Individual Details

1930 Census. Beat 4, Chilton, AL, Hh 271
Mary A Popwell, ?77, widowed
Lena M. Popwell, dau, age 43

Popwell, Mary Ann August 17, 1851 May 11, 1939
(1) Cemeteries of Chilton by Benjamin D. Roberts, page 178, Popwell, Mary Ann Baker 1851-8-17 1939-5-11.
(2) Genealogical Abstracts from Chilton County Newspapers 1898 through 1945, compiled by Cecil Little, 5-18-1939, Mrs. Mary Ann Popwell died May 11 at her home near Clanton. She had suffered a Stroke 3 weeks ago. Burial was in Clanton City Cemetery. She is survived by 3 Sons, Alfie, Johnnie, and Emmett Popwell, 6 Daughters, Mrs. Emma Teel, Mrs. Butler Lowe, Mrs. Rube Miller, Mrs. John Henley, Mrs. Coke Sharbutt, Mrs. John Farley, and Miss Lena Popwell. There is one Brother, Alfie Baker, 2 half-Brothers, Amos And Carey Baker, 2 Sisters, Mrs. Tom Mims, and Mrs. Lettie Powell. Her Husband Ruben Popwell died 15 years ago. She was a Daughter of Alfred Baker, Pioneer settler of Chilton County and the man for who this County was first named in 1868, Baker County. (Her Husband Ruben, was the Son of James and Mary Calloway Popwell. His Father and his wife's Father were half-Brothers who came from Darlington S.C., 1828.).

Chilton Co Wills, Vol. 3, p.267
State of Alabama
Chilton County
Know all men by these Presents: That I, Mary A Popwell of the County of Chilton and of the state of Alabama, being of sound mind and disposing memory do hereby make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament.
I hereby revoke any and all wills heretofore made by me.
It is my will the My Executrix hereinafter named pay all of my just debts as soon after my decease as may be convenient.
I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Miss Lena Popwell, all property of every kind and description which I may own at the time of my death to have and to hold absolutely.
I hereby Nominate and Appoint my daughter, Miss Lena Popwell to be executrix of this my last Will and Testament and it is my wish that she be exempted from giving any bond as such Executrix.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament on this the 10th day of October, 1938.
Mary A. (her mark) Popwell
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Mary A. Popwell as and for her last Will and Testament in the presents of us, who, in her presence and at her request and in the presence of other, have hereunto set our hands as wintesses.
Grady Reynolds, Lona Thompson
Filed in office for Probate, 31 May 1939
J. Lee Smith, Judge of Probate.

Birth	17 Aug 1851	Autauga County, Alabama
Marriage	24 Sep 1867	Autauga County, Alabama - Reuben R. Popwell
Death	11 May 1939	Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama

Spouse

Reuben R. Popwell (1845 - 1925)

Father	Alfred Baker (1828 - 1896)
Mother	Rebecca Ann Mims (1830 - 1912)
Sibling	Abraham Baker (1849 - 1860)
Sibling	William S. "Bud" Baker (1855 - 1892)
Sibling	Alfred Baker Jr. (1858 - 1946)
Sibling	Rebecca C. Baker (1861 - )
Sibling	Lettie Marge D. Baker (1864 - 1955)
Sibling	Charlotte Baker (1867 - )
Sibling	Laura Ann Baker (1868 - 1953)