Ancestry of
Robert Talbot Downs

(1875–1957)

James Powell

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• • Grandfather of Robert Talbot Downs — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • John Powell 
  • Mother:
  • Mary -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Oct 1804 
  • Birth Location:
  • Delaware 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Apr 1882 
  • Death Location:
  • Kent County, Delaware 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Kent, Delaware 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Townsend
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 25 Nov 1829 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Delaware 
  • Child:

  Margaret Powell (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for James Powell

  • ¹ Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 2, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: J. M. Runk and Co. (1899), 794.
  • ² Delaware, U.S., Death Records, 1861-1933, Death certificate for daughter Margaret Downs.
  • ³ Delaware, U.S., Death Records, 1861-1933, Death record for James Powell.
  • ⁴ Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1744-1912, Marriage bond for James Powell and Sarah Townsend.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, DE, Kent County, 1850, Dover Hundred, Image 59 of 100.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/03/2021).