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Rowena <I>Wellons</I> Powell

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Rowena Wellons Powell

Birth
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
Death
23 Nov 1915 (aged 82)
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
Plot
Old Section Lot #20
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She was a daughter of Kizziah Coor and William Wellons, Sr. and married John Henry Powell about 1850 in North Carolina. She was the mother of at least 11 children. (1900 US Census states she has 12 children with 7 living)

A family biography originally Published in the Heritage Of Wayne County, North Carolina, 1982, page 391

This young couple was married in Waynesborough - a quiet town on the banks of the Neuse River, on the 25th day of March, 1847; he was 22 and the bride was 14. John came to Waynesborough from Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C. He was born September 30, 1824, the son of John S. Powell and Winifred Powell.
Rowena Wellons was a native of Waynesborough. She was born May 9, 1833.

Young Powell entered the service of Mr. Richard Washington who was the leading merchant, not only of the town, but of all this section. While in his employ, John obtained the schooling in business methods that helped him the rest of his life.

The railroad made many changes. An up-and-coming merchant would see the future in the move, so Powell was on of the first to "move over" with his family to Goldsboro. They built their home on South Center at the corner of Pine. It was a typical house of the period, a square two-story house with four outside chimneys and eight open fireplaces. He also built a small stone house in 1850 on Center Street which was sold to Herman Weil.

In 1873 Mr. Powell was President of the Building and Loan Association. Mr. and Mrs. Powell celebrated their fifty years of marriage with the help of the family and friends at their home, March 25, 1897.

Mr. Powell went home for dinner June 20, 1898 and died at the dinner table. Mrs. Powell lived 17 years after her husband's death. She died Nov. 23, 1915.

~Written by Mary D. Johnstone
She was a daughter of Kizziah Coor and William Wellons, Sr. and married John Henry Powell about 1850 in North Carolina. She was the mother of at least 11 children. (1900 US Census states she has 12 children with 7 living)

A family biography originally Published in the Heritage Of Wayne County, North Carolina, 1982, page 391

This young couple was married in Waynesborough - a quiet town on the banks of the Neuse River, on the 25th day of March, 1847; he was 22 and the bride was 14. John came to Waynesborough from Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C. He was born September 30, 1824, the son of John S. Powell and Winifred Powell.
Rowena Wellons was a native of Waynesborough. She was born May 9, 1833.

Young Powell entered the service of Mr. Richard Washington who was the leading merchant, not only of the town, but of all this section. While in his employ, John obtained the schooling in business methods that helped him the rest of his life.

The railroad made many changes. An up-and-coming merchant would see the future in the move, so Powell was on of the first to "move over" with his family to Goldsboro. They built their home on South Center at the corner of Pine. It was a typical house of the period, a square two-story house with four outside chimneys and eight open fireplaces. He also built a small stone house in 1850 on Center Street which was sold to Herman Weil.

In 1873 Mr. Powell was President of the Building and Loan Association. Mr. and Mrs. Powell celebrated their fifty years of marriage with the help of the family and friends at their home, March 25, 1897.

Mr. Powell went home for dinner June 20, 1898 and died at the dinner table. Mrs. Powell lived 17 years after her husband's death. She died Nov. 23, 1915.

~Written by Mary D. Johnstone

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