Individual Details

Served in the 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company A. Enlisted at Montgomery in September 1864. Was at Appomattox when the unit surrendered in April 1865. Pension #26413

Married Mary Ann Baker. They were first cousins, once removed.

1870 Census. Prec 4, Baker, AL. Chestnut Creek P.O.
Reuben Popwell, age 23. Mary A., 19
Georgia Ann, age 3 months, born April

1880 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL
R. Popwill, age 32
M. A., wife, 24
G. A., 9, dau
M. A., 7, dau
J. W. A., 5, son [Alfred]
Evelin, 3, dau
John, 2, son

1900 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 404
Reuben Popwell, b. Nov 1845, age 54, married 32 years
Mary A., wife, b. Aug 1850, 49, 12 children - 11 are living
Alfred, son, b. Jan 1875, 25
John, son, b. Jul 1886, 13.
Callie, dau, b. Mar 1889, 11
Emmett, son, b. Sep 1893, 6
Leon, son, b. Apr 1896, age 4

Application for Pension states that he enlisted as a private in Company A, 12th Regt in September of 1864 at Montgomery. He was discharged 9 Apr 1865. He is age 64 and cannot work because of lumbago and sciatic rheumatism with constant pain, blind in left eye. Witnesses on 10 Jul 1909 were John Baker Sr. and W. Y. Mims.
Mary A. Popwell filed for her widow's pension. She was living with Lena Mae Popwell, her daughter in Clanton. She was born 17 Aug 1851 in Chilton Co - her father Alfred Baker, is dead. She married Reuben Popwell in Chilton Co, 24 Oct 1867. He died 28 Aug 1925. She has never been married to anyone else and has never applied for pension. She had never lived in any other state. Her husband was on the pension rolls of Chilton Co, Alabama. 6 Mar 1936. However, there is a letter from L. H. Reynolds, Probate Judge of Chilton County, date 19 Oct 1925, stating that the application of Mrs. Mary Ann Popwell is enclosed asking to be put on the pension rolls after the death of her husband.
On the back of one of the papers must be a list of her children - handwriting very difficult:
Mrs. Sina Hinl??? Clanton, Farmer
Mrs. Emma Teel, Clanton, Farmer
Miss Lena Popwell, Clanton, Farmer
Mrs. Callie Miller, Clanton, Electrician
Mr. Emmett Popwell, Clanton, Farmer

1908 Annual Report of Chilton Co., Ala. Board of Pension Examiners for Applications of Confederate Soldiers and Widows of Deceased Soldiers
18. Popwell, Reuben. Co. 1 - 12 Ala. Age 64. Age and increasing infirmities. Class 4.

1910 Census. Prec 4, Chilton, AL, Hh 356
Reuben Popwell, age 64, married one time for 42 years
Mary A., wife, 60, 12 children - 11 are living
Lena M., dau, age 23 [Evelyn?]
Emmett B., son, 17
Leon C., son, 14.

1920 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 26
Reben R. Popwell, 73. Mary A., wife, 68.
Leana M., dau, 33.


Reubin's death record is in error. It states his father was Alfred Popwell - but Alfred was about the same age as Reubin and his first cousin. James Popwell was his father. Mary Ann's father was Alfred Baker - maybe that's how the confusion crept in. Reubin died 28 Aug 1925 and was buried on the 30th, Clanton Cemetery. Spouse was Mary A. Popwell.

Obit from a Chilton County newspaper (abstracted)
Reuben Popwell died last Friday, Aug. 28, at age 80, he was a Confederate Veteran.
Survived by his aged Wife.
His Sons are Alfred, John, Emmett, Leon died in Army Camp at Hancock Ga.
Daughters are Mrs. Georgia Sharbutt, Mrs. Annie Farley, Mrs. Linnie Henley, Mrs. Evie Lowe, Mrs. Callie Miller, Mrs. Emma Teel, and Miss Lena Popwell.
He was the Son of James and Mary Calloway Popwell and his Wife was Dau. of Alfred Baker.

Birth	16 Nov 1845	Autauga County, Alabama
Marriage	24 Sep 1867	Autauga County, Alabama - Mary Ann Baker
Death	28 Aug 1925	Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama

Spouse

Mary Ann Baker (1851 - 1939)

Father	James Popwell (1821 - 1865)
Mother	Mary A. Callaway (1821 - 1896)
Sibling	John W. Popwell (1843 - )
Sibling	Mary Adeline Popwell (1844 - 1930)
Sibling	Mary Jane Popwell (1847 - 1914)
Sibling	William A. Popwell (1849 - )
Sibling	Charlotte Popwell (1852 - )
Sibling	Mahala Catherine Popwell (1853 - 1931)
Sibling	Sara Elizabeth Popwell (1857 - 1936)