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Emily Fike Powell

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
1843 (aged 22–23)
Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
Burial
West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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daughter of Nathan/Nathaniel (born about 1793 in Chatham, NC; lived in Roane County, TN; served in War of 1812; selected by B. Sims to take his family to Texas in 1836 per Stephen F. Austin's Register of Families) & Elizabeth Fike; sister of Elizabeth & Mary Ann; married 22FEB1838 in Fort Bend County, Texas

death date is unknown and approximated; Emily and their two children were killed by Karankawa Indians while James was off on a hunting trip

more members of family are probably in this same cemetery as is Captain Joseph Powell, son of Elizabeth "Madam" Powell, who was murdered in 1837
daughter of Nathan/Nathaniel (born about 1793 in Chatham, NC; lived in Roane County, TN; served in War of 1812; selected by B. Sims to take his family to Texas in 1836 per Stephen F. Austin's Register of Families) & Elizabeth Fike; sister of Elizabeth & Mary Ann; married 22FEB1838 in Fort Bend County, Texas

death date is unknown and approximated; Emily and their two children were killed by Karankawa Indians while James was off on a hunting trip

more members of family are probably in this same cemetery as is Captain Joseph Powell, son of Elizabeth "Madam" Powell, who was murdered in 1837


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