He started for Oregon from Missouri in 1852 with his family. They took the plains route and arrived in September.[1]
Lewis died on 12 May 1910 and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Woodland, Cowlitz County, Washington, United States.[2]
Sources
↑Immigration:
"Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s"
Oregon Historical Society; Portland, OR; Index Collection: Pioneer Index Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9056 #19949 (accessed 24 February 2023)
Name: Lewis Clarkson Powell; Occupation: Farmer; Birth Date: 9 Mar 1831; Birth Place: Illinois; Location Date: 18 Sep 1852; Location: Oregon, USA; Death Date: 1910; Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Matthews.
↑Burial:
"U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current"
Find a Grave™. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #37360969 Ancestry Record 60525 #26524855 (accessed 24 February 2023)
Lewis Clarkson Powell burial (died on 12 May 1910) in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Woodland, Cowlitz County, Washington, United States of America.
1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 13, Miller, Missouri; Roll: 406; Page: 446a; Line Number: 39 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #3913999 (accessed 24 February 2023) Lewis Powell (19), Farmer, in District 13, Miller, Missouri, USA. Born in Illinois.
1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Clark, Washington; Roll: M653_1398; Page: 138; Family History Library Film: 805398 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #35623462 (accessed 24 February 2023) Lewis Powell (29), Farmer, in Clark, Washington. Born in Illinois.
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