Name/Title
Margaret Hayes PowellEntry/Object ID
Powell, Margaret Hayes2Description
Subject is seated on red Victorian loveseat/sofa, hands crossed at waist, holding a red book. She is wearing a tan dress with short sleeves, no collar. Her hair is white/grey but she has a youthful appearance. She is wearing a choker necklace and bracelets on both wrists and a ring on her left hand. A painting of a home hangs behind the sofa.Collection
Private CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Anton Vorauer, 1905-1985Notes
Anton Vorauer was an Australian artist who came to Nashville to paint a Methodist bishop.General 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
September 29, 2026Update Date
September 29, 2026