Penn was right about my Powells. I had several great-uncles and half the time they weren't speaking to each other, tho I never heard that they resorted to fisticuffs. -------------- Original message from [email protected]: -------------- > > Robert Your Right about Powell being good guys. But: > Para-phrasing; Wm Penn claimed the Powells a roudy bunch, if'n no one else > to fight - they faught among themselves. > I been a Powell all my life, and agree with Wm Penn. > HOWSOMEEVER, I always recall them responding when a need arose. > Beaver Co PA Powell > 85885 > > In a message dated 7/2/2008 10:28:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > You apparently know quite a bit about my line. What bothers me is that I > have all these records of early Powell Texans who were apparently unrelated > and yet as of yet, to my knowledge, are not related to any of the DNA crew. I > have been able to track only Benjamin H. Powell to the Powell Book. Does not > make sense to me. > > I have come to think perhaps the S. of Hezekiah may not be Smith. It is > possible the S. is Smithson, however, no Smithson has been willing to consider > such a thought. I do know that there is a strong relationship of my line to > Smith in that Zachariah Taylor Powell, 1849, married one from North Carolina. > Melissa Powell, subsequent to William Robert's (1811, TN) death also had a > strange land transaction in which 2 or 3 Smith kids sold her property that she > subsequently sold for a bunch more than she paid. I suspect that William > R. had a daughter that married a Smith. > > Shame we are not related. I have had the privilege of knowing a number of > Powell men in my line. I have never known better fellows. > > Bob Powell > Bottom of DNA Pool > > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Well it didn't apply to just the men!   My mom and aunt loved each other but would talk about the other when ever they had you alone for a minute.   But if one needed the other they were right there.     TTYL~Diane