Hello, Joe & Judy. Well, I rarely ever hear from anyone on my line here, & I wish this one was, BUT it so far does not look like it. my Susannah, the mother says on the 1850 census that she is 47 years old & from S. Carolina. no indication of her maiden name. HOWEVER, she has this niece named Mahala Taylor. her mother Elizabeth (Cook) Taylor is not mentioned in her will as a daughter or dgtr in law, she is not mentioned at all so I have surmised that Susannah could be a Cook. or had a son named Taylor (surname) but then I see that this Cook that E.is married to has parents. I have thought maybe too that she, Susannah was a Powell herself, never married BUT had ch.there are a lot of Powell's in WI. none apparently related to us. I also took out John Powell's will. he made that out as he was leaving for the civil war. he went out of WI. he apparently was b. in Ind. he was 18 in 1850 so in July 1862 he was 30.had a son named Andrew Jackson Powell calls him an inf. in July of that year. I find him no more anywhere. John had a brother Andrew J. Powell. in 1850 he is 21 not around for the 1860 census. I dont have the names involved with this family previous to some of the ch. marrying.Cynthia m. a Newberry, Rachel m. a Stewart, Mahala m. a Trout,Susannah J. m. Jesse A. Ferrel that is our line. & the Taylor child m. a man named Cave. everyone that I have found of the children's marriages were happy I found them because they did not know the maiden names for any of these girls. John Powell m. Luzena (Bates) Powell. nothing on his brother Andrew. I am always happy to hear when someone finds "their brick wall family" & wish I could find this one. I do thank you for a reply. IF you find any of these in your line you know I want to hear from you. in the meantime to all the Powell list members I wish you all a Happy New year.right from the N.W, corner of Arkansas..........Jo Ann Loghry