Date: 28 October, 1999 1:48 AM
Hi John,
I'm Jan Lawson and am doing research on my Powell family tree. Elvira
Elizabeth Carpenter married Moses A. Powell in Conway Co., AR. in 1876.
Moses was a brother to my great great grandfather Jesse S. Powell. I
noticed in the Carpenter genealogical note material that Mary Ann Powell
married Robert A. Carpenter in MS. in 1846 and that she married first
cousins. Do you know who the Powell was that married into the Carpenter
family that produced the first cousin situation? In an 1891
biographical memoir of Conway Co., AR. it states, "Robert Carpenter was
probably a native of SC and born in 1825. He was married in Mississippi
in 1846 to Miss. Mary A. Powell, who was born in Mississippi in 1825.
In about 1848 they removed to Texas, and lived there for six years, when
they returned to Mississippi, and a short time after (about 1855),
emigrated to Conway County, Arkansas, and settled in the woods a
considerable distance from another settlement. Here they laid the
foundation for their future home, and bore their share of the privations
and hardships so common to pioneer life", etc., etc....more about his
enlistment in 1862 and his death in St. Louis...Mrs. Carpenter is still
living on the old farm, and is a member of the Christian Church. She is
the mother of seven children, viz.: Letha (deceased), Martha, wife of
Joseph Vaughn; Elizabeth, now Mrs. R. M. Simpson; S.M.-; Julia, Louisa
and an infant, deceased. Mrs. Carpenter's father, William Powell, was
born and married in South Carolina, and from there he removed to Monroe
County, Mississippi, where he died about 1827. Mrs. Powell died there
about 1852. Both were Primitive Baptists. Charles Powell, the father
of William Powell, was also a South Carolinian.
If Robert A. Carpenter and Mary Ann Powell were first cousins, do you
know the name of the common denominator for the two? The Elizabeth
mentioned above is Elvira Elizabeth Carpenter Powell Simpson. She
married a Simpson after Moses Powell died around 1886.
In one of the other genealogy webs it has Mary Ann Powell married to
Robert A. Carpenter then to William Carpenter??? Is this the first
cousin connection?
Any help would be very appreciated. Please respond to
jlawson@granbury.com. Thank you. Jan Lawson.
Hi John,
I think you had better check your Powell/Carpenter listing on
Rootsweb. You have a mix up on the Moses Powell that married Catherine
Hallock and the Moses A. Powell that married Elvira Elizabeth Carpenter.
Moses A. Powell, husband of Elivra Elizabeth Carpenter, was the son of
William H. Powell and Margaret Faulkner/Fortner and was born July 1850 in
Chickasaw Co., MS. died 1886 Center Ridge, Nichols Twp., Conway Co.,
AR. The information I sent you (appearing on your Roots Web page) was in
reference to this Moses A. Powell not the one that married Catherin Hallock
(that Moses did not marry Elvira Elizabeth Carpenter and did not have a
second marriage that I know of).
Elvira Elizabeth Carpenter was the daughter of Robert A. Carpenter and Mary
Ann Powell. She married 1.) Moses A. Powell, 2.) Ransom Moore Simpson and
3.) George Waters.
Robert A. Carpenter is listed on your website as the son of
Robert Carpenter and Letha ? and as probable son of Methias Carpenter and
Elizabeth ?
The information I sent you in 1999 brings that assumption into question as
it states that Sterling Monroe Carpenter's paternal grandfather was Reuben
Carpenter. Sterling Monroe Carpenter was a son of Robert A. Carpenter and
Mary Ann Powell. Was the Robert Carpenter, husband of Letha ?, also named
Reuben or is this Ruben of another Carpenter line?
Can you please make the changes on you webpages on both the RootsWeb
listing and on the Family Treemaker listing. It really makes it hard to
navigate either of them.
Any luck in further research on Mary Ann Powell?
Please respond. Jan Lawson.
Notes for ELVIRA ELIZABETH CARPENTER:
BURI PLAC: Center Ridge Cemetary, Center Ridge, Conway Co., Arkansas[Rhode
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BURI PLAC: Center Ridge Cemetary, Center Ridge, Conway Co., Arkansas
More About ELVIRA ELIZABETH CARPENTER:
Burried: August 05, 1915, Center Ridge Cem, Center Ridge, Conway, AR
Children of MOSES A. POWELL are:
i. MOSES3 POWELL, b. January 26, 1732/33; d. 1737.
ii. JOHN POWELL, b. October 11, 1734; m. ELIZABETH KIPP.
iii. ANNA POWELL, b. October 26, 1737; m. SAMUEL QUIMBY.
iv. NATHANIEL POWELL, b. 1739; d. February 12, 1807; m. ANN SUTTON; b.
January 11, 1750/51.
v. HANNAH POWELL, b. Bet. November 05, 1742 - 1743; m. BENEDICT CARPENTER,
December 17, 1761; b. August 20, 1740, Scarsdale, Westchester, NY; d. 1790,
Harrisons, Dutchess County.
Notes for BENEDICT CARPENTER:
All the Children of Benedict moved to Oakland county ,Michigan except Powell
Carpenter.
Benedict CARPENTER Jr.
was born 20 Aug 1740 in Scarsdale, Westchester, NY. He died 1790 in
Harrison, Westchester, NY.
Number 84 in the Carpenter Family in America, 1901 book.
Family on page 112.
The minutes of the Friends' Meeting at Harrisons has this record of his
marriage: "On 17d. 12 mo. 1761, Benedict Carpenter of Scarsdale, son of
Benedict, to Hannah, daughter of Moses Powell of North Castle. Benedict and
Daniel Carpenter were witnesses to this marriage.
They removed to Duchess county, NY in 1775.
SEE: Early Wills Westchester County, NY (1664-1784) by Pellettreau, 1898
Page 280. Mentioned as witness in the Will of Abraham Hatfield.
Dated 20 Nov. 1775.
On page 300 mentioned as a witness in the Will of Elijah Gedney, Scarsdale
dated 13 mar 1773.
On page 360 mentioned as having a piece of land opposite of Samuel Crawford,
dated 13 Feb. 1776.
It appears that all the children of Benedict, except Powell, removed to
Oakland County, MI, as per history of that county.
Benedict married (1) Hannah POWELL-,
daughter of Moses POWELL- and Catherine OR Katherine HALLOCK- on 17 Dec 1761
in Westchester, NY. Hannah was born 5 Nov 1742 in Bethpage, Nasau, NY.
SEE: Early Wills Westchester County, NY (1664-1784) by Pellettreau, 1898
Page 310 & 311. Mentioned as daughter to Moses Powell of Northcastle in will
dated 7 July 1774 and proved 5 Nov. 1774.
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All the Children of Benedict moved to Oakland county ,Michigan except Powell
Carpenter.
Benedict CARPENTER Jr.
was born 20 Aug 1740 in Scarsdale, Westchester, NY. He died 1790 in
Harrison, Westchester, NY.
Number 84 in the Carpenter Family in America, 1901 book.
Family on page 112.
The minutes of the Friends' Meeting at Harrisons has this record of his
marriage: "On 17d. 12 mo. 1761, Benedict Carpenter of Scarsdale, son of
Benedict, to Hannah, daughter of Moses Powell of North Castle. Benedict and
Daniel Carpenter were witnesses to this marriage.
They removed to Duchess county, NY in 1775.
SEE: Early Wills Westchester County, NY (1664-1784) by Pellettreau, 1898
Page 280. Mentioned as witness in the Will of Abraham Hatfield.
Dated 20 Nov. 1775.
On page 300 mentioned as a witness in the Will of Elijah Gedney, Scarsdale
dated 13 mar 1773.
On page 360 mentioned as having a piece of land opposite of Samuel Crawford,
dated 13 Feb. 1776.
It appears that all the children of Benedict, except Powell, removed to
Oakland County, MI, as per history of that county.
Benedict married (1) Hannah POWELL-,
daughter of Moses POWELL- and Catherine OR Katherine HALLOCK- on 17 Dec 1761
in Westchester, NY. Hannah was born 5 Nov 1742 in Bethpage, Nasau, NY.
SEE: Early Wills Westchester County, NY (1664-1784) by Pellettreau, 1898
Page 310 & 311. Mentioned as daughter to Moses Powell of Northcastle in will
dated 7 July 1774 and proved 5 Nov. 1774.
vi. MOSES POWELL, b. Bet. November 05, 1742 - 1743; m. (1) HANNAH WHEELER;
m. (2) HANNAH WHEELER.
vii. OBIDIAH POWELL, b. May 16, 1744.
viii. EDWARD POWELL, b. March 05, 1747/48.
ix. CATHARINE POWELL, b. March 30, 1748.
x. JAMES POWELL, b. December 25, 1750; m. MARTHA TOWNSEND, April 01, 1804.