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 1844 - 1917 (72 years)
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| Name |
Mary Catherine Powell [2] |
| Born |
28 Sep 1844 |
Person County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
06 Aug 1917 |
Yanceyville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Notes |
- Mary Catherine Powell (1844-1917)
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Camp Near Petersburg, Virginia
July 16th 1864
Franklin Phillips
Sir I regret very much to inform you of the death of your son. He departed this life on the 7 of the month. He was confined to his bed 17 days. He had all the attention that any man could get. I visited him in his sickness. He was at a private house by the name of Perkins. Mr. & Mrs Perkins was very kind to him, done all in their power for him. He had Typhoid fever. I tried very hard to send his body home but failed, the Gen would not sign a furlough for any body to carry him. I had him decently buried in a good coffin, I attended to it myself. I marked his grave so if you wanted to get his body so you could find it. He had 50 cts in silver & a few postage stamps in his pocket book. Jarrel Powell has his pocket book. The Yankees visited the house while he was there. They stole his hat & some other things. I sent his horse to you the 14th by Mart & all his clothes. I hope they will arrive safe.
Say to his wife that he died in his right mind & expressed a great desire to see her before his died. He said he was willing to die but preferred to die at home. He died very easy like going to sleep without a struggle. Tell her any thing I can do for her in settling up his claims with (the) goverment or in any other way, I will with the greatest pleasure.
Yours with much respect
Jas. T. Mitchell
Capt. Co (B) 4th N.C. Cav
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On July 5, 1871 Catherine married Larkin Grinstead, 12 years her senior. At the outbreak of the war Grinstead was a resident of neighboring Person County . He enlisted in Co. D., 13th N.C. Infantry on July 30, 1861 and remained as a private in that unit until it surrendered as part of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. By coincidence, this is the same regiment in which Franklin Summers Phillips’ future father-in-law, Pleasant Johnson Scott also served. However P.J. Scott was in Co. A, the Caswell Company of the 13th. The 1880 census found Catherine (then 35) and Larkin Grinstead (then 47) residing in Danville (First Ward) where his occupation is listed as a tobacconist. By 1900 Catherine was once again a widow and living next to her older brother Henry E. Powell and his family in Dan River Township in Caswell County . My Aunt Lessie Phillips (1894-1990) recalled, as a child, a visit from "Miss Mary Catherine" who rode to their house on horseback. She last appears on the 1910 census as 65 year old Mary C. Grinstead back in Danville ( Third Ward) as a lodger in a house with two other elderly widowed ladies who, like her, never had children. She died August 6, 1917 in Caswell Co. and is buried in a "F. (family) Grave Yard".
Source: CCHA Message Board (Mike Phillips, 13 October 2009).
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| Person ID |
I14051 |
Devin Timber |
| Last Modified |
14 Dec 2011 |
| Family 2 |
Paul Campbell Phillips, b. Abt 1844, d. 07 Jul 1864, Virginia (Age 20 years) |
| Married |
17 Oct 1863 |
Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Notes |
- Marriage Bond Record
Groom: Paul C. Phillips
Bride: Mary C. Powell
Bond Date 17 October 1863
Bondsman/Witness: Weldon H. Lunsford
Married By: John D. Long, Justice of the Peace
Location: Caswell County, North Carolina
Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 81.
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| Family ID |
F19208 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
Marriage 1 Gilley Whitlock Lipscomb b: ABT 1812 in Halifax County, Virginia
Married: 16 JUN 1829 1
Children
Has No Children William B. Powell b: ABT 1831
Has Children Harriett Elizabeth Powell b: 1832 in Virginia
Has Children Jarrel Powell b: 31 MAR 1834
Has No Children James C. Powell b: ABT 1838
Has No Children Henry E. Powell b: ABT 1840
Has Children Sarah Jane Barksdale Powell b: 12 JUN 1840 in North Carolina
Has No Children Mary Catherine Powell b: 28 SEP 1844 in Person County, North Carolina
Has No Children Minerva W. Powell b: ABT 1850
- Citation Text: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 81.
- Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 138-139 (Article #99 "Fa.
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