Abel Powley

1834 - 1899  (64 years)

• Name	Abel Powley
  Born	16 Feb 1834	Repps with Bastwick, Norfolk
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Jan 1899	Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA
  	age 65
  Notes	Immigration: Ship "Andalusia" arrived NY from London, 18 April 1853, 19yrs old. Abel and Mary lived and farmed in Yates, New Orleans County, New York State and then moved to Woodbine, Iowa. 1860 census Yates, New York State Abel Powley 30yrs Farm Laborer born England Mary Powley 28yrs born England Benjamin Powley 4yrs born New York 1870 census Yates, New York State (surname spelt POLEY) Abel Powley 35yrs Farmer of 9000 acres born England Mary Powley 35yrs born England Keeping House Benjamin Powley 14yrs Farm Laborer born New York Albert Powley 10yrs Farm Laborer born New York Ida May Powley 8yrs at school born New York Horace Powley 6yrs at school born New York Abel Powley Jr 4yrs at home born New York George Powley 2yrs at home born New York New York to Woodbine, Harrison Co, Iowa 1 Jan 1873 1880 census Lincoln, Harrison, Iowa Abel Powley head 46yrs Farmer born England (parents born England) Mary Powley wife 45yrs born England (parents born England) Benjamin Powley son 24yrs Farmer born NY Albert Powley son 20yrs Farmer born NY Horace Powley son 15yrs at home born NY works on farm Abel Powley son 14yrs at home born NY works on farm George Powley son 12yrs born NY works on farm Fred Powley son 9yrs born NY at school William Anderson 27yrs Farm Labourer son in law born Illinois Ida Anderson dau 16yrs at home born NY 1885 census Lincoln, Harrison Co, Iowa Abel Powley head married 52yrs born England Farmer Mary Powley wife 53yrs Keeping house Horace Powley son 21yrs Clerk in Dry Goods Store born New York Abel Powley Jr son 17yrs born New York George Powley son 14yrs born New York Fred Powley son 13yrs born New York Minnie Anderson 3yrs born Illinois (female) Mary Powley 75yrs widow born England Next door - Carver family Next door - Benjamin Powley family Abel POWLEY, a farmer on Section 36, Lincoln Township, came to Harrison County, January 1, 1873, and bought the farm he now occupies, which was partly improved, and for which he paid $40 per acre. He has since built a house 16x25 feet with a wing14x24 feet and a kitchen 16 ft square. He has two other houses on his place. At first his farm consisted of 380 acres, but since has added to his landed estate until now he has 1500 acres in Harrison County, and nearly all in Lincoln Township, 700 acres of which are under cultivation. Unlike many other men who came to Harrison County, this man set his stakes, and remained in one place, and is noted for always being home. It is said for six months at a time, he has not been seen in town. To learn something of this man's earlier life, it may be said that he was born at Repps, England, February 16, 1834. Although other accounts, especially those on Abel's gravestone, place his birth date as January 21, 1833. Abel’s Cyphering Book, (math exercises book), dated July 8, 1847 from Potter Heigham’s National School, is in William Powley’s care, and at 156 years old is in amazingly excellent condition. The book measures 7.5 x 9.5 inches and is ½ inch thick with 55 double-sided pages. Although this is my feeling, my sense is the book is entirely of Abel’s hand with the mathematical exercises self-copied into his booklet from the blackboard. Abel is the son of JOHN and MARY (Howes) POWLEY who had 12 children, he being the second eldest: Louisa, Abel, John W., George(deceased), Eliza, William, Noah, two deceased, two died in infancy, and Mary Ann. Our subject lived in England until he was 19 years of age, when he accompanied his parents to America in 1852, landing in New York, where for their first meal of victuals they had buckwheat cakes, the first they had ever eaten. Our subject came from New York City to Medina, New York and hired out to work on a farm, and lived in that vicinity for 13 years. Abel then bought a farm of 160 acres just a few miles North of Medina on the shore of Lake Ontario, in New York, Orleans County, Yates Township, and ran in debt $10,000. He operated the farm referred to above for about 4 years, and then exchanged it for his present farm without ever seeing the one he traded for, which however proved to be one of the best in Iowa.
  Person ID	I55717	ONS
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	John Powley,   b. Abt 1803, Repps with Bastwick, Norfolk ,   d. 8 Jan 1867, Hemsby, Norfolk  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Howes,   b. 18 Jun 1811, Sea Palling, Norfolk ,   d. Aft 1892, New York, USA  (Age > 82 years)
  Married	21 Jul 1831	Burgh St Margaret, Norfolk
  Family ID	F16272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Woolston,   b. 16 Jul 1831, Hickling, Norfolk ,   d. 14 Nov 1899, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1855	Yates, Orleans, New York, USA
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin Powley,   b. 9 Aug 1856, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Jul 1918, Pender, Thurston, Nebraska, USA  (Age 61 years)   2. Emma Jane Powley,   b. 15 Mar 1858, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA   3. Anna Elizabeth Powley,   b. 2 Apr 1859, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA + 4. Albert A Powley,   b. 22 Jul 1860, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1939, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 79 years) + 5. Ida May Powley,   b. 22 Jan 1862, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1881, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 19 years) + 6. Horace M Powley,   b. 22 Feb 1864, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 5 May 1942, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 78 years) + 7. Abel E Powley,   b. 31 Mar 1867, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 4 Nov 1944, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 77 years) + 8. George B Powley,   b. 3 Oct 1868, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 22 Jul 1934, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 65 years) + 9. Fred Powley,   b. 2 Nov 1871, Yates, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 2 Apr 1954, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 82 years)   10. Louise Powley,   b. 13 Mar 1873, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA ,   d. Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA   11. Male Powley,   b. 6 Aug 1876, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 1876, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F16356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Feb 1834 - Repps with Bastwick, Norfolk Married - 25 Dec 1855 - Yates, Orleans, New York, USA Died - 2 Jan 1899 - Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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