Melvina PowersAge: 51 years1874–1926
- Name
- Melvina Powers
- Given names
- Melvina
- Surname
- Powers
- Married name
- Melvina Pottenger
 Birth | November 22, 1874 40 37 |
 Death of a brother | Holloway Kittrell Powers March 23, 1875 (Age 4 months) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Ann Rushin June 6, 1887 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a father | George Washington Powers August 6, 1889 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Ann Powers January 11, 1890 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Crayton Pottenger — View this family May 1, 1891 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | George William Pottenger April 9, 1892 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Elizabeth Powers January 11, 1893 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ezra Albert Pottenger August 15, 1894 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Lula May Pottenger January 16, 1897 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Alma Pearl Pottenger September 12, 1899 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | June 11, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Marinda Belle Pottenger December 20, 1901 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Nola Christine Pottenger August 14, 1904 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Sherman B Pottenger December 25, 1906 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Delila Jane “Lila” Pottenger October 3, 1909 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | May 10, 1910 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a son | Sherman B Pottenger November 7, 1911 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Kenneth Gordon Pottenger September 23, 1913 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George William Pottenger — Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ridens — View this family November 5, 1916 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ruby Christine Pottenger August 28, 1917 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a son | Ezra Albert Pottenger October 10, 1918 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 43 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ruth Irene Pottenger August 18, 1919 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Franklin Couch — Alma Pearl Pottenger — View this family September 1, 1919 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Mose Saylors — Lula May Pottenger — View this family September 7, 1919 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | January 20, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Ezra Gordon Couch February 25, 1921 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | William Orville Pottenger November 7, 1921 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Norman Raymond Saylors October 13, 1925 (Age 50 years) |
 Death | January 15, 1926 (Age 51 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove 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 |
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Marriage: June 26, 1852 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Mary Elizabeth Powers Birth: June 22, 1853 19 16 — Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1893 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Holloway Kittrell Powers Birth: October 15, 1856 22 19 — Missouri, United States Death: March 23, 1875 |
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2 years elder brother |
Marion Powers Birth: January 2, 1859 25 21 — Missouri, United States Death: before 1870 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Rebecca Ann Powers Birth: November 28, 1861 28 24 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1890 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Albert Ernest Powers Birth: February 22, 1865 31 27 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 27, 1949 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder 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 |
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2 years elder sister |
Marinda Powers Birth: December 20, 1869 36 32 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 1945 — Pope, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years herself |
Melvina Powers Birth: November 22, 1874 40 37 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1926 — Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Crayton Pottenger |
| husband |
Crayton Pottenger Birth: July 10, 1859 — Preble, Ohio, United States Death: August 7, 1933 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Melvina Powers Birth: November 22, 1874 40 37 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1926 — Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: May 1, 1891 — Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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11 months son |
George William Pottenger Birth: April 9, 1892 32 17 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 6, 1958 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Ezra Albert Pottenger Birth: August 15, 1894 35 19 — Missouri, United States Death: October 10, 1918 — Rapides, Louisiana, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Lula May Pottenger Birth: January 16, 1897 37 22 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 15, 1982 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Alma Pearl Pottenger Birth: September 12, 1899 40 24 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 10, 1980 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Marinda Belle Pottenger Birth: December 20, 1901 42 27 — Missouri, United States Death: January 10, 1990 — Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Nola Christine Pottenger Birth: August 14, 1904 45 29 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: June 23, 1988 — Roseville, Placer, California, United States |
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2 years son |
Sherman B Pottenger Birth: December 25, 1906 47 32 — Missouri, United States Death: November 7, 1911 — Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Delila Jane “Lila” Pottenger Birth: October 3, 1909 50 34 — Tuckerman, Jackson, Arkansas, United States Death: December 3, 1996 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
Kenneth Gordon Pottenger Birth: September 23, 1913 54 38 — Leadville, Boone, Arkansas, United States Death: August 21, 1995 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| Crayton Pottenger + Rebecca Ann Powers |
| husband |
Crayton Pottenger Birth: July 10, 1859 — Preble, Ohio, United States Death: August 7, 1933 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| elder sister |
Rebecca Ann Powers Birth: November 28, 1861 28 24 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1890 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 20, 1882 — Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years niece |
Cora Ann Pottenger Birth: March 16, 1885 25 23 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 4, 1960 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| Crayton Pottenger + Emma Mace |
| husband |
Crayton Pottenger Birth: July 10, 1859 — Preble, Ohio, United States Death: August 7, 1933 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Emma Mace Birth: February 9, 1854 — Ohio, United States Death: December 12, 1950 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: February 18, 1930 — Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, MO
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Crayton Pottenger - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Crayton Pottenger - Household
Bird, Jackson, Arkansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Crayton Pottenger - Household
Dodd, Marion, Arkansas
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