Mary Powell

Birth Date

On 1830 April 9 (Born)

Death Date

On 1891 May 17 (Died)

Gender

Female

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Daughter of James Quaintance Powell and Susanna Charleston. The family surname in the 1850 Utah census is given as "Bodwell."

The inscription on her gravestone shows her name as "Mary Powell Erekson," and it confirms her birth and death dates.

Born

1830 April 9

Traveled in Brigham Young Company

1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 18) Pioneers in Company

Traveling Group

James Quaintance Powell (Age 40)

Mary Jane Cooper (Age 37)

Naomi Powell (Age 3)

Ann Powell (Age 13)

Date Details

On 1848 June 5

Joined Company

Between 1848 September 20 – 24

Company Arrived

Died

1891 May 17 (Age 61)

Media

Mary Powell (1830 - 1891) Profile

Sources

MS 14290: Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849

MS 14290: Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, June.

Salt Lake Telegram

"Catharine E. Mehring Wooley's journal transcribed by J. Cecil Alter and printed in serial in 'In the Beginning: Diaries of Mormon Pioneers'", Salt Lake Telegram, (7 January 1935), Page 4. Transcript for Catharine E. Mehring Wooley's journal transcribed by J. Cecil Alter and printed in serial in "In the Beginning: Diaries of Mormon Pioneers," Salt Lake Telegram