George Washington Powell

Contributor: C. A. Hudson, Jr.

HUSBAND: George Washington Powell 
Birth date: 28 Jun 1863 
Birth place: Graves Co., KY 
Death date: 4 Jan 1936 
Death place: Brazos Point, Bosque Co., TX 
Burial place: Brazos Point Cem, Bosque Co., TX 
Father: James Paxton “Dock” Powell 
Mother: Virginia Wilmoth Cannon 
 


WIFE: Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Turner 
Birth date: 3 Feb 1865 
Birth place: Coosa Co., AL 
Death date: 23 Dec 1950 
Death place: Cleburne, Johnson Co., TX 
Burial place: Brazos Point Cem, Bosque Co., TX 
Father: Aaron Turner 
Mother: Ardenia Susan Luck 
 


Marriage date: 31 May 1885 
Marriage place: Wolf Bayou, Cleburne Co., AR 
 


CHILD 1: Lionel (L.O.) Ophas Powell 
Birth date: 23 May 1886 
Birth place: Batesville, Independence Co., AR 
Death date: 7 Jan 1948 
Death place: Cleburne, Johnson Co., TX 
Spouse: Flora Letha Eddings 
Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1907 
Marriage Place: Bosque Co., TX 
 


CHILD 2: Bertha Amy Powell 
Birth date: 16 Apr 1888 
Birth place: Batesville, Independence Co, AR 
Death date: 4 Aug 1985 
Death place: Mesquite, Dallas Co., TX 
Spouse: Jesse Allen Hudson 
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1908 
Marriage Place: Nemo, Johnson Co., TX 
 


CHILD 3: Emily Grace Powell 
Birth date: 23 Sep 1890 
Birth place: Batesville, Independence Co., AR 
Death date: 13 Nov 1963 
Death place: Cleburne, Johnson Co., TX 
Spouse: Coleman Wilson Eddings 
Marriage Date: 2 Jun 1910 
Marriage Place: 
 


CHILD 4: Minnie Arnette Powell 
Birth date: 19 May 1893 
Birth place: Batesville, Independence Co., AR 
Death date: 28 Feb 1968 
Death place: Cleburne, Johnson Co, TX 
Spouse: Elmer Gulfer (Guthrie) Hudson 
Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1907 
Marriage Place: TX 
 


CHILD 5: Ernest Eugene “Gene” Powell 
Birth date: 10 Nov 1895 
Birth place: Batesville, Independence Co., AK 
Death date: 3 Aug 1975 
Death place: Cleburne, Johnson Co, TX 
Spouse: Etta Mae McCarty 
Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1917 
Marriage Place: 
 


CHILD 6: Beulah Fonte Powell 
Birth date: 15 Sep 1898 
Birth place: Brazos Point, Bosque Co., TX 
Death date: 30 May 1983 
Death place: Fairfax, Osage Co, OK 
Spouse: Robert Lee Rhoads 
Marriage Date: 21 Mar 1915 
Marriage Place: Eulogy, Bosque Co., TX 
 


CHILD 7: Annie Eudora Powell 
Birth date: 7 Jan 1901 
Birth place: Brazos Pt, Bosque Co, TX 
Death date: 24 Jun 1967 
Death place: Cleburne, Johnson Co 
Spouse: Jeff D. McCarty, Sr. 
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CHILD 8: William “Bill” B. Powell 
Birth date: 5 Sep 1903 
Birth place: Brazos Pt, Bosque Co, TX 
Death date: 18 Oct 1983 
Death place: Meridian, Bosque Co, TX 
Spouse: Ollie Myrle Bains (third wife) 
Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1941 
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CHILD 9: Arlie Roy Powell 
Birth date: 20 May 1906 
Birth place: Brazos Point, Bosque Co., TX 
Death date: 22 Oct 1965 
Death place: Cleburne, Johnson Co., TX 
Spouse: Voleita Walton 
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CHILD 10: Ocie James Powell 
Birth date: 18 Sep 1908 
Birth place: Brazos Point, Bosque Co., TX 
Death date: 23 Dec 1980 
Death place: Ft Worth, Tarrant Co, TX 
Spouse: Gladys Chaney 
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NOTES: This is not the Powell’s that are descended from Green Powell that lived in the same area with similar
family names.