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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:27:16 EST

Sue...

This is what I have on Henry Powell (notes and all). I have much more on
some of his descendants.

Alice
1. HENRY4 POWELL (PETER3, PHILLIP2, JOHN1) was born January 20, 1803 in
Mifflin Co, PA, and died August 14, 1879. He married (1) AMELIA WHITELOCK.
He married (2) CATHERINE FELLER February 12, 1826 in Fairfield Co.OH,
daughter of JOHN FELLERS and SUSANNA RABENOLD. He married (3) REBECCA
MARGARET MEYERS May 03, 1842.

Notes for HENRY POWELL:
Liberty Township Created Same Time As Marion

By R.L. Heminger

Liberty Township was the first to be created in the western half of Hancock
County. Its origin dates to Dec. 6, 1830. Prior to that Amanda, Delaware, and
Jackson townships had been "erected," having been "carved" out of what was
Findlay Township, which embraced the entire county at the start. Marion
Township was established at the same time Liberty was created.
The derivation of the township's name is self-evident.

The new township included approximately two-fifths of the entire west side of
the county. Findlay Township was reduced to a small strip extending from
Hardin to Wood counties. It was 1836 before Liberty became its present size,
through further township establishments.

Early in the 1820s, the McKinnis family settled in what is now Liberty
Township. They included Robert McKinnis, Charles McKinnis and Phillip
McKinnis. They were natives of Pennsylvania. Robert McKinnis was subsequently
elected an associate judge of the county.

OTHER EARLY SETTLERS included Jacob Poe, John Gardner, Thomas Wilson,
Ebenezer Wilson, Robert McCullough, John and Michael Fishel, William Wade,
Joshua Jones, John Travis and Addison and Alfred Hampton. Others were Nathan
Frakes, Johnson Bonham, John J. Hendricks, the Lee family, George Chase, Job
Chamberlain Sr., Henry Powell, Richard Watson, Peter Treece, Berna Beardsley
and the Rev. George Van Eman.

Due to its proximity to the village of Findlay, the Liberty area was one of
the first to be settled in the county. Many of the newcomers settled along
the river, which flows through the township.

In 1832, John Byal, one of the early settlers, opened a sawmill and later
built a gristmill. This was one of the first frame mills erected in Hancock
County and stood for many years. Another mill was built in 1844 by Miller
Johnson, south of the river. Amos Hartman erected a gristmill nearby. John
Povenmire constructed a sampmill on what was known as Comer's Run. It was not
until 1832 that a schoolhouse made its appearance in the township. A small,
log building was put up in Section 9 and the first school was taught by
Richard Wade. Benjamin Cummins also was an early teacher.

A class of the Methodist Episcopal denomination was organized at the Johnson
Bonham home in 1831. In 1851, the society built a frame church across the
line in Findlay Township. It was still being used in the 1890s.

THE REV. PETER MONFORT, a Presbyterian, organized a church of that
denomination in 1832 at the Ebenezer Wilson home. This was a branch of the
Findlay Presbyterian Church. In 1841, the Rev. George Van Eman reorganized
the church and a building was erected. Other churches followed the
Presbyterians and Methodists in later years.

Liberty Township has never had a village. The nearest approach to a town is
Blue Pigeon, located just west of Findlay, along the railroad tracks.

The township once had a post office, known as Alba. It was located at the
house of Samuel Renninger from 1857 to 1864.

Within the township is "Indian Green," located in Section 7 on U.S. 224. The
original settlers found a tract of cleared land covering a dozen acres on the
north bank of the river, some of which had been under cultivation. There was
an orchard of plum trees. An Indian graveyard was located there. Some believe
an Indian village once was there. Many Indian relics have been uncovered in
this area.

Liberty Township was the scene of much activity in the oil days. Its tax
duplicate has always been one of the biggest among the townships of the
county.



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Children of HENRY POWELL and CATHERINE FELLER are:
i. UNKNOWN5 POWELL.
ii. PETER FLOID POWELL.
iii. OLIVER POWELL.
iv. ELIZA JANE POWELL.
v. JOHN WESLEY M. POWELL.
vi. ELIZABETH POWELL.
vii. JOSIAH POWELL, b. January 05, 1827; m. MARTHA HESS, September 18,
1851.
2. viii. JACOB C. POWELL, b. August 03, 1828, Fairfield Co., OH; d.
January 18, 1878, Hancock Co., OH.
3. ix. JULIA ANN POWELL, b. September 29, 1830, Hancock Co, OH; d. October
20, 1915, Findlay, Hancock Co, OH, Maple Grove Cemetery.

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