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Sarah Colleen 'Jack' Powell[1, 2]

Female 1893 - 1971  (78 years)


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  • Name Sarah Colleen 'Jack' Powell 
    Born 20 May 1893  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Jun 1971 
    Buried Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14068  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico, Descendants of Edward Powell
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2015 

    Father William Brooks Powell,   b. 4 Mar 1853, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1923, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Florence Fay Allen,   b. 16 Jul 1859, Milton, Caswell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1941, Danville Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Abt 1883  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4395  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Sarah C 'Jack' Powell-Obit
    Sarah C 'Jack' Powell-Obit
    Death Certificate William Brooks Powell
    Death Certificate William Brooks Powell
    PowellWilliamBrooksDeathCert.jpg

    Headstones
    Sarah Colleen Powell
    Sarah Colleen Powell

  • Notes 
    • The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 17 December 1923 (Page 5)

      W. Brooks Powell Dies Unexpectedly

      William Brooks Powell, for thirty-four years, a well-known citizen of Danville, died unexpectedly at his home, 775 Main street, shortly before seven o'clock, Sunday night. Mr. Powell, who was 70 years of age, had been in declining health for five years, but his death was quite unanticipated. He had been able to go out recently, and had been engaged on tobacco market during the heavy period of the past week. On Sunday morning he was taken ill and he gradually grew worse during the day, his condition becoming critical during the evening when life left him peacefully.

      Mr. Powell was born in Caswell county March 4, 1853, being a son of the late Mastin Jefferson Powell and Mrs. Susan Gillespie Powell. He came to Danville thirty-four years since, and engaged into the tobacco business, being a re-handler and one of the veteran buyers of the market. He was the oldest member of the Danville Tobacco Association, and three years ago he was elected an honorary life member of the organization. Mr. Powell was widely known, not only among the tobacco fraternity of this city, but among the farmers patronizing the Danville market for many miles around. Mr. Powell was married about forty years ago to Miss Florence Allen at Milton, who survives with three children, Gordon B. Powell Danville, Mrs. Dan E. Hooker, Greensboro, Mrs. Evelyn P. Skinner and Miss Colleen Powell. Three sisters survive Mrs. John G. Lea, Danville, Mrs. J. H. Slade, of Blanch, N. C., and Mrs. R. M. Hubbard, of South Hill. He also leaves a half-brother John B. Powell.

      The funeral will be held from the home at ten o'clock Tuesday morning and will be conducted by the Rev. James M. Shelburne. Interment will be in Green Hill cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Obituary.

    2. [S18] Family Search, LDS, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHTD-TYM .
      Name: Sarah Colleen Powell
      Event Type: Birth
      Event Date: 20 May 1893
      Event Place: Caswell, North Carolina
      Other Event Place: Milton
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Father's Name: William Brooks Powell
      Mother's Name: Florence Allen
      Page: 179
      Source Reference: 2
      Citing this Record
      "North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHTD-TYM : accessed 13 June 2015), Florence Allen in entry for Sarah Colleen Powell, 20 May 1893; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 2, p. 179, Caswell, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.