This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gruenbein Surnames: Powell, Grace, McDonel, Chance, Nichterlein, Nash Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.powell/5545.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Ken, Thank you so much for the informative post. My husband is also a descendent of Tunis Powell. His full name was Dennis Tunis Powell. He married Tryphosa Hand. They had a daughter Levisa (Lovicia; Louisa) who married a Thompson Grace. Is that your lineage? I noticed your last name is Grace. My husband's ancestor is Levisa's sister, Mary. She had a son, Charles, b. 1871. His father was a Mr. Champion, according to family notes, but there is no indication that Mary was married to him. She married Levi McDonel in 1875 and they had several children. It appears that Charles was not living with his mother and stepfather - at least not during the 1880 census. Charles, his uncle Charles, his grandmother Tryphosa (Tunis had died that year in April), were all living with Levisa and her husband and children. Charles married Florence Chance of Cumberland County in 1892. (She died in 1897 and Charles married Katarina Nichterlein.) Charles and Florence had one daughter, Amanda Cramp McDonel, b. 1893. Amanda is my husband's mother. She married Edward Drake Nash in 1916. My husband was born in 1917. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.