6/2/1860 Frankfort Two, Montgomery Co, IA. The census that year saidh is family lived next door to his parents. He was 28 and a farmerwhose p roperty = $1200/500. Wife "Myvida" was 26, Eliza A was 7,Lucian D was 5 , and James A was 4.
7/15/1870 Sherman Twp, Montgomery Co, IA. That year Andrew was 38,Me rinda was 35 and the family had grown: Eliza M, 16, Lucian, 15;James A , 13; Mary J, 6; and Orange J, 4. Andrew was still farmingand was pro sperous with property totaling $8000/1850.
6/12/1880 Same place. Recorded in that census were Andrew Powell,48, f armer, with wife Mirinda, 45, and children Lucien, 25, Mary, 16,and Or aney, 14, both boys worked on the farm. Also counted therewere Arthur M cCrackin, 24 servant/farm hand, and Gustave Thulen, 21,farm laborer. S on James , 25, was living with the Borter Lloydfamily in the same town ship.
His gravestone only says Andrew M Powell, 1831-1916.
