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1900 Census Phelps Co., MO South Dillon Township sheet 7
Questions Asked in the 1900 Census
The 1900 population schedules provide the name of each person in the household; address; relationship to the head of the household; color or race; sex; month and year of birth; age at last birthday; marital status; the number of years married; the total number of children born of the mother; the number of those children living; places of birth of each individual and the parents of each individual; if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States; the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one; occupation; whether the person could read, write, and speak English; whether the home was owned or rented; whether the home was on a farm; and whether the home was mortgaged.

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,MargaretWifeWFnov1880,19M2 2 1MOTNMOyyy
,AnnaDauWFmay1900,17 SMOMOMO

1910 > Arkansas > BAXTER > BAYOU TWP Series: T624 Roll: 43 Page: 25
Powell,John KHeadMW39M1 11MOKYKYFarmer
MargaretWifeFW30M1 11 5/4MOTNMO
AnnaDauFW10SMOMOMO
RuthDauFW 6SMOMOMO
NovaDauFW 2SMOMOMO
RachelDauFW7/12SMOMOMO

1920 > Missouri > OZARK > BAYOU Series: T625 Roll: 936 Page: 193
Powell, John KHeadMW49MMOKYKYFarmingFarmer
Margaret M WifeFW40MMOMOMO
AnnaDauFW19SMOMOAR
RuthDauFW15SARMOMO
NovaDauFW12SARMOMO
RachelDauFW10SARMOMO
PansyDauFW 8SARMOMO
LenorDauFW 5SARMOMO
KelsoeSonMW 3 9/12SARMOMO
MayDauFW 1 2/12SARMOMO



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Record 41, page 66
Dated: - July 11, 1904

State of Arkans

John Powe
DEED FOR SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS

THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME - GREETING:
Whereas, Under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, entitled "An Act regulating the sale of the
Sixteenth Sections, and to provide for the collection of all claims due the School Fund arising from the sale of the said Sixteenth Sections
and for other purposes" approved March 31 1885; and Whereas John Powell has this day filed in this office a certificate of purchase, dated
July 5, 1904 and issued to and in favor of John Powell by the collector of Baxter County, together with proof of full payment, in compliance
with the terms of the sale as required by the said Act, for the following described lands, to-wit:
SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Section 16, in Township 21 North of the Base line in Range 11 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, containing 40 acres.

Now Therefore I, F. E. Conway, Commissioner of the State lands for the State of Arkansas, inconsideration of the premises aforesaid, and
in conformity with the said Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, in such case made and provided, have granted, bargained
and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell unto the said John Powell and to his heirs and assigns the above described lan
To Have and To Hold the same, together with all the rights privileges, immunities and appurtenances of whatever nature thereunto
belonging, to the said John Powell and to his heirs and assigns foreve
In Testimony Whereof, I F. E. Conway, Commissioner of State Lands for the State of Arkansas, have caused these letters to be made
patent, and have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at the City of Little Rock, in the State of Arkansas this 11th day of July,
1904.
F. E. Conway
Commissioner of State Lands for the State of Arkansas
(Seal)

Filed for record the 8th day of December, 1945 at 2 o'clock P.M.
J. D. Alley, Clerk


Warranty Deed
Date: October 25, 1904 Filed: December 8, 1945

Book: 42 Page: 127 Cons: $5.00

T. H. Garner and R. E. Garner, his wife

To: John Powell

Words of Conveyance: Bargain and sell

Description of Lands Conveyed:

Part of the NE1/4 NW1/4 Section 21, Twp. 21 N. R. 11 West, described as follows: Beginning at the NW corner of the said NE1/4 NW1/4,
running South 144 yards, thence East 144 yards, thence North 144 yards, thence West 144 yards to place of beginning, 4 acres, more of less.

Dower and Homestead: Released and Relinquished to have and to hold the same unto said John Powell and unto his heirs and assigns forever
with all appurtenances thereunto belonging:

Covenants: Will forever warrent and defend the title to said lands.

Signed by T. H. Garner and R. E. Garner

Acknowledgment
STATE OF ARKANSAS
County of Baxter Date Oct. 26, 1904
Before A. H. Smith, J. P.
and for said County and State



KIND OF INSTRUME
Patent
Date: June 11, 1912 Filed: December 8, 1945
Book: 4 Page: 364
UNITED STATES

To:
John Powell

Words of Conveyance: Granted by the United States

Description of Lands Conveyed:
The NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 21, Township 21 North, Range 11 West, containing 40 acres.

Dower and Homestead: ..... to have and to hold the same unto said John Powell and unto his heirs aand assigns forever with all appurtenances
thereunto belonging:

Signed by Wm. H. Taft, President
M. P. LeRoy, Secretary
John O'Connell, Acting Recorder of the General Land Office



Homestead in Baxter Co., AR

Rolla Weekly Herald first i\Issue of 1881

Summary of the school term completed December 24, 1880 of Coffman School. The teacher, George Skyles, reported that 39 students were enrolled. Amoung the students were Sallie POWELL and John POWELL. Coffman School. which all of Sallie's children attended, was over the hill form the Powell homestead. The building was still standing at the time of the 1999 reunion.

Envelope:

Jon. K. Powell
County Line Ark.
County Line Ark. Jun 6 1912 A. M.
Mrs. S. E. Brown
RFD No 2 Rolla, MO.







County Line Ark.
Mrs. Sallie E. Brown
Rolla Mo. Route #2

Dear Sister-
Yours of some time since was rec'd on time and will now make an attempt to answer- no excuses for not answering sooner but my old complaint!
Have been having some very dry weather but got a good rain last Tuesday (may 27) the first in four weeks. Wheat will be short also oat and meadows are sorry and weedy. Corn is small for the time of year. Old corn is as scarce as frog hair in this community. When I feed my hogs 3 ears apiece I get a club and keep the neighbors out of the way and when they only get 2 ears I have to use my shotgun. I have been sick for over a week but am better now. Had a bilious attack of the "can't walks". Now you may never have had this disease but the reason I call it can't walks is I had to trot.
All the rest are well at this time; you said you were coming if the boys' (Arth and Otto) would allow you: Well! I guess you mean to come but I fear you people all have been away from me so long I am a sort of sore thumb proposition. Better to be endured than cut off. But I'll say this Sagr. If you do come, I'll feed you on the best I've got and make you to a few surprises in the way of people stock etc., and you don't know how proud I'd be for you to come and see my kids and poverty.
You must not expect a very good long letter from me for I am bilious and I have noticed that Bilious folks are always cranky.
If you should happen to see a stray Capital letter anywhere out of place just imagine how it came there for really I don't know.
I have not been done corn plowing but a few days and have cane Kaffer and late potatoes to plant yet.
We have a good SS at Co Line and I have not missed a Sunday since I came from up there last summer!
Did Anna get Bro. C- in real money? as you see I never hear anything about it since I left and while it is none of my business I would like to know.
Well Sago write when you can and come and eat sheep and tater this year sure.
Give my Love to all the Kids big and little! and keep ples for Sago
Your Bro. John.

Envelope:

J. K. Powell
Bakersfield, Mo.
County Line Ark. Jan 1 A. M. 1917
Mrs. S. E. Brown
RFD No. 2
Rolla, MO.

Letter:

Bakersfield Mo.- Jan 1 1917
Mrs. S. E. Brown
Rolla MO.
Dear Sagri-

Yours of Recent date rec'd yesterday ( you see I don't get my mail only when I go to town) and was glad to hear from you again also to know you were all well I don't write much to anyone anymore but I don't get many letters either. I wrote home a couple of times last year and mother wrote to Maggie once. Now Sagri I'm not complaining but I am one of the family and if I do live in Ark. its my own business.
You know there are people who don't want me up there and that's one reason I don't come oftener and also why I don't write any more. I am not angry at anyone but my skin is no thicker than a Rhino and I never have lived off anyone and know how I came by what I have.
Your nephew is a poor little fellow, seven months old and only weighs 28 lbs, also his name is John Kelso Powell Jr. but I did not name him.
Yes the girls are going to school, four of them Anna is in the 8th grade in Ark and Ruth is in 7th and 8th but our grades are different from yours about 1/2 grade higher than Bakersfield H. School.
We have not had a crop here for six years and of course I have no money nor clothes but rags. I have not bought a pair of overalls for more than a year but we are trying to live within our income.
And so Arth went to Okla. visiting well he promised me to come to see me some years ago. But we'll let 'er go.
Maggie is not well this winter, has something the matter with her hands. She can't do a great deal of work.
I can't work much either. Am broke down nearly but I work a little every day when it isn't too bad. We had a pretty dull Christmas at our place but this is the first time Xmas came and we didn't have any money to spend. But we don't owe a great deal, and if God prospers us, we will come out yet, I trust. Our SS had a Christmas tree and some Candy for the kids. We have the best Baptist SS in Fulton Co. and the largest County SS in Fulton or Baxter Counties. Average attendance last yr. 62.
If I could sell my place here I would go to Louisiana or Miss. as I think there is a better opening there for sheep and cattle farming. This country is nearly all fenced up and I have not sufficient land to keep much stock I have about all the sheep and cattle I can pasture now and cannot buy more land without more money and money here is scarce. Not anything raised to sell for so long. Corn is now $1.24 cotton 18 cents hay $16. Dressed pork 12 cents. Live round steers 53 cents sheep from 8 to 9 dollars a head and flour $5.00 cwt. Well Sagr this is more than
I've written at one time for six months and my mind is becoming paralyzed. No, I've quit spinning yarns as my spinner is wobbly on the axle I can't talk much any more got too many kids. But there is one thing I am proud of and that is the young people in this community think I am "It" Capital I, for I do keep up a Bi-weekly spelling bee at Co Line and we have a jolly time. Now, Sagr this is Bragging and Egoism but its gospel So.
Well Sagr I'm a gonter but for this time write when you can and I'll ans sometime if I'm alive there.
Love to all, Your Bro. Jack.

OBIT


John K. Powell Dies at Home
Following Short Illness
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Many Years Farmer at Bakersfield
Father of Nova and John
Powell and Mrs. Pansy
Danford
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John Kelse Powell, 69 for years a prominent farmer at Bakersfield but who for many years has made his home in West Plains and Poplar Bluff died in Christa Hogan Hospital at 5:35 o'clock, Sunday following an illness of one year.
Powell developed an obstruction, and was removed form his home in the southwest to the hospital late Saturday
He was a native of Phelps County having been born at Rolla in 1870. He and his family moved to Bakersfield in 1902 and continued to make their home on a farm at that place until 1934. Since then they have lived in Poplar Bluff, Seymour and West Plains. returning to West Plains or..August.
Surviving are the widow Margaret Powell, eight daughters, Mrs. Anna Byrd of Tarkio Mo. Mrs. Ray Carrol of South Fork, Mo. Mrs. Mae Scoligh, Miss Alta Powell, one son John K. Powell all of West Plains.
Also surviving are three sisters Mrs. S. E. Brown, Miss Anna Powell and Miss Eulie Powell all of Rolla and six brothers, Finley C. of Georgetown, Ill, Robert Powell of Springfield, Mo., W. T. Powell of Rolla, Alvin A. Powell of okmona, Okla., A. W. Powell of Chillicothe, Mo., and Arthur L. Powell of Rolla.
The son and all of the daughters with the exception of the ... California and the one in ... were here at the time Mr. Powell passed away. The brothers in Springfield also arrived last night and other relatives, including a daughter from Tarkio, are expected to be here tonight or tomorrow.
Mr. Powell had been a member of the Baptist church for 35 years and funeral service will be from the First Baptist church tomorrow afternoon and will be in charge of the pastor the Rev. Dinwiddie.
Burial will be in Oakview Cemetery under the direction of Clarence Carr of the Carr Funeral Home.

• Married: 17 NOV 1897 in Lecoma, Dent Co. MO ⁵
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1. Sarah Agnes POWELL b: 23 OCT 1898 in MO
2. ANNA AMANDA POWELL b: 17 MAY 1900 in Bakersfield, Ozark Co., MO
3. Margaret Ruth POWELL b: 27 FEB 1904 in County Line, AR
4. Nova Ella POWELL b: 20 NOV 1907 in County Line, AR
5. Julia Rachel POWELL b: 15 JUL 1909 in COUNTY LINE AR.
6. Pansy Muriel POWELL b: 5 DEC 1911 in County Line, AR.
7. Johua Lenora POWELL b: 31 MAR 1914 in County Line, AR
8. John Alan Kelsoe POWELL II b: 15 MAY 1915 in County Line, AR
9. DEFSEY MAE POWELL b: 1 OCT 1918 in County Line, AR
10. Living POWELL

1. Title: 1900 MO Census
2. Title: 1880 MO Census
3. Title: 1920 MO Census
4. Title: 1910 MO Census
5. Title: Marriage License