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William Franklin Powell

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William Franklin Powell

Birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Death
3 Nov 1937 (aged 83)
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Oregonian (published as The Oregonian) - November 5, 1937 - page 3

POWELL FUNERAL SET FOR TODAY

William F. Powell, 84, of 4428 Northeast 112th avenue, retired pioneer farmer who died yesterday, will be buried today in Central Grove cemetery, Sandy boulevard and 112d avenue, near the place of his birth. Services will precede at Holman & Lutz Colonial mortuary. Mr. Powell was born November 17, 1853, on the present site of Inverness golf course, and spent the greater part of his life there, Mrs. Powell, the former Laura May Legge, whom he married in 1882, died May 7, 1934. With his family he removed from the farm to his recent home in 1908. Surviving are a son John, a brother, S.D. Powell, two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Stott and Mrs. Rose Brandes, and two grandchildren.

From the same paper page 15, additional information.

Father of John W., grandfather of Virginia and Donald; brother of Mrs. Sadie Stott and Mrs. Rose Brandes.
Oregonian (published as The Oregonian) - November 5, 1937 - page 3

POWELL FUNERAL SET FOR TODAY

William F. Powell, 84, of 4428 Northeast 112th avenue, retired pioneer farmer who died yesterday, will be buried today in Central Grove cemetery, Sandy boulevard and 112d avenue, near the place of his birth. Services will precede at Holman & Lutz Colonial mortuary. Mr. Powell was born November 17, 1853, on the present site of Inverness golf course, and spent the greater part of his life there, Mrs. Powell, the former Laura May Legge, whom he married in 1882, died May 7, 1934. With his family he removed from the farm to his recent home in 1908. Surviving are a son John, a brother, S.D. Powell, two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Stott and Mrs. Rose Brandes, and two grandchildren.

From the same paper page 15, additional information.

Father of John W., grandfather of Virginia and Donald; brother of Mrs. Sadie Stott and Mrs. Rose Brandes.

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William Franklin Powell was born November 17, 1853 in Multnomah County, Oregon. He was the son of John Powell and Martha Ann (Milliorn) Powell. He married Laura May (maiden name unknown) and they had two children, Lena Mildred Powell and John W Po



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