This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GWB.2ACE/1312 Message Board Post: I am looking forinfo on the powell family. my father william john powell jr. was born in cohauga falls oh. (I hope i spelled that right) his father was william john powell senior B- 3/3/07 and D- 8/1980. his father was william wiley who was married to an annie sylvia earl. i need as much info as can be found as far back as possible, this is for my young son we are trying to find some link to his rare genetic disability, my father claims to havelost the family tree years ago, my mother howeversaid that she had seen it when they were married and we are supposed to be decendents of major john wesley powell for whom lake powell is named. anything anyone can give me would be helpful thank you.
That should be Cuyahoga Falls. I did some preliminary checking on Ancestry but didn't turn much up. However, since John Wesley and his wife only had one child, a daughter Mary, it seems unlikely they would be your ancestors. I did find these sites with some historical info on John Wesley http://www.desertusa.com/magnov97/nov_pap/du_jwpowell.html http://www.powellmuseum.org/MajorPowell.html http://www.canyon-country.com/lakepowell/jwpowell.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/john-wesley-powell ID: I41168 Name: John (Maj.) Wesley POWELL Sex: M Birth: 24 MAR 1834 in Mount Morris, Geneseo Valley, New York Death: 23 SEP 1902 in From a cerebral hemorrhage at his summer home in Haven, Maine Military Service: Civil War, entered the 20th Illinois Volunteers (Union Army) as Private Military Service: Division Chief of artillery with the 17th Army Corps before Vicksburg (Civil War) Military Service: Reached rank of Major Event: Event 7 APR 1862 Lost his right arm at the Battle of Shiloh (Civil War) Occupation: BET 1881 AND 1894 Director of the U.S. Geological Survey Occupation: Head of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution Burial: 1902 Arlington National Cemetery Father: Joseph POWELL b: ABT 1810 in England Mother: Mary b: ABT 1812 in England Marriage 1 Harriet Emma DEAN b: ABT 1840 m 1862 Daughter: Mary DEAN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 3:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OHKnox] powell family lookup This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GWB.2ACE/1312 Message Board Post: I am looking forinfo on the powell family. my father william john powell jr. was born in cohauga falls oh. (I hope i spelled that right) his father was william john powell senior B- 3/3/07 and D- 8/1980. his father was william wiley who was married to an annie sylvia earl. i need as much info as can be found as far back as possible, this is for my young son we are trying to find some link to his rare genetic disability, my father claims to havelost the family tree years ago, my mother howeversaid that she had seen it when they were married and we are supposed to be decendents of major john wesley powell for whom lake powell is named. anything anyone can give me would be helpful thank you. ==== OHKNOX Mailing List ==== Homepage for this list is http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohknox/ To search this list go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter OHKNOX for the list name.