Dear Carolyn Plahuta:

I too am a great-granddaughter of Pastor Mitchel Albertson. My grandmother was indeed his youngest daughter, Clara Ina Albertson Powell. He is definitely buried beside her in the Bryant, Powell & Shepherd Cementery off Taylor-Ford Road near the Oak Grove Community of Adair County, KY. My father was named for him--he was Mitchel Woodruff Powell and he passed away in June, 2011. Article continues...

Mitchel Albertson always spelled his name with only one "L". My grandmother always told me he was pastoring a Methodist Church and the Presbytery told her father they were requiring all their ministers to get a seminary degree (they could continue to minister but must work toward a divinity degree) great-grandfather told them he had a sickly wife and 5 children and he was not and could not go to school to get a degree to do something he had been doing for many years, at that time.

He was a Methodist Circuit riding minister and at one time lived in High Grove, KY which is between Bardstown and Mt. Washington, KY. Granny told me she was a small girl at the time and she remembered them traveling to High Grove in an ox-drawn large wagon. They would stop over and sleep on people's property, as it took them probably several weeks of travel. When folk would find out they were a minister's family, a lot of times they would be invited to come and have dinner. To granny it was a great adventure.

He went on to minister in the Church of God of Prophecy. I never knew anything about any other church he was affiliated with. My father once told me Mitchel Albertson was the most godly man he ever knew and he died from complications from diabetes. As he lay dying he was in tremendous pain and the lower half of his legs had turned black but he left this world praying and speaking in tongues. What a testimony he left. Granny told me many stories and I love family history so I listened. She was a wonderful person, she died at age 96 and I loved her so much. To others she was "Aunt Inie" but to me she was my granny, I am so blessed to have had her in my life. I still miss her.

If you want to know anything more you can call me at: 270-369-0439. I love to talk about my family. --Carolyn Powell Turner