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From: Jacquie <>
Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Powell
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:15:54 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <001a01c16168$c12e13c0$9b21560c@karen>


Here are my Powells.
Let me know if you have a connection.
Jacquie
Matilda Powell Hudspeth, wife to William Edward Hudspeth, b1818, probably
Maury Co., TN- I think they went to Giles Co., TN-my Dungey line that
married the Hudspeths also were in Giles-all came to Johnson/Williamson
Co., IL.
Sarah M. Powell m. John Upchurch. Their daughter, Mary Katherine "Katy",
was born circa 1856. Whe married Moses Neal Webb in 1878-Franklin Co., I
belive.

--- john bartos <> wrote:
> Hi Mr. Finley:
>
> Sorry I cannot help you with information about the POWELL line, but I do
> have some information about a Clara UTLEY that may be related to the
> E.M.
> Utley identified below. Clara was married to my wife's ancestor Walter
> Howe
> Kennedy, a noted photographer, and her second husband. They lived in
> Poplar
> Bluff, MO. Clara taught school in Poplar Bluff for approximately 40
> years.
> In her honor and that of a fellow teacher, Poplar Bluff named a public
> school after them: The Kennedy-Williamson School.
>
> Recently, I obtained biographical sketches on Clara and her husband
> Walter
> Howe Kennedy. They were published in the "Deem's History of Butler
> County"
> (Missouri). From reading Clara's bio and trying to see if she fits into
> your
> information, it appears to me as though there is a connection, but I
> don't
> know exactly how at this point. She says she was born in Macomb,
> Illinois,
> December 25, 1860, reared in Mount Vernon, Indiana, Posey County.
>
> Later, she says: " I proceeded through my years to high school much as
> the
> girl of today, feeling that at the close of my junior year I had
> sufficient
> education. I was married and a widow with a son in my arms at age
> sixteen.
> Thanks to the God-given Mother--bless them, I was urged and permitted to
> re-enter school where I was continuously engaged as a student and
> teacher
> until in 1883, Mr. Kennedy and I were married in Vienna, Illinois, where
> I was teaching".
>
> In a subsequent paragraph where she describes their arrival in Poplar
> Bluff,
> she says: "I grasped the chubby hand of my six year-old son, George
> Thomson, and followed the leader up what seemed to be an endless flight
> of rickety steps and picking our way across a muddy, dimly lighted
> street,
> reached the office of the Morris House, now the Ducker Hotel".
>
> I do not know her parents' names; but at this stage all I have is her
> obituary and this biographical sketch. I would imagine her marriage
> license(Walter Kennedy) might list her parents' names, but I will need
> to
> get
> to Johnson County, IL. to locate that record.
>
> Since she was born in Dec 1860 (her bio says she was born 25 Dec
> although
> the obit says 18 Dec), she most likely wasn't in the 1860 Census as the
> Census was probably taken in June or July of that year. I do not know
> when she moved to Posey County, IN. but it most likely was in 1861 or
> later.
> At some later time it sounds like her family moved to Johnson County,
> IL.
> (Vienna) where she went to high school and stayed on to teach.
> When Clara died in October, 1935, her obituary listed two surviving
> brothers and a sister. They are shown as: Larkin Utley, St. Louis, MO.,
> Noble Utley, Mt. Vernon, IL. and sister Mrs. Frank Howland, St. Louis,
> MO.
> I do not know if they were older or younger.
>
> Also, it appears the newspaper obituary for Clara is incorrect; it
> listed
> her place of death as McDougal County.
> Since I now have her biography and it states her birthplace as Macomb,
> IL.,
> I now believe she was born in McDonough County. I'll keep searching,
> but I
> think we'll find your Utley connection will tie-in to
> Clara in some way.
>
> Cordially,
>
> John E. Bartos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:26 AM
> Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Powell, Shearer, Utley, Etc
>
>
> > Does anyone have any additional knowledge of these people? I am
> > particularily interested in William L. Powell.
> > Many of the parties are seen in the censuses of Vienna Township.
> >
> > Marriage record, Johnson County, Illinois 17 Aug 1879.
> > E. M. Utley married Sarah A. (Shearer) Powell.
> > E. M Utley was 32, born Kentucky, 2nd marriage, son of Gabrial Utley
> and
> > Elizabeth Miller.
> > Sarah A. (Shearer) Powell was 28, born Illinois, 2nd marriage,
> daughter of
> > Granville/
> > Greenville Shearer and Maneriva Gurley
> > The marriage was performed by Gabrial Utley, MG
> >
> > Looking back:
> > Apparently E. M. Utley was Ephraim M. Utley who married Martha K.
> Hunter 6
> > Sep 1868 in Johnson County
> > And apparently Sarah A. Shearer (Shelton on online marriage record)
> married
> > William L. Powell 7 Jul 1869 in Johnson County
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Bill Finley, Manassas, Virginia, researching Finley, Powell, Snider,
> Meadows
> >
> >
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