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1910 census.
  • He married Ida Lewis, daughter of Charles Lewis and Eliza Gregg, on 25 December 1910 in Burleson County, Texas.
  • Robert Powell registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Burleson County, Texas, while living with Ida in Caldwell, and self-employed there as a farmer.
  • Robert Powell and Ida Lewis appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Burleson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mable Powell, Julia S. Powell, Milton Powell and Minnie Ola Powell. Also in the household was Lucy Powell (age 11), whose identity is not yet known. She may have been Ida's child from an earlier marriage.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
  • Robert Powell and Ida Lewis appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Burleson County, Texas, south of the Old San Antonio Road.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
  • Robert Powell became a widower at the 28 February 1934 death of his wife Ida Lewis.
  • Robert Powell died on 4 July 1957 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas.
  • He was interred at the old Danville cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas, off present-day Shepard Hill Road, near Willis.
  • Last Edited: 2 Dec 2013

Family 1: Mary Ellen Woodley

Family 2: Ida Lewis b. circa 1885, d. 28 February 1934