John L. Powell

Birth Date

1833-07-09

Death Date

1903-11-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Livingston County, Kentucky, merchant. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Naomi N. Powell. Father of Edwin W. Powell, William T. Powell, Martha E. Powell, Martin N. Powell, and Mary A. Powell. Merchant in Livingston County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1860. Employed James F. Powell as a salesman in Livingston County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 277.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 367A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, Subdivision 112, p. 154A.
"Old Citizen Dead," The Paducah Sun (Paducah, Kentucky), November 23, 1903, p. 1.

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