[or-roots] Powell - butte

[Ray Powell]

Powell Butte was not named after anyoone in my POWELL line. I have a vague
memory of reading about it in a book I found, I think, at the BCGS library
in Philomath. I believe it was from the POWELL line that was part of J. B.
B. POWELL's family. He was a well known circuit riding preacher that settled
in the Willamette Valley. There were a bunch of POWELL's that settled in the
Gresham area as well. I think they were all part of J. B. B. POWELL's
family, but don't take my word for it. I do remember reading that he had 12
or 13 kids and each one of them was just about as prolific, so everytime I
come across a POWELL that is north of Harrisburg, I just assume it must be
part of his family until proven otherwise. My POWELL line initially settled
in Linn and Benton counties and then drifted south from there to Lane,
Douglas, Josephine, and Jackson counties. Some of them even went on down to
Alameda County, CA for a while and then came back up to Oregon (naturally!
it's the best!).

Ray Powell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:13 PM
Subject: [or-roots] Powell - butte


> Midge;
>
> I can't swear to it, but I think I was doing research on somebody's family
> tree a while back, specifically looking for their ancestors homestead and
> noted that their homestead wasn't far from a butte of the same name. It
> might have been Ray and his Powells, but my memory is like his, not great,
> so I can't swear to that, I found the map, but have no idea where the
email
> it was attached to is. Unfortunately I have fallen rather behind in my
> OR-roots archiving. Last time I checked the ORegon list folder had over a
> thousand emails in it.
>
> For anyone curious about Powell Butte should check out;
>
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Oregon/BoringLavaField/VisitVolcano/powe
> ll_butte.html
>
> okay, it looks like I am confused, that's a first! It seems Powell butte
is
> in Eastern Oregon which means it was some other surname I was working on
and
> found a butte to match in Portland. Could not turn up the origin of the
name
> online, maybe somebody out there with that referecnce book with all that
> stuff in it for Oregon, Atlas Gazeteer whatever the heck it is, maybe
> they'll check.
>
> Les
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of
Magbatt at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:06 PM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Powell - was LBS
>
>
> Hi,
> So if you're Powell's were early to Oregon and in the Portland area, are
> they the Powells of Powell St, and I think there is also a Powell Butte?
No
> relation, just curious.  Midge
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