Did you ever wonder how our Powell family members supported
themselves and their families? Below you may find a clue.
Caleb Powell Sr. - landowner and was reportedly a very wealthy man-Possible
Plantation owner Benjamin Powell - (b. 1823) (son of Jacob C. Powell) Farmer Juda Williams (wife of Benjamin Powell) Midwife William David Powell (son of William Adam Wynch Powell) Mill
Tailor, Farmer William Frank Moss Jr. (husb of Verna Estelle Powell) Service
Station Owner, Farmer Verna Powell Moss (dau William David Powell) Ran the Farm John William Porter Jr. (husb jonnie Moss) - Railroad Worker,
Cattle Farmer, Johnnie Moss Porter (dau W.F. Moss Jr. & Verna Estelle Powell)
Housewife (boss of family)
*SMILE* Frank Moss Porter(son of John William Porter & Johnnie Moss)
Choral MusicTeacher
Piano teacher, Church Organist, Craft Maker, Part Time Music Teacher at
a local college Patricia Hodson Porter (wife of Frank Moss Porter)Housewife, Teacher,
Craft Maker Steven Jay Porter (son of Frank Moss Porter & Patricia Hodson)
- United Methodist Minister Sally May Porter (wife of Steven Jay Porter) Pastor's Wife Dempsey Key (husband of Mary Ann Isom) Farm Laborer
for John Street William Hardy Key (son of Dempsey and Mary Ann) Farmer John Andrew Key (son of William Hardy and Ailcey) Farmer Julia Ann Key (dau of John Andrew) Housewife Ray Hall (husb of Julia Ann Key) Farmer, Church of Christ Song Leader Johnnie Hall (son of Julia Ann Key) Truck Driver Jesse B. Key (son of John Andrew) Farmer Mildred (wife of Jesse B. Key) Housewife Cora Irene Key (dau. of John Andrew) Nurse Aide & Waitress Raymond P. Cahill (husb of Cora Irene Key) Farmer, Store Owner,
Anodizer Tree
Trimmer Robert Eugene Bowen (son of Otey Bowen & Cora Irene Key) emp.
Western Electric Michael Lee Bowen (son Robert E. Bowen & Ruby Moulder) Postal
Worker Michelle L. Bowen (dau of Robert E. Bowen & Ruby Moulder) Postal
Worker Stephen R. Bowen (son of Robert E. Bowen & Ruby Moulder) Postal
Worker Pattie Jo Cahill (dau of Raymond P. Cahill & Cora Irene Key)
Working Leader Electric Motor Factory, Waitress, John Petcoff (husb of Pattie J. Cahill) Dry Wall Finisher William Calton (husb of Pattie J. Cahill) Factory Worker Chris Petcoff (dau of Pattie Jo Cahill) CMT & Homemaker David Jones (husb of Chris Petcoff) Welder Mary Key (dau of John A. Key) Teacher, Housewife, Factory Worker Roy Bingham (husb of Mary Key) Blacksmith William Bingham (son of Roy Bingham & Mary Key) Welder Eula Donaldson (wife of William Bingham) Factory Worker J.K. Bingham (son of Roy Bingham & Mary Key) Engineer Harden Isom (son Jonathan Isom & Martha Miles) Farmer Andrew Jackson Street (husb Lucinda Isom) Landowner {940 acres} William Hardy Isom (son of Jonathan Isom) Farmer Dora Isom (dau William Hardy Isom) Schooteacher Sarah Frances Meadows (wife of Jonathan Wesley Isom) Housewife William Marion Braden (son of G.W. Braden and Allie A. Isom) Farmer George Andrew Braden Jr. (son of G.W. Braden and Allie A. Isom)
Farmer Isaac Martin Glaze (husb of Nancy A. Isom) Wagon Train Master, Methodist Circuit Rider Henry McGraw O'Neal (husb of Martha E. Powell) Farmer Edmond Taylor Key(son of Dempsey Key & Mary Ann Isom) Christian
Minister George M. Nance (son of George A. Nance & Ailcey Isom) Farmer Tom Baird (husb of Myrtle Johnson) Farmer William C. Johnson (son of Elisha Johnson & Mary Ann Street)
Farmer Roscoe Street (son of John M. Street & Julia Street) Farmer Henry Alfred O'Neal (son of Henry M. O'Neal & Martha Ellen Powell)
Preacher Christopher Columbus O"Neal (son of Henry M. O'Neal & Martha
Ellen Powell)
Farmer & Justice of Peace Opal Key (dau of George Washington Key &Sarah H. Smith) Bank
Teller Orby "Stick" Bingham (husb of Opal Key) Blacksmith James Key (son of Edmond Taylor Key & Catherine Anderson) Coal
Miner Bryan Johnson (son of Elisha Johnson and Mary Ann Street) Farmer,
Truck Driver Martha Jane Isom (dau of James Robert Isom & Hannah E. Street)
Housewife Abner C. Hall (husb of Martha Jane Isom) Farmer Mary Florence Isom (dau of James Robert Isom & Hannah E. Street)
Housewife Edgar (Edwin) B. Blake (husb of Mary Florence Isom) Restaurant Owner James Addison Willis (husb of Mary Florence Isom) Farmer Charlie Metz (husb of Mary Florence Isom) Farmer Clinton Stanley Paige (husb of Viola E. Willis) AT&SF Railroad James Alfred Mantooth (son John Thomas Mantooth & Esther Lessie
O'Neal) Service Station/Store
Owner Finis O'Neal (Son of Henry Alford O'Neal &Emma A. McElroy) Preacher GladysA. O'Neal (dau Christopher Columbus O'Neal & Ella Gardner) U.S. Postal Mail Clerk Ivan William O'Neal (son of Chesley O'Neal & Sarah J. Hughes)Cotton
Farm Laborer James Franklin Durnil (husb of Hattie Plaster) Painter/Paper Hanger Raymond Plaster ( son of James L. Plaster & Lucinda J. Key)
emp. by Ford Motor Co. Otto Denker (husb of Leona Dell Biggs) Farmer Lee Cobb (husb of Gertrude Maude Long) Mechanic Clarence Arthur Long (son of Arthur Long & Maud Rounds) 3rd
Class Warrent
Officer-U.S. Coast Guard Joe William Wood (husb of Ora Lucinda Long) Farmer Thomas Key (son of John W. Key & Leva Dunkle) Farmer Mattie Bannon (wife of Thomas Key) Nurse James Key (son of John W. Key & Leva Dunkle) Farmer Henry Wolf (husb of Clara Mildred Key) Owner Wolf Burgers Restaurants Charles Edmond Lane (son of Charles S. Lane & Sarah Key) Barber James Ernest Applebury (husb of Bertha V. Lane) Garage Operator Marvin Wilson Lane (son of Charles S. Lane & Sarah Key) Farmer John W. Shirley (son of Frank Shirley & Sarah Caroline Nance)
Farmer John W. Shirley Jr. (son of John W. Shirley & Neta Hooper) Farmer Virgil Eugene Shirley (son of Frank Shirley & Sarah Caroline
Nance) Mechanic Robert Harris (husb of Janice B. Vaugn) Farmer, Road Construction Hubert Perry (husb of Sarah Vaugn) Lumber Yard Operator, County
Treasurer Webster Vaugn (son of Samuel Vaugn & Gwendolyn Thomas) Farmer,
State School Edith (wife of Webster Vaugn) State School Frank Melvin Brunscher (husb of Beulah May Hall) Farmer, Shell Oil,
CB&Q Railroad Cora Isabel Blake (dau of E. B. Blake & Mary Florence Isom)
Homemaker, Babysitter Howard Harvey Seal (husb of Cora I Blake AT&SF Railroad Edgar Jackson Blake (son of E.B. Blake & Mary Florence Isom)
Bond Bread route Lester Merle Blake (son of E.B. Blake& Mary Florence Isom) Owned
Liquor Store Vera Lois Vandevier (wife of Lester M. Blake) Housewife James Etheridge Willis ( son of James A. Willis & Mary F. Isom)
Automobile Dealer Owned Pop Willis
Rambler Henry Norris Willis (son of James A. Willis & Mary F. Isom)
Grocery Store Owner Dennis J O"Neal (son ofJames M. O'Neal & Beatrice L. Champion)
20 yrs Army National
Guard Owen Dale Beatty (son of Edward G. Beatty and Minnie V. O'Neal) Telecommunications
Engineer Gayle Burnside (husb of Vera M. Durnil) Farmer Glen Durnil (son of James F. Durnil & Hattie Plaster) Highway
Dept. Foreman Phylis Irene Durnil (dau of Glen Durnil) emp Insurance Company Lylburn Mann (husb of Mildred L. Durnil) Sherriff Elton Plaster (son of Raymond Plaster & Naomi Burton) Mechanical
Engineer W.E. Burgess (husb of Sharon Plaster) Engineer Floyd Antler (husb of Pauline Biggs) U.S. Mail Carrier Ira B. Key (son of Roy Key &Ruth Bingham) Plumber Clifford Kerby (husb of Grace L. Key) Farmer, Bulldozer Operator Joseph D. Johnson (husb of Winona H. Key) Grocery Store Operator Larry Lee Kerby (son of Clifford Kerby & Grace L. Key) Farmer Billy Ray Clevenger (husb of Robbi M. Ellis) Farmer Joseph Cobb (son of Lee Cobb & Gertrude Long) emp. Shell Oil Cyril Virgil Long (son Arthur V. Long & Maud Rounds) Farmer Leland Grazinger (husb of Mary Helen Key) Baptist Minister Robert Hampton (son of Clifford Hampton & Mary E. Key) Baptist
Minister Charles D. Ragsdale (son of Isacce Ragscale & Laura Lane) Lake
City- Rem. Arms James Applebury (son James E. Applebury & Bertha V. Lane) pres.
Kansas State
College Allen Eisher (son of Henry Eisher & Alberta Lane) Band Employee Sharon Kiser (wife of Allen Eisher) emp. Welfare Department Frank Lyons (husb of Gwendolyn C. Harris) Farmer, Mail Carrier John Dee Shirley (son Harold E. Shirley & Alvin E. Hundley)
Farmer Fay Dodds (son of Harold Dodds & Dorothy Shirley) Farmer Tony N. May (husb of Shirley F. Willis) Machinist for AT&SF
RR Everett Clayton Willis (son of Hazel I. Willis) Bread Route, emp
Grocery Store Marvin Lee Durnil (son of Glen Durnil & Dorothy V. Wright) Brick
Factory Employee Donald Emery Disan (husb of Billy Ann Durnil) Staff manager-Prudential
Ins. Co. Donna Kay Durnil (dau Howard E. Durnil & Evelyn Nibarger) emp.
Banquet Foods James Washington Boyd (husb Dorcas L. Broom) Farmer James Charles Boyd (son James W. Boyd & Dorcas L. Broom) Attorney
and Notary Public James Jefferson Boyd (son James Charles Boyd& Minerva J. Farmer)
Owned Drug Store Jacob Bethel Powell (son of Caleb Bethel Powell & Latha Jane
Bryant) - Owned & Operated General Store Cora Mildred Boyd (dau of James J. Boyd & Stacy A. Hurst) Eastern
Star Worker James Benjamin Lewis (husb of Cora M. Boyd) RR worker Elsie Iona Lewis (dau of James Benjamin Lewis & Cora Mildred
Boyd) Teacher-Homemaker Finus Lester Mobbs (husb of Elsie I. Lewis) Rock Island RR Worker