Elvira M Kisner

Brief Life History of Elvira M

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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Family Time Line

Greenwood W Powell
1843–1920
Elvira M Kisner
1848–1935
Marriage: 1860
Anarah Powell
1865–1938
Ida May Powell
1866–1871
Charles Edgar Powell
1867–1949
James A. Powell
1869–
Harriet Addie Powell
1871–1964
Mary Adelphia Powell
1874–1917
Minnie Day Powell
1876–1967
Albert Maywood Powell
1878–1970
Lillie Powell
1880–
Nancy Amelia Powell
1882–1950
Elvira J. Powell
1884–1932
Susan Opal Powell
1885–1977
Maggie E. Powell
1887–1915
Clark S. Powell
1890–
Bertha Virginia Powell
1893–1987

Sources (49)

  • Elvira Powell, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Elvira Kisner Powell, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elvira in entry for Powell, "West Virginia, Births, 1853-1930"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

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.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Kistner .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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