Isaac Powell

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he listed himself as a permanent resident of Powell, Jefferson County, Nebraska, working as a Farmer. His nearest relative was shown as wife, Emma Powell. He was described as tall, medium build, with green eyes and light brown hair.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Nebraska, Jefferson County, Meridian Precinct
Enumerated 18 Feb 1920
SD 4 ED 107 Sheet 3A
45-46
Powell, Isaac Head M W 38 M Neb Ohio Indiana Farmer General Farm
Powell, Emma W F W 38 M Kansas Austria/Ger Austria/Ger
Powell, James A Son M W 17 S Neb Neb Kansas Farm Laborer
Powell, Reuben B Son M W 16 S Neb Neb Kansas
Powell, Gladys M Dtr F W 12 S Neb Neb Kansas
Powell, Harold W Son M W 3 S Neb Neb Kansas

1930 Census
Nebraska, Jefferson County, Meridian Precinct
Enumerated 14 Apr 1930
ED 48-19 SD 11 Sheets 4A and 4B
45-46
Powell, Isaac Head M W 49 M@22 Neb Ohio Indiana Farmer General Farm
Powell, Emma W F W 47 M@20 Kansas Bohemia-Austria Bohemia-Austria
Powell, Harold W Son M W 13 S Neb Neb Kansas
Powell, Dwain Son M W 8 S Neb Neb Kansas
HH 78-80
Glenn and Verda POWELL with four children and boarder Margaret Frazer

Isaac married Emma Havel on 15 Apr 1902. Emma (daughter of John W. Havel and Rosalie Theresa Punda) was born on 15 Apr 1882 in Ludell, Rawlins County, Kansas; died on 14 Feb 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Patsy Scheer and maintained by Gary and Wilman (Knigge) Luther:

Gladys May Mahaffey of Alexandria, Nebr., was born to Isaac and Emma Powell, on Dec. 25, 1907 at rural Powell. She died Dec. 26, 1996, at the age of 89 years and 1 day.

She attended country school and Powell school and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1926. She taught school near Daykin.

She was united in marriage to Ernest Arthur Mafaffey of rural Hebron, June 3, 1928. Six children, two sons and four daughters were born to this union. Her hobbies were quilting, and other crafts.

She was baptized into the Methodist Church in Bruning, on Jan. of 1961, and transferred to the Presbyterian church in Alexandria on Jan. 18, 1970. In 1967, she moved into Alexandria where she lived until she became a resident at the Blue Valley Lutheran Home in Hebron, Nov. 1995. Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, and brothers.

Survivors include her son, Larry Mahaffey, daughters, Lois Ream and her husband Daryl and Luree Marschman and her husband Ernest of Alexandria, Linda--_and her husband Dale of Dewitt, and Lula Korber and her husband David of Bern, Kansas, 13 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren, brothers, Harold Powell, and his wife Mildred, and Delmer Powell and his wife Vera of Fairbury, and other relatives. Services were Dec. 30 from the Alexandria Presbyterian church with Sylvia Cross officiating. Pallbearers were her grandsons. Burial was in the Fairbury cemetery.

Gladys married Ernest Arthur Mahaffey on 3 Jun 1928 in Nebraska. Ernest was born on 9 Jan 1903 in Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska; died on 10 Jul 1963 in Thayer County, Nebraska; was buried on 12 Jul 1963 in Fairbury Cemetery, Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]