Mary Elizabeth PowersAge: 39 years1853–1893
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Powers
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Powers
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Dicken
 Birth | June 22, 1853 19 16 |
 Birth of a brother | Holloway Kittrell Powers October 15, 1856 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marion Powers January 2, 1859 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 24, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Ann Powers November 28, 1861 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Albert Ernest Powers February 22, 1865 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a brother | George Washington Powers October 15, 1867 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Marinda Powers December 20, 1869 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a brother | Marion Powers before 1870 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | July 28, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Hardy Clemon Dicken — View this family March 3, 1872 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Nellie Rosetta Dicken May 22, 1873 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Melvina Powers November 22, 1874 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a brother | Holloway Kittrell Powers March 23, 1875 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Ellen Dicken December 1879 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Dewitt E Dicken June 13, 1885 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Ann Rushin June 6, 1887 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Ollie Jane Dicken March 25, 1888 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a father | George Washington Powers August 6, 1889 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Ann Powers January 11, 1890 (Age 36 years) |
 Death | January 11, 1893 (Age 39 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dickens Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Washington Powers Birth: November 24, 1833 — Missouri, United States Death: August 6, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann “Polly” Kittrell Birth: March 1, 1837 28 14 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: March 13, 1927 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
|
Marriage: June 26, 1852 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
|
|
1 year herself |
Mary Elizabeth Powers Birth: June 22, 1853 19 16 — Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1893 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
3 years younger brother |
Holloway Kittrell Powers Birth: October 15, 1856 22 19 — Missouri, United States Death: March 23, 1875 |
|
2 years younger brother |
Marion Powers Birth: January 2, 1859 25 21 — Missouri, United States Death: before 1870 — Missouri, United States |
|
3 years younger sister |
Rebecca Ann Powers Birth: November 28, 1861 28 24 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1890 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
3 years younger brother |
Albert Ernest Powers Birth: February 22, 1865 31 27 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 27, 1949 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
3 years younger brother |
George Washington Powers Birth: October 15, 1867 33 30 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 14, 1953 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
2 years younger sister |
Marinda Powers Birth: December 20, 1869 36 32 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 1945 — Pope, Arkansas, United States |
|
5 years younger sister |
Melvina Powers Birth: November 22, 1874 40 37 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1926 — Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Hardy Clemon Dicken |
| husband |
Hardy Clemon Dicken Birth: March 4, 1839 — New Liberty, Pope, Illinois, United States Death: June 10, 1928 — Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Powers Birth: June 22, 1853 19 16 — Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1893 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
Marriage: March 3, 1872 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
|
15 months daughter |
Nellie Rosetta Dicken Birth: May 22, 1873 34 19 — Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1962 — Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
7 years daughter |
Mary Ellen Dicken Birth: December 1879 40 26 — Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 5, 1946 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
6 years son |
Dewitt E Dicken Birth: June 13, 1885 46 31 — Missouri, United States Death: February 15, 1920 — Nelson, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
|
3 years daughter |
Ollie Jane Dicken Birth: March 25, 1888 49 34 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: August 3, 1945 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Hardy Clemon Dicken + Malissa Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hicks |
| husband |
Hardy Clemon Dicken Birth: March 4, 1839 — New Liberty, Pope, Illinois, United States Death: June 10, 1928 — Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Malissa Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hicks Birth: February 23, 1831 — Hardin, Illinois, United States Death: about 1871 — Pope, Illinois, United States |
|
Marriage: August 23, 1868 — |
|
|
-5 years step-son |
Joseph Dicken Birth: about 1863 23 31 — Illinois, United States Death: |
|
9 years step-daughter |
Queen T Dicken Birth: about 1871 31 39 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| Hardy Clemon Dicken + Nancy Caroline Pennington |
| husband |
Hardy Clemon Dicken Birth: March 4, 1839 — New Liberty, Pope, Illinois, United States Death: June 10, 1928 — Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Nancy Caroline Pennington Birth: December 27, 1876 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: July 17, 1940 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
|
Marriage: November 28, 1895 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
Mary Elizabeth Powers has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (1)
Parents Marion Kittrell + Louisana Arena “Dixie” Tomlin
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Washington, Ripley, MO
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Washington, Ripley, Missouri
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Hardy Clemon Dicken - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
|