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Elizabeth R. Powers

Female 1846 - 1934  (87 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth R. Powers 
    Nickname Bettie 
    Born 17 Sep 1846  Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 Apr 1934  Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2260  MyTree
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Father Barnabus Crawford Powers,   b. 1 Mar 1811, Rockingham Twp., Richmond Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1881, Palmyra, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Susanna Martin,   b. 13 Mar 1813, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1887, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1842  Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family S. Britt Williams,   b. 2 Feb 1833,   d. 14 Oct 1897, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 17 Jun 1873  Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Wallter Williams,   b. 19 Apr 1874, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1900, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     2. Nora Estelle Williams,   b. 3 Apr 1875, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Una Williams,   b. 9 Sep 1876, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1898, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    +4. Lola Williams,   b. 11 Mar 1878, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1909, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
    +5. Samuel Livingston Williams,   b. 25 Dec 1882, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1908, Montgomery Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F1912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth R. Powers, or "Aunt Bettie", was loved by all. Her fingers
      flew knitting socks and any child at her knee heard wondrous tales.
      Her husband of 24 years was buried in the garden of their home, known
      later as the Vicker's place on Yellow Creek.

      After living for a while in New Mexico with her daughter Lola, she
      returned to her childhood home. In later years, Bettie lived with her
      nephew Alpha.

      She was 88 years old when she died. She had outlived her husband and
      all her children by many years. She was laid to rest beside three of
      her children and a grandchild buried in the Powers Cemetery. (Sources:
      B.C. Powers Family Bible; 1900 U. S. Census, Iva Coffman; Interviews
      with Homer Powers; Newspaper Cllipping; Material gathered by Thelma
      Hayes and Geneva Swain)