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    Bettie Margaret Powell[1]

    Female 1851 - 1938  (86 years)


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    • Name Bettie Margaret Powell  [2
      Born 20 Dec 1851  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Gender Female 
      Died 22 Jul 1938  [2
      Buried Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Bettie Margaret Powell (1851-1938)

        Bettie Powell and Rufus Powell

        (for larger image, click on photograph, then click "Actions/View all Sizes")
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        This photograph is believed to be of siblings Bettie Margaret Powell (1851-1938) and Rufus Edwin Powell (1856-1924). They were children of Henry Alexander Powell (1824-1866) and Martha Ann Walters (born 1825).
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        See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner).

        She deeded the land upon which was constructed the Blanche Baptist Church (built 1903 and initially known as Moore's Chapel).
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        Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.

        Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.
      Person ID I14076  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 15 Dec 2011 

      Father Henry Alexander Powell,   b. 16 Dec 1824, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1866  (Age 41 years) 
      Mother Martha Ann Walters,   b. c1825, Caswell County, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F4396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Father Henry Alexander Powell,   b. 16 Dec 1824, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1866  (Age 41 years) 
      Relationship Natural 
      Mother Martha Ann Walters,   b. 24 Sep 1825, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1892, Sutherlin, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
      Relationship Natural 
      Married 29 Oct 1846  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      Notes 
      • Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
        Groom Name: Henry A. Powell
        Bride Name: Martha Ann Walters
        Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1846
        County: Pittsylvania
        State: Virginia
      Family ID F5672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 James Byrd Moore,   b. c 1850 
      Children 
       1. Henry Joseph Moore,   b. c 1870, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 15 Dec 2011 
      Family ID F4399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 James Byrd Moore,   b. 17 Mar 1848,   d. 23 Aug 1900  (Age 52 years) 
      Children 
       1. Felix A. Moore,   bur. Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
       2. Henry Joseph Moore,   b. 12 Nov 1874,   d. 06 Oct 1877  (Age 2 years)  [Natural]
      +3. Blanche Lydia Moore,   b. 10 Feb 1882, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1960  (Age 78 years)  [Natural]
       4. Ethel Moore,   b. Abt 1885  [Natural]
      Family ID F10616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Bettie Margaret Powell was born 20 DEC 1851 in Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 22 JUL 1938. She was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina). She was the daughter of 14. Henry Alexander Powell and 15. Martha Ann Walters.



        Children of Bettie Margaret Powell and James Byrd Moore are:
        i. Felix A. Moore.
        ii. Henry Joseph Moore was born 12 NOV 1874, and died 06 OCT 1877.
        3. iii. Blanche Lydia Moore was born 10 FEB 1882 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 14 JUL 1960. She married Alexander Banks Moore 22 JUN 1910 in Blanche Baptist Church, Caswell County, North Carolina, son of Luther Thomas Moore and Sarah Elizabeth Ferrell. He was born 07 MAY 1879 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died 02 OCT 1958.
        iv. Ethel Moore was born ABT 1885. She married R. N. Shearon.

      2. Details: Gravestone in the Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina).

      3. Details: Allen Powell Dew and Neva Ann Daniel Ancestors.