Florence Nancy Powell

b. 7 October 1872, d. 15 September 1944
  • Florence Nancy Powell was born on 7 October 1872 in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • 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 Florence Nancy Powell, George Francis Powell.
  • The following appeared on 22 September 1895 in The St. Louis Republic: Miss Florence Powell has returned from Kentucky and is ill at her home with malarial fever.
  • 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 Florence Nancy Powell, George Francis Powell.
  • She married John Horace Gay, son of John Robert Gay and Katherine Lamme, in 1909.
  • John Horace Gay and Florence Nancy Powell appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Fair Grounds Precinct, Woodford County, Kentucky. Other members of the household included Watson D. Gay.
  • Florence's father Mike Powell wrote to his deceased wife's sister Ella Campbell on 24 July 1913, "Florence is living happily in her Kentucky home, where the Stork is expected some months latter -- Bessie will go to her about the first of August."
  • John Horace Gay and Florence Nancy Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Fair Grounds Precinct, Woodford County, Kentucky, at Lexington Pike. Other members of the household included Watson D. Gay.
  • John Horace Gay and Florence Nancy Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Woodford County, Kentucky. Other members of the household included Watson D. Gay.
  • The SSDI lists 219 Montgomery Avenue, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, as the last residence of record of Florence Nancy Powell.
  • Florence Nancy Powell died on 15 September 1944 at age 71 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, at Woodford Memorial Hospital . Her death was officially witnessed by John Horace Gay.
  • She was interred at Pisgah Church Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky.
  • Last Edited: 26 Jul 2010

Family: John Horace Gay b. 19 June 1865, d. 29 May 1946