Miller Nicholas Powell

  • Born February 10, 1858 in Newton, Jasper County, Illinois.

  • Parents were WILLIAM ALBERT POWELL and JULIA ANN AVERY.

  • Married MARY DORSAY LUKE on December 29, 1881 in Jasper County, Illinois. She was born September 14, 1860 in Bethany, Moultrie County, Illinois; and died June 6y, 1928 in Bethany, Moultrie County, Illinois. Her parents were JOHN LUKE and ELIZABETH EVANS.

  • Died September 9, 1926 in Bethany, Moultrie County, Illinois.

  • Both are buried in Marrowbone Township Cemetery, Moultrie County, Illinois.






CHILDREN

  1. CLARA POWELL, born in July, 1882 in Jasper County, Illinois; died in 1950. Married JAMES CLAUDE MAJERS about 1904.

  2. LAWRENCE E. POWELL, born April 22, 1894 in Marrowbone Township, Moultrie County, Illinois; died October 16, 1896 in Marrowbone Township, Mooultrie County, Illinois.

  3. LORENA MAE POWELL, born May 31, 1900 in Marrowbone Township, Moultrie County, Illinois; died in November, 1983 in Bethany, Moultrie County, Illinois. Married RUSSELL LOWELL CROWDER in 1915 in Moultrie County, Illinois.

  4. LORN A. POWELL, born May 31, 1900 in Marrowbone Township, Moultrie County, Illinois; died in 1900 in Marrowbone Township, Moultrie County, Illinois.