Name/Title
Margaret Hayes PowellEntry/Object ID
Powell, Margaret HayesDescription
The child of five or six is resting her lower arms on a fence decorated with roses. Her blond hair curls down to her shoulders. Her dress has a ruffle around the shoulders which is scalloped at the bottom, revealing most of her upper arms. She is leaning on balcony of family home, "Midway."Collection
Private CollectionGeneral Notes
Note Type
Historical NoteNote
Margaret Hayes was born on August 15, 1889, to Lysander McGavock Hayes and Hortense Cocke Hayes. She married Ferdinand Powell in 1911. She is mother of Anne Powell Lowe and Hortense Cooper (Mrs. Prentice Cooper, widow of Governor of Tennessee and mother of Congressman Jim Cooper.) She lived in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the granddaughter of Emily McGavock Hayes. She died in 1970 and is buried in East End Cemetery in Wytheville, VA.Create Date
July 15, 2026Update Date
September 29, 2026