The Kathryn Jeannette Ward Of Indiana:Information about Elizabeth Powell
Elizabeth Powell (b. 1788, d. May 1835)
Notes for Elizabeth Powell:
She stayed in Philadelphia when Allen went west.
A Neighbor in Philadelphia, Susan Bannan, testifying on matter of Probate of Allen Shepherd states she moved next door to Elizabeth (Powell) and Allen Shepherd on Castle St. in Philadelphia, Pa. on 1914.Bannan states that she was with Elizabeth an the birth of Elizabeth's sons, John and William.Bannan states that Elizabeth and Allen separated when William was an infant.Allen, moving to the west and Elizabeth remaining in Philadelphia as a next door neighbor. That in a year of less Allen returned and stayed several weeks with Elizabeth.Allen returned to the west and about two years afterwards again returned to Philadelphia again staying with Elizabeth, This time for about eighteen months. After that time Allen never returned to Philadelphia.On July 25, 1836,Bannan thinks that it was about eleven years ago that she last saw Allen.She states Elizabeth continued to live for 6-7 years before moving to Baltimore City with her two sons, John and William D. Sarah Sturdevant, a niece of Elizabeth, also gave interrogatory in the probate matter.She said that she and her husband went west with Allen Sr. and Allen Jr. Sarah and her husband went as far as Brookville, later moved to Lexington, Ky for about 7 years and then returned to Philadelphia were she found Elizabeth living.That Elizabeth lived there until 1833 when she movedto Baltimore,pre.Sarah late moved to Baltimore as neighbor to Elizabeth until Elizabeth's death in May 1935.Sarah was present when Elizabeth died and attended her funeral.Margaretta A. Peale, sister-in-law of Rev. Wm Staughton, brought his record book and answered interrogatory as to his handwriting recording the marriage of Allen & Elizabet.
More About Elizabeth Powell:
Burial: May 1835, Baltimore, Maryland.
More About Elizabeth Powell and Allen Shepherd, Sr.:
Marriage: June 11, 1811, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia.
Children of Elizabeth Powell and Allen Shepherd, Sr. are:
- +Allen Shepherd, Jr., b. 1812, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. 1888, Maryville, Missouri.
- +John Shepherd, b. December 1814, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. 1844, Henry County, Indaina.
- +William D. Shepherd, b. 1816, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.