Calvin Powell

Birth: 26 Mar 1792
Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Death: 14 Jun 1871 (aged 79)
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA
Burial: Mount Union Cemetery

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Plot: NW Row 3, 38-1
Memorial ID: 25103260 View Source

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Calvin and Clarissa travelled from New York to Ohio, and then to Illinois before settling in Oregon. Their son and daughter, Calvin Powell and Clarissa Powell Porter remained in the midwest (Iowa) while the rest of the family travelled the Oregon Trail to Oregon in 1853.

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w' Clarrissa Powell

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Calvin Powell

1764–1839
Spedia "Speedy" Davis Powell

1771–1828

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Clarissa Richardson Powell

1795–1866 (m. 1813)

Siblings

Rowland Powell

1789–1865
Luther Powell

1796–1865
Isaac Powell

1804–1826
Jasper Powell

1807–1882
Abigail Powell

1809–1891

Half Siblings

Hadassah Powell Thompson

1798–1819
Jason Powell

1812–1884

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Calvin Powell

1815–1881
Charles Wesley Powell

1817–1905
Clarissa Richardson Powell Porter

1819–1872
Russell Bartholomew Powell

1825–1892
Susan Laurilla Powell Russell

1827–1906
Rhuey Ann Powell Taylor

1829–1859
Lucretia Amelia Powell Buchanan

1831–1916
Joseph Ambrose Powell

1833–1904
Giles Bruce Powell

1835–1900
Elvira Powell Wood

1837–1876

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PORTER REUNION 2009. Mormon Trail Marker, located in Reno Cemetery, Edna Township. Cass Co., Iowa.

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MORMON TRAIL sign post. Located at the Reno Methodist Cemetery, Cass County, Iowa. Members of the Powell family, had relatives in this area; and, they may have left for Oregon, on the Mormon Trail, near Edna Township, in Cass County, Iowa.

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1850 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS. (Re: PORTER & POWELL FAMILIES). Location: Stark County, Illinois. TOP OF PAGE: Calvin Powell, age 58, born VT., and his wife, Clarissa RICHARDSON Powell, age 54, born MA; plus, five of their children: Lucretia A. Powell, age 19. Joseph A. Powell, age 16. Giles B. Powell, age 15. Elvira Powell, age 12. and Edwin J. Powell, age 8. BOTTOM OF PAGE (and, top lines of the following census page): Catherine GAFFNEY Porter, age 62, born Pennsylvania, Widowed, with 3 of her adult children: Lucinda Porter, age 27, born Pennsylvania. Catherine A. Porter, age 24, born OHIO. Aaron Porter, age 21, born OHIO. Plus: ORPHANED GRANDDAUGHTER, Catherine A. White, young daughter of William & Harriet PORTER White. NEARBY FAMILIES: Gingrich. John and Rebecca Finley, etc.). (Source: Transcribed by Cathy Porter-Maynard). HELPFUL HINT: Repeatedly "Double-click" census image, to view enlarged document.

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Calvin Powell

Spedia "Speedy" Davis Powell

Clarissa Richardson Powell

Rowland Powell

Luther Powell

Isaac Powell

Jasper Powell

Abigail Powell

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Jason Powell

Calvin Powell

Charles Wesley Powell

Clarissa Richardson Powell Porter

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Rhuey Ann Powell Taylor

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Giles Bruce Powell

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