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061    POWELL [D46.1]

Location - Baldwin. Along south edge of driveway, 500 feet east of SR 1525, Hamlet Chapel Road, 1,100 feet south of River Road and Hamlet's Chapel.

Coordinates: 35d 49m 23.5s N; 79d 10m 07.6s W Click here for Online Maps

On 25 March 1996, Will and Audrey Heiser recorded 4 grave markers. Doug Berg photographed the markers in Feb 2019.

Owner: Weldon and Betty Horton.
Legal Description: Parcel 1543. DB 420-319, 11 Jan 1979; Plat 24-98. Plat does not show cemetery. Previous deeds 286/236 18 Feb 1963; 262/169.
Topo Quadrant: Bynum.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 4.
Cemetery size: 10' x 10'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. On private property by residence
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Stone wall encloses Julia Hoeffding's grave. Others are outside the wall.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 4.
Last burial: 1991.
First burial: 1886.

Miscellaneous information: Julia Hoeffding was mother of UNC Professor, Wassily Hoeffding a Finnish statistician and probabilist. Hoeffding was one of the founders of nonparametric statistics, Julia Hoeffding is buried on what was the property of George Nicholson, a fellow UNC mathematician. It is believed that Wassily Hoeffdings ashes were also buried here.

1870 Census shows farmer Edward J. Powell, wife Perlina and son William T. 1880 shows Edward J., Perlina, William Thomas, and mother-in-law Elizabeth Riggsbee.

Last canvassed by: Will and Audrey Heiser. Date: 25 Mar 1996. Doug Berg, Feb 2019 photographed and corrected errors.

1. Hoeffding, Julia Wedensky   (b. 1883 - d. 1970)
Mother of Wassily Hoeffding. Another view.
2. Hoeffding, Wassily   (b. 30 May 1914 - d. 28 Feb 1991)
Son of Julia Wedensky Hoeffding.
3. Powell, Edward J.   (b. 1832 - d. 16 Apr 1886)
Husband of Perlina Powell. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Matt 5:8" "Gone Home". A finger pointing to Heaven on top of stone.
4. Powell, Perlina   (b. 13 Dec 1843 - d. 17 May 1922)
Wife of Edward J. Powell. Daughter of Tom Riggsbee and Elizabeth Riggsbee. "Tho lost to sight, to memory dear". Footstone: PP. Death certificate gives date of death as 17 May 1921. Marker has 1922.