Ambrose Powell

Birth Date

1828-03-17

Death Date

1896-08-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Esther Powell. Father of Sarah Powell, Lazarus W. Powell, Franklin P. Powell, Jasper Powell, Nancy Powell, and Hannah Powell. Postmaster of Poor Fork in Harlan County, Kentucky from November 1857 to April 1859. Farmer in Harlan County in 1860. Captain in the Harlan County Battalion of Kentucky State Militia from October 1862 to January 1863.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 884.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, accessed on ancestry.com (Washington, D.C.: National Archives) (accessed on May 4, 2017).
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, p. 98.
Find A Grave, "Capt Ambrose Powell (March 17, 1828-August 18, 1896)," Memorial #36492355, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36492355 (accessed May 4, 2017).

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