Christopher Columbus Powell by Thomas David Yeilding
On March 13, at age 28, Christopher Columbus married Isabella Sapp (the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Harriet Debell (Ringo) Sapp) in Blount County, Alabama. Christopher Columbus appears to have followed his father's occupations of farming, school teaching and surveying. Dr. Yielding's family tradition has it that Christopher Columbus surveyed the first railroad built in Alabama. Christopher Columbus was enlisted on January 24, 1863 at Blount springs, Alabama, into Company F, 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry by his by his father-in-law who held the rank of Captain. Probably in 1867, Christopher Columbus and Isabella, with their children moved to Texas where they initially settled near Mount Pleasant in the northeastern portion of the state. In about 1873 or 1874, they moved into Hamilton County, Texas. Family tradition records that he taught in the first school created in Hamilton County. He was a Mason and was the county surveyor of Hamilton during 1876-78. Christopher Columbus Powell died in Hamilton County, Texas where he is buried at the Powell-Brown Cemetery. |