When Elvira M Kisner was born on 25 April 1848, in Marion, Virginia, United States, her father, Alpheus Kisner, was 28 and her mother, Harriet Downey, was 25. She married Greenwood W Powell in 1860, in Harrison, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 11 daughters. She lived in Grant District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 16 January 1935, in Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Shinnston, Harrison, Virginia, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
German: variant of Kistner .
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