Obituary of Richard Powell, Pike Co., AL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ALGenWeb Archive File Manager, Carolyn Golowka, cgolowka@prodigy.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by Ronald Bridges, March 2000 "Died, at his residence, in Pike county, Alabama, June 17th, 1863, Richard Powell, in the 81st year of his age. He was born in North Carolina in the 17th of September 1782 - his father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and has five sons and four grandsons in the present war. He was for many years a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and died in the full belief of his Savior. He lived and died truly an honest man. Peace to his ashes." (1) (1) The Southern Advertiser, Died, 1 Jul 1863, p. 2. Published in Troy, Pike Co., AL. Microfilm: Located in the Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery, AL.