Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMargaret Jane POWELL 45
Birth Date27 Jun 1924
Birth PlaceSanta Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Death Date2004649 Age: 79
Death PlaceSweetwater, Tennessee
Burial PlaceMadisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee, New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
Spouses
1Harless Krauth BRAKEBILL Jr. 45
Birth Date10 Nov 1922
Birth PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee
Death Date2004649 Age: 81
Death PlaceSweetwater, Tennessee
Burial PlaceMadisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee, New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
OccupationWWII Merchant Marine, USA TRNSP SVC CHIEF STEWARD US MM WWII.
FatherHarless Krauth BRAKEBILL Sr. (1886-1960)
MotherAnnie Lee DAWSON (1893-1962)
Family ID6412
Marr Date3 Jun 1944
Marr PlacePittsburg, Contra Costa County, California
ChildrenK. L. (1945-)
 J. L. (1947-)
Notes for Margaret Jane POWELL
Although born in Santa Rosa, CA, a very pretty, small town, Margaret was reared in Nevada and the High Sierra mountains of eastern California and western Nevada. She and Harless were married in a small ceremony in the home of her parents.45
Notes for Harless Krauth (Spouse 1)
He resided in Sweetwater, TN July 1999. Harless was born in the Brakebill Community of the Bat Creek area. He has researched the Brakebill family in great detail. He is a very good genealogist.45
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