Date of Service: 1907-1921
1870 Born on 1870, in Mathews County, VA. to parents Thomas & Mary Powell.
1897 Marries Maria Jane Winder on April 28, 1897, in Mathews County, VA.
1907-1913 Serves as First Assistant Keeper at Deepwater Shoals Lighthouse (VA). His beginning annual salary was $435, and his ending annual salary was $480.
1915-1921 Serves as First Assistant Keeper at Tue Marshes Lighthouse (VA). His beginning annual salary was $480, and his ending annual salary was $780.
1920 In the U.S. Census, Powell is listed as living in Mathews County, VA. with his wife, Maria.
1924 Died in 1924 at the age of 53 or 54. He is buried at Mathews Baptist Churcy Cemetery, Hudgins, VA.
Sources – www.uslhs.org; Chesapeake Chapter Database
