Person:Thomas Powell (56)

According to the death certificate of his daughter Alma Nell (1900-1911) and his wife, his wife was Rena Catherine Roller(1888-1936), the daughter of Geo. Roller.

 In the 1900 census for Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., Missouri, William M. Powell is 61, born Mar 1839 in Indiana (father England, mother New York), married 37 years, farmer; with wife Margaret 60, born Jan 1840 in Indiana (parents Kentucky), with 6 of 9 children living; son Thomas C. is 17 b. Apr 1883 in Indiana; and niece Anna Gibbs is 12, born May 1888 in Nebraska (parents Indiana). {ed 79, sh 15b, p 161}
 In the 1910 census for Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., Missouri, William M. Powell is 71, born Indiana (father English, mother Illinois), married once for 47 years, farmer; wife Margaret A. is 70 born Indiana (parents Kentucky) married once, with 5 of 9 children living; daughter Eva B. Harris is 36 born Indiana (parents same), widowed with 2 of 2 children living; her children are Ruby 11 Missouri, and Clarence 9 Indiana -- both with father Iowa, mother Indiana.  Next door is [their son] Thomas C. Powell, 26 born Indiana, married 5 years; with wife Rena C. 22 born Missouri, and children Alma N. 4 and Ralph S. [less than 1 year?] -- both born Missouri. {ed 96, sh 7b, p. 156}

 They are listed in Lawrence Co., Missouri in 1930 as Thomas C. Powell, Rena C. and Emma F. 1916.