JOHN MELVIN POWELL was born 09 Feb 1872 in Oregon, although the exact location in Oregon is disputed. According to several of his children (and listed on his death certificate), John was born in Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon, USA — now known as Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA. But according to a marriage certificate and the Social Security Application form that John filled out himself, he was born in Needy, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.
John was the second son of the Methodist circuit preacher and farmer Isaac Jamison Powell and his wife, Adelia Emily Collver. The family eventually settled in Wasco County, Oregon, farming in Dufur and Tygh Valley. On 31 December 1896 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, John married his wife, Della Alice White, daughter of Homer White and Nancy Anna Powell (a different branch of Powells).
John and Della had a homestead up on Juniper Flat, near Wapinitia, and all of their 10 children were born there on the family farm. Della developed colon cancer, and died in 1927 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. John remarried a few times (although none of them were lengthy marriages), lost the homestead because of financial difficulties (some stemming from Della's medical bills), and eventually ended up in a nursing home in Portland, where he died on 07 Feb 1958. He was buried in Kelly Cemetery, next to Della, on 11 Feb 1958.
John was the second son of the Methodist circuit preacher and farmer Isaac Jamison Powell and his wife, Adelia Emily Collver. The family eventually settled in Wasco County, Oregon, farming in Dufur and Tygh Valley. On 31 December 1896 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, John married his wife, Della Alice White, daughter of Homer White and Nancy Anna Powell (a different branch of Powells).
John and Della had a homestead up on Juniper Flat, near Wapinitia, and all of their 10 children were born there on the family farm. Della developed colon cancer, and died in 1927 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. John remarried a few times (although none of them were lengthy marriages), lost the homestead because of financial difficulties (some stemming from Della's medical bills), and eventually ended up in a nursing home in Portland, where he died on 07 Feb 1958. He was buried in Kelly Cemetery, next to Della, on 11 Feb 1958.
JOHN MELVIN POWELL was born 09 Feb 1872 in Oregon, although the exact location in Oregon is disputed. According to several of his children (and listed on his death certificate), John was born in Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon, USA — now known as Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA. But according to a marriage certificate and the Social Security Application form that John filled out himself, he was born in Needy, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.
John was the second son of the Methodist circuit preacher and farmer Isaac Jamison Powell and his wife, Adelia Emily Collver. The family eventually settled in Wasco County, Oregon, farming in Dufur and Tygh Valley. On 31 December 1896 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, John married his wife, Della Alice White, daughter of Homer White and Nancy Anna Powell (a different branch of Powells).
John and Della had a homestead up on Juniper Flat, near Wapinitia, and all of their 10 children were born there on the family farm. Della developed colon cancer, and died in 1927 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. John remarried a few times (although none of them were lengthy marriages), lost the homestead because of financial difficulties (some stemming from Della's medical bills), and eventually ended up in a nursing home in Portland, where he died on 07 Feb 1958. He was buried in Kelly Cemetery, next to Della, on 11 Feb 1958.
John was the second son of the Methodist circuit preacher and farmer Isaac Jamison Powell and his wife, Adelia Emily Collver. The family eventually settled in Wasco County, Oregon, farming in Dufur and Tygh Valley. On 31 December 1896 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, John married his wife, Della Alice White, daughter of Homer White and Nancy Anna Powell (a different branch of Powells).
John and Della had a homestead up on Juniper Flat, near Wapinitia, and all of their 10 children were born there on the family farm. Della developed colon cancer, and died in 1927 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. John remarried a few times (although none of them were lengthy marriages), lost the homestead because of financial difficulties (some stemming from Della's medical bills), and eventually ended up in a nursing home in Portland, where he died on 07 Feb 1958. He was buried in Kelly Cemetery, next to Della, on 11 Feb 1958.
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POWELL
JOHN M.
1872 - 1958
DELLA A.
1877 - 1927
Gravesite Details
Burial 11 Feb 1958; age at death 85 years, 11 months, 27 days.
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