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Joseph "Joe" Powell 1895 – 1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 JUL 1895

Birth Location: Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 27 APR 1978

Death Location: Knox County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: Marshall Powell

Mother: Ellen Cox

Spouse(s): Axie Sizemore

Children(s):

Joseph "Joe" Powell was born in 1895 in Kentucky, United States, the child of Marshall Powell and Ellen Cox. Joseph "Joe" Powell later married Axie Sizemore. In 1978, Joseph "Joe" Powell passed away in Knox County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Parents

Marshall Powell
1861 – 1931
Birth Location: Knox, Kentucky, USA
MP
Ellen Cox
1872 – 1947
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
EC

Spouses(s)

Axie Sizemore
1909 – 2000
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
AS

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bimble, Knox County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: Find a Grave Index, Public Member Trees, "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Tue Apr 01 03:29:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Joseph Powell.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01326; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 61-4

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 6 JUL 1895
    Event Place: Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Find a Grave Index, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786-1965, Kentucky, U.S., Death Index, 1911-2000, Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999, Public Member Trees, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, United States, Census, 1900, United States, Census, 1930, United States, Census, 1940, United States, Social Security Death Index, United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Year: 1940; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01326; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 61-4, The Courier-Journal; Publication Date: 29 Apr 1978; Publication Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA; ,0.055665515,0.18690884,0.08618332&xid=3355, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786-1965", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Sat Feb 24 02:19:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Joe Powell and Marsh Powell, 25 Mar 1926., "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Sat Feb 22 04:18:13 UTC 2025), Entry for Joe Powell, 27 Apr 1978., "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Tue Apr 29 05:50:31 UTC 2025), Entry for Joe Powell and Axie Powell, 27 Apr 1942., "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Tue Apr 01 03:29:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Joseph Powell., "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 9 January 2021), Joe Powell, Apr 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, <i>Death Master File</i>, database (Alexand, "United States, Census, 1900", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Sun Jan 19 18:48:05 UTC 2025), Entry for Marshall Powell and Ellen Powell, 1900., "United States, Census, 1930", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Thu Mar 07 11:28:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Joe Powell and Axie Powell, 1930., "United States, Census, 1940", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Tue Jan 21 13:18:55 UTC 2025), Entry for Joe Powell and Axie Powell, 1940.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 27 APR 1942
    Event Place: Bimble, Knox, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kox co, Kentucky
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 APR 1978
    Event Place: Knox County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: Find a Grave Index, Kentucky, U.S., Death Index, 1911-2000, Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999, Public Member Trees, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, United States, Social Security Death Index, The Courier-Journal; Publication Date: 29 Apr 1978; Publication Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA; ,0.055665515,0.18690884,0.08618332&xid=3355, "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Sat Feb 22 04:18:13 UTC 2025), Entry for Joe Powell, 27 Apr 1978., "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Tue Apr 01 03:29:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Joseph Powell., "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 9 January 2021), Joe Powell, Apr 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, <i>Death Master File</i>, database (Alexand

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Knox, Kentucky
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01326; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 61-4

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Magisterial District 1, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01326; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 61-4

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Courier-Journal; Publication Date: 29 Apr 1978; Publication Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA; ,0.055665515,0.18690884,0.08618332&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Magisterial District 1, Barbourville, Precincts 1-2, Knox, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Heidrick, Knox, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Same House

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Magisterial District 1, Knox, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bimble, Knox, Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Knox
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Death Index, 1911-2000

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Knox, Kentucky
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Magisterial District 1, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Knox, Pike, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Knox, Pike, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Knox, Pike, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

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