Biography
NAME: known as "Sippie" Her parents were living near that Mississippi River at the time, hence her name
Facts
  • 29 Jan 1861 - Birth - ; Oquawka, IL
  • 22 Sep 1929 - Death - ; Moose Jaw, Sask, Canada
Ancestors
   
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Edmund Rufus Powers
1833 - 12 Dec 1908
  
  
  
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Mississippi Powers
29 Jan 1861 - 22 Sep 1929
  
 
  
John A. Black
10 Jan 1810 - 1886
 
 
Martha Joanna Black
5 Jan 1842 - 27 Mar 1942
  
  
  
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Edmund Rufus Powers
Birth1833,Estill,Kentucky
Death12 Dec 1908
MarriageABT 1864to Martha Joanna Black at ,Iowa
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Martha Joanna Black
Birth5 Jan 1842Washington Co. Iowa
Death27 Mar 1942
MarriageABT 1864to Edmund Rufus Powers at ,Iowa
Marriage29 Oct 1857to Sawin
FatherJohn A. Black
MotherEleanor M. Caldwell
CHILDREN
FMississippi Powers
Birth29 Jan 1861Oquawka, IL
Death22 Sep 1929Moose Jaw, Sask, Canada
Marriage1 Jan 1880to George Wood at ,,Ohio
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) George Wood
Birth1854
Death28 Sep 1928 Yellowgrass, Sask, Canada
Marriage1 Jan 1880to Mississippi Powers at ,,Ohio
FatherMathew Wood
MotherMary Scott
PARENT (F) Mississippi Powers
Birth29 Jan 1861Oquawka, IL
Death22 Sep 1929 Moose Jaw, Sask, Canada
Marriage1 Jan 1880to George Wood at ,,Ohio
FatherEdmund Rufus Powers
MotherMartha Joanna Black
CHILDREN
MClinton Rufus Wood
Birth1891
Death15 Jun 1937
MMathew Franklin Wood
Birth1893
Death6 Dec 1976Regina, Sask, Canada
FPearl Gertrude Wood
Birth1888
Death2 Dec 1968
FMary Edith Wood
Birth1880
Death19 Aug 1947
MGeorge Edward Wood
Birth1883
Death21 Feb 1883
FJosephine Ellen Wood
Birth1882
Death
Marriageto Joe Simmons
FWilliam Lester Wood
Birth1886
Death21 Oct 1951
FMyra Aletha Wood
Birth1885
Death20 Oct 1966
MMerrell Ross Wood
Birth1895
Death26 Nov 1981
Evidence
[S66] E-Mail: 102477.3364@compuserve.com
Descendancy Chart
Mississippi Powers b: 29 Jan 1861 d: 22 Sep 1929
George Wood b: 1854 d: 28 Sep 1928
Clinton Rufus Wood b: 1891 d: 15 Jun 1937
Mathew Franklin Wood b: 1893 d: 6 Dec 1976
Pearl Gertrude Wood b: 1888 d: 2 Dec 1968
Mary Edith Wood b: 1880 d: 19 Aug 1947
George Edward Wood b: 1883 d: 21 Feb 1883
Helen Josephine Simmons b: 1903 d: 1993
J. Elton Ford b: 1894 d: 1966
William Lester Wood b: 1886 d: 21 Oct 1951
Myra Aletha Wood b: 1885 d: 20 Oct 1966
Merrell Ross Wood b: 1895 d: 26 Nov 1981