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1847–1868

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Birth Date
9 April 1830
Death Date
17 May 1891
Gender
Female
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Mary Powell

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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.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 18

Traveled with

  • James Quaintance Powell (Age: 40)
  • Mary Jane Powell (Age: 37)
  • Ann Powell (Age: 13)
  • Naomi Powell (Age: 3)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • 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 Jan. 1935; 8 Jan. 1935; 9 Jan. 1935; 10 Jan.1935; 1 Jan. 1935. (Link will direct to the first installment of the serial.)
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • First 100, report, 1848 June.