Sunday, March 17, 2024

Cyrus Powell 1829-1899 Indian Territory

 Buried Fleetwood Cemt, Central High OK Lived in Ganns Twp, Sequoya County, OK

Aunt Nannie (Nancy Mary Katherine daughter of Cyrus Powell) said Cyrus lived in Fannin Co. TX after his first wife died She said he was a Veterinarian. Settled in Indian Territory that is now Tishomingo OK Later moved to Gans OK and was a farmer Cyrus fought for the Texas Rangers during the Civil War, fought with Pap Price, rode race horses for his father, was only 5 foot 2 at the time

The dates come from Cyrus Powell's Bible.

Research material from Avis Powell, son of Lige Powell Jr. and grandson of Cyrus Powell:

    Photo copies of 6 pages from a Bible that is purported to be the Bible of Cyrus Powell.  Avis thinks the pages could be from two different Bibles. Some of this is hard to read but I also have a transcript of the writting from Avis Powell.

 Cyrus Powel was born Oct 29 1829

Caroline Powell wife of Cyrus Powel was born June 7 1834

William H. Powel was born Feb 3 1851

Andrew Jackson Powel was born Oct 1st 1855

James Madison Powel was born May 30th 1857

all the above is in the same hand writting

There is some more below this that I can not read but I think there is something about an Elizabeth J. Powell

this is in a different hand writting

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Cyrus Powell was born Oct 29 1829

Elizabeth Ann Powell was born November 10 1845

David J. Powell was born October 17the AD 1867

Sarah Elizabeth Powell was born May the 24th 1869

Charles E. Powell was born November the 15th 1871?

Nancy Mary Catherine Powell was born Feb the 19th 1874?

John Wesley Powell was born Jan 3 1877

 some of the above dates I can not actually make out, but this is a translation I have.  The names are clear, some dates are blurred

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Deaths

William Henry Powel departed this life Nov 9th 1854

Caroline Powel departed this life June July 18 1859

[NOTE: June July 18 is the way it is written]

David J. Powell died Oct the 28th 1867

James Madisoon Powell died February the 24th AD 1870

Cyrus Powell departed this life March 28th 1889 [may be 1884]

Elizabeth Powell died Oct 27 1904

 

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Marriages

Cyrus Powel and Caroline Pell were married Dec 26 1851

Cyrus Powell and Elizabeth Ann were married April the 10th 1866

Samuel Gan and Sallie Powell were married in December 1887

Elijah Powell and GarBell?? Sandlin were married October the 9th

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Elijah Powell was born July the 29 1882

Garbell Sandlin was born November 15 1884

 This Bible contains the marriages and ages of our family and deaths of our family.  This is to love of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.

I ______  _______ Feb. the 19th 1870

B. J. Good

 

End of Bible Transcript

 

From Avis Powell I have a two page transcript of a statement made by Aunt Nannie on October 15 1862.

Seven Powell brothers came from England and settled in seven different states.  One, Dr. Dave Powell settled in Texas.  Others settled in other states.  (NOTE:  Cyrus Powell did have a Uncle David Powell who was a Doctor in Texas, but he was from Kentucky, not England and there were eight brothers in the family.) 

William Henry Powell, father of Cyrus H. Powell, owned and raised race horses and ran a dry goods business.   He owned two known race horses, 'Screwball and Dolly Varden.'  Screwball was one of the fastest in the U. S. of America. They lived in Missouri, and also lived in Louisville, KY.

 Cyrus H. Powell was born in North Missouri.  He was married to Elizabeth (Betsy) Dollison,  who was born in Ohio.  Cyrus was a cattleman and had a large ranch (or lived on one and worked for the owner, not sure of this), in Wilbarger County, Texas.  He was a veterinary.  Due to the health of one of his children, (John W.), he sold his ranch and settled in Indian Territory that is now Tishomingo, Oklahoma.  Then alter they moved to Gans, Oklahoma, and became farmers.  Cyrus was married before he was married to Elizabeth (Betsy).  They had three children, all boys.  While married to this first wife, they lived in Fannon, Texas.  She died at the beginning of the Civil War, and one of the boys died too.  He took the two remaining sons to live with his parents, Wm. H. and Sarah Powell in Missouri.  Cyrus went back to Texas, and joined up with the Texas Rangers, and fought in the Civil War. When Lee surrendered, he and seven others ran the 'Gauntlet', or what they called wouldn't surrender, but they were recaptured a little later, and were bent over bayonets until they said they surrendered.  He served under 'Pap Price', in the Rangers.  He talked about them being made to drink gun powder mixed in whiskey to make them surrender.

Cyrus rode his father's horses in the races because he was also small when he was young.  He was only 5 ft. 2 in. tall and until he was older, didn't weigh much.

They had a past time in Texas with fighting cocks.  They fed them gun powder in the feed to make them fight better.  He also told about when his father lived in Kentucky, and owned race horses.  How a man with two horses, their hair all matted and turned the wrong way, finally matched up a race, then he went off and cleaned and brushed his horses, and they were the best looking race horses on the ground that day and won the race. [NOTE: Willis Powell, my father, told this same story.  According to my father,  John Powell was the name of the man who owned the horses in the story.]

After the war, he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Dollison. They had six children.  They raised five, three boys and two girls lived.  His two sons by his first wife came to live with them when they were in their teens.  One of the boys took pneumonia and died.  The other boy, Andrew Jackson Powell, married.  Never knew what happened to him for sure, but thinks he might be buried at Sulpher Springs, Oklahoma.  They did live at Davis, Oklahoma.

Nancy Mary Kathryn Powell Southerland Devault (Nanny) is the only child of Cyrus and Betsy Powell, still living at this writing.  At the age of 89 years.  She will be 90 on the 19th of February 1963.  This is being written October 15, 1962, by Elsie Bethel, her grand-daughter.  Cyrus, Betsy and their children are buried at Fleetwood and Mitchell cemeteries.

End of story from Aunt Nannie

From Avis Powell research material:  The census for Gans Township, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma for 1910, shows Uncle Charlie and Uncle John (Powell) living with E. M. and Ida B. Powell, state of birth Missouri.   Cyrus Powell died on the 28th of March 1889 and is buried at Fleetwood Cemetery, Central High, Oklahoma.  Dates of birth and death for the children of Cyrus Powell are listed except for death of Elijah Emmit and Sarah Elizabeth.

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