This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: powell, hudson ,martin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5UB.2ACI/2696 Message Board Post: My Grandmother b 1892 mary curly powell,burke cty near morganton southern side.She was abt 4 to 6 yr old when the father got drunk and burned house down.some say he was in it.She lived for 90 yrs and her nine kids said same as two are living yet.The rest of the story is, mother could not raise her four ?children and John and nancy ann Smith reared her till 1902 nancy left and john married arminda hudson.Powell family went back to get mary when she was about 12 yrs old ,but she didn,t know them,stayed with john smith till she married John onailor Earwood 1910.Desperate. does any of Powell familys of burke cty or morganton ,anyonehave any info of the mother or other children. you can e-mail me at [email protected]