Almedia was born in 1867 in Alabama. She was the daughter of Major Daughtry and Nellie Woodham. In 1870[1] and 1880[2], the family lived in Dale County, Alabama.
Her first husband was J. D. Power. He died in 1893. They were mentioned in the death record of their son. Major S Power, in 1962.[3]
Media later married Samuel Woodham, a man who was 27 years her senior. In 1910, she and Samuel were living in Dale County, Alabama.[4]
The household included:
Media passed away in 1931[6], and was buried in the Union Cemetery in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama. [7]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKS-9PJ : accessed 23 October 2015), M A M Daughtery in household of M H Daughtery, Alabama, United States; citing p. 80, family 274, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,511.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JD-H7T : accessed 25 April 2016), Elmedia Daughtery in household of Major Daughtery, Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 61, sheet 574A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0010; FHL microfilm 1,254,010.
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFWW-XHW : 15 February 2018), Meda Daughtry in entry for Major S. Power, 25 Aug 1962; citing reference 17933, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,975.
↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQZ-WQR : accessed 23 October 2015), Media A Woodham in entry for Samuel E Woodham, 1910.
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKQ2-RXM : 15 February 2018), Media Powers in entry for S. E. Woodham, 16 Aug 1928; citing reference cn 18962, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,456.
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDGP-Q8F : 15 February 2018), M. H. Daughtry in entry for Mrs. M. A. Woodham, 16 Nov 1931; citing reference cn 23918, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,493.
Woodham Family Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama compiled by Robert Earl Woodham, 1996
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Media by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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