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Jerusha Powers 1780–1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Hampton, Elizabeth Co, Virginia

Death Date: MAY 1850

Death Location: Whitley County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Jonas Powers

Mother: Jerusha Harmon

Spouse(s): Samuel Steele

Children(s): Rhoda Steele, Nancy Steele

Jerusha Powers was born in 1780 in Hampton, Elizabeth Co, Virginia, the child of Jonas Powers And Jerusha Harmon. Jerusha Powers married Samuel Steele, and had children including Nancy Steele, Rhoda Steele. Jerusha Powers passed away in 1850 in Whitley County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Jerusha Powers was born in 1780 in Hampton, Elizabeth Co, Virginia, the child of Jonas Powers And Jerusha Harmon.
  • Jerusha Powers married Samuel Steele, and had children including Nancy Steele, Rhoda Steele.
  • Jerusha Powers passed away in 1850 in Whitley County, Kentucky, USA.

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Jerusha Powers's Ancestors

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Jerusha Powers
1780–1850
Birth Place: Hampton, Elizabeth Co, Virginia
Parents
Jonas Powers
1742–1833
Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Jerusha Harmon
1744–1783
Suffield, Hartford, Massachusetts, United States
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jerusha Powers's Descendants

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Jerusha Powers (1780–MAY 1850) m. Samuel Steele (1775–Oct 1822)
  1. 1. Rhoda Steele 1806– m. Samuel Black 1804–1870
    1. 1. Mary (Easter) Black 1843–1918 m. Wilburn ("Bill") Taylor 1825–1896
      1. 1. Oliver (Quincy) Taylor 1875–1965 m. Amanda (Elizabeth) Smith 1875–1960
        1. 1. Vercie Taylor 1903–1995 m. James (O) Snyder 1906–1976
        2. 2. Oliver (William BILL) Taylor 1897–
        3. 3. Mary Taylor 1899–
        4. 4. Artie Taylor 1901–1951 m. Frederick (Martin "Fred") Williams 1893–1968
        5. 5. Clara Taylor 1907–
        6. 6. Lyda Taylor 1909–
        7. 7. Owen Taylor 1914–
        8. 8. Leota Taylor 1914–
      2. 2. Henry (Lee) Taylor 1879–1961 m. Ellen (Moberly) Taylor 1875–1916 m. Martha (Harvel) Clark 1884–1967 m. Rachel ('Dutch' (Eaton)) Taylor 1894–1939
  2. 2. Nancy Steele 1795–1883

Jerusha Powers's Timeline

2 Records

1780
1780
Birth of Jerusha Powers in Hampton, Elizabeth Co, Virginia
Hampton, Elizabeth Co, Virginia
1850
MAY 1850
Age 70
Death of Jerusha Powers in Whitley Co, Kentucky
Whitley Co, Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Hampton, Elizabeth Co, Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
    [2] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 13; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Whitley, K
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: MAY 1850
    Event Place: Whitley Co, Kentucky
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
    [2] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 13; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Whitley, K
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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