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Notes for Aaron POWELL


Residences & events:

1830 Brandywine Twp, Hancock Co, IN. The census taker found Aaronthe re and recorded him at age 20-30 with 1 female age 15-20. Theywre the o nly Powells in the county.

1840 Kosciusko Co, IN. The only Aaron Powell in IN that year livedth ere and probably was not this man because the family consisted of 1mal e under 5, 1 at 20-30 (Aaron?), 1 age 30-40, 2 females under 5, 2at 5- 10, 2 age 10-15, and 1 also 30-40 years old.

It is more likely they lived in Jackson Twp, Hancock Co, IN with theDa niel C Praidy family, Eliza's parents. That family included 1 maleage 5 -10, 1 at 10-20, 2 age 20-30, 1 at 50-60, 1 female age 5-10, 2at 20-30 , 1 aged 40-50 and 1 at 70-80.

10/7/1850 Worth, Hancock Co, IN was where the census taker found thef amiily. Aaron at 42 & born in KY, was a farmer with $3000 in realesta te, a fair amount for that day. Eliza was 37, their childrenwere: An drew M, 19; Daniel C, 17; Elizabeth J, 10; William T, 4, andBenjamin F , 2. Next door was Dennis Priddy.

6/2/1860 Frankfort Twp, Montgomery Co, IA. At census time Aaron was5 2 years old, a farmer with property worth $1800/300. He was born inKY . Wife Eliza was 47 and they had 4 children living with them: DC,26, E lizabeth, 20, William T, 14, and Benjamin F, 10. Next door wasson And rew.

Bef 1866 Longmont, Boulder Co, CO Territory, where he died.
Cemetery records & death certificate of son Benjamin say Aaron wasborn i n England but both the 1850 & 1860 census records say KY.Descendants s ay he was born in Clark Co, KY but all of his siblingswere born in Est ill so most likely he was also born there.
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