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 Stephen & Isabelle Elizabeth (Mapps) Powell

 

Husband

Stephen Powell

Born

March 06, 1816

New York ??? Vermont or Mass.

Married

December 08, 1841

Stark Co., Ohio

Died

October 06, 1864

Sterling, Johnson Co., Ne.

Buried

October 10, 1864

First burial was on the family farm & later moved to Sterling

Emigrated

1850

Ohio to Illinois

Emigrated

1851

Illinois to Iowa

Emigrated

1857

Iowa to Nebraska

Burial

stone says 48-07-00

Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Johnson Co., Ne.

Other Spouse(s)


Parents

Unknown and Unknown

Wife

Isabelle Elizabeth Mapps

Born

March 19, 1817

Cumberland Co. ?? Pennsylvania

Died

May 02, 1894

Sterling, Johnson Co. Nebraska

Buried

May 06, 1894

Sterling Cemetery, Johnson Co., Sterling, Ne.

Christening

March 30, 1828

Pennsylvania

Emigrated

1850

Ohio to Illinois

Emigrated

1852

Illinois to Iowa

Emigrated

1857

Iowa to Nebraska

Burial


First burial was on the family farm & later moved to Sterling

Burial

Stone says 77/01/14

Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Johnson Co., Ne.

Other Spouse(s)


Parents

Unknown and Unknown

    The 1852 Iowa census for Farmington Township in Van Buren Co.pg. 12, line 16, lists the Stephen Powell family as having 2 males & 4 females.? One voter and one Malita in the home.

     Stephen Powell moved to Helena Precinct, Johnson Co. Ne. in May 1857 & was among the early settlers of Johnson Co.? He homesteaded 160 acres and lived there till his death in 1864.

At the time of Stephen's death he was buried in a small private cemetery on the family farm in  Johnson Co. Nenraska.

At a later date he, & Isabelle, were reburied in Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Johnson Co.,Ne.

1860? Federal Census for Johnson Co. Nebraska, pg. 94 has the following

Stephen Powell, 44, male, farmer, Value of real estate $1,000 , Value of personal prop. $620? & Born New York

Isabelle Powell, 42, female, born Pennsylvania

William Powell, 17, male , asst. farmer, born Ohio

Angeline Powell, 12, female, born Ohio

Jane Powell, 10, female, born Illinois

Thomas Powell, 8, male, born Iowa

Stephen Powell Jr.,? 5, male, born Iowa

Joseph Powell, 1, male, born Nebraska

Contact Rick & Sharon <gravckr@nckcn.com> Oct 2011

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