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    Sarah Frances "Sally" Powell[1]

    Female 1840 - 1912  (71 years)


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    • Name Sarah Frances "Sally" Powell 
      Born 19 Mar 1840  Crew, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died 1912  Crew, Halifax, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Buried Crew Church Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Brothers Addison L. and Christopher B. Edwards married sisters, Sarah Frances and Mary G. Powell
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        Birth: Oct. 27, 1845
        Death: Oct. 22, 1892

        Pvt., Co. K, 14th Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.

        Addison L. Edwards was born on October 27, 1845. He enlisted, date unknown, as Pvt., Co. K, 14th Virginia Infantry. Addison was captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and held as a prisoner of war at Fort McHenry, Ft. Delaware, and Point Lookout, Maryland. He was apparently exchanged as he rejoined his company until December 7, 1863. Addison was captured again at Five Forks on April 1, 1865. He was held as a priosner of war at City Point (Hopewell, Virginia) until transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland where he took the Oath of Allegiance and was released on June 11, 1865.

        Inscription:
        [headstone]
        Addison L. Edwards
        Born
        Oct. 27, 1845
        Died
        Oct. 22, 1892
        [Confederate Stone]
        Addison L. Edwards
        Co. K
        14 Va. Inf.
        C. S. A.
        Oct. 27, 1845
        Oct. 22, 1892

        Burial:
        Crewe Cemetery
        Crewe
        Nottoway County
        Virginia, USA

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        Created by: Thomas Daniels
        Record added: Mar 06, 2009
        Find A Grave Memorial# 34506741
      Person ID I7292  Devin Timber | Mary Eggleston Pedigree
      Last Modified 11 Jun 2013 

      Father William Jefferson Powell, Sr.,   b. 12 Dec 1807, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Dec 1882, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
      Mother Elizabeth Allen Carter,   b. 16 Jul 1807, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1883  (Age 76 years) 
      Married Abt 1838 
      Family ID F2760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Addison Lafayette Edwards,   b. 27 Oct 1845, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1892, Crew, Halifax, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
      Married Bef 1860  Prob. Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +1. Robert Thomas Edwards,   b. 14 Dec 1859, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1939, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
       2. Bessie Edwards,   b. 03 May 1861, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Aug 1951, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
       3. Ellie Mae Edwards,   b. 03 Jan 1867, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       4. Margaret Edwards,   b. c 1870, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +5. Madaline "Mattie" Frances Edwards,   b. 03 May 1876,   d. 10 Sep 1967, Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
       6. Sally Edwards,   b. Sep 1878, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 2 Jan 2012 
      Family ID F2561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Photos
      Sarah Frances Powell Portrait
      Sarah Frances Powell Portrait

      Documents
      Sallie Catherine Edwards
      Sallie Catherine Edwards
      Addison Lafayette (transcription incorrect)

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        1880 VA Census Halifax County, Mt. Carmel District HH/FAM 78/86 Line 12-18; A. L. (Addison Lafayette) Edwards 35?, Sarah (Sarah Frances Powell) 40, Robert 20, Mattie (my grandmother) 10, Lizzie 7, Margaret 4, Ellie (Ellie Mae) l.
        Sarah Frances Powell is the grandmother of Frances Hughes Carter, mother of Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston. Sarah Frances Powell died the year her grandaughter was born.