When Mercy Ann Hosmer was born on 6 July 1828, in Parkman, Geauga, Ohio, United States, her father, Alonso Hosmer, was 30 and her mother, Asenath Biddlecome, was 24. She married William Powell on 26 March 1857, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Precinct 2, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States in 1870 and Alda, Hall, Nebraska, United States for about 30 years. She died on 3 January 1885, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States.
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English (Kent): variant of Osmer , with excrescent initial H-.
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