Mahala (Powell) Foster (abt.1839-aft.1900)

Mahala Foster formerly Powell

Born about 1839 in Arkansas, United States

[uncertain]

Ancestors

Daughter of Ambrose Powell Sr. and Nancy (Holly) Powell

Sister of Lewis Powell, Peter O. Powell Sr., John Powell, Isham Powell, Elizabeth Powell, Ambrose Powell Jr, Nancy Powell and Andrew Powell

Wife of James B Foster — married 23 Mar 1871 in Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States

[children unknown]

Died after 1900 after about age 61 in Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA

Problems/Questions

Profile last modified 18 Jan 2023 | Created 13 Jul 2010

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Biography

Sources

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-18Z : 9 November 2014), Mahala Powell in household of Ambrose Powell, Independence, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing family 319, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-TVL : 13 December 2017), Mahala C Powel in entry for Ambrose Powel, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCN-VY9 : 12 April 2016), Mahala Powell in household of Nancy Powell, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 5, family 32, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,565.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWR-NWL : 26 August 2017), Mahala Foster in household of James Foster, Craig, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 200, sheet 435A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0058; FHL microfilm 1,254,058.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3X8-VNP : accessed 22 April 2018), Mahala C Foster in household of James B Foster, Craig & Mountain Townships, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 140, sheet 9A, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,078.

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM5F-19C : 10 February 2018), James B Foster and Mahala C Powell, 23 Mar 1871; citing , Van Buren, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,031,200.* Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Couch-1738 l Jerry Couch GEDmatch H423348, Hart-11863 l Debbra D Rogers Hart GEDmatch T794298 and Melton-1327 l Cecil Melton GEDmatch T480965 sharing a 11.5554 cM segment on Chromosome 12 from 417135122 to 53254006

Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Couch-1738 l Jerry Couch GEDmatch H423348, Hart-11863 l Debbra D Rogers Hart GEDmatch T794298 and Melton-1327 l Cecil Melton GEDmatch T480965 sharing a 11.5554 cM segment on Chromosome 12 from 417135122 to 53254006

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mahala:

~3.12% ~6.25% Carolyn (Buchanan) Hammons : AncestryDNA
~3.12% ~12.50% Jerry Couch : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H423348 [compare]
~1.56% ~1.56% Jennifer (Dixon) Dixon-Vaughn : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A362118 [compare]
~0.78% Bobby Hatton : 23andMe, GEDmatch M928938 [compare]
~0.78% Gigi (Gilbreath) Twist : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AD1821589 [compare]
~0.78% Betty (Minyard) Buskirk : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Beckie Riley : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MZ8297140 [compare], Ancestry member becka333
~0.78% Josiah Couch : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A695202 [compare], Ancestry member JosiahCouch
~0.78% Linda (Riley) Rusch : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lrusch190
~0.78% William Gilbreath : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AR2416419 [compare], FTDNA kit #B674359
~0.78% ~3.12% Tracy (Disel) Bruce : Family Tree DNA Family Finder + MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Fred Spires : MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Mike Riley : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch EW4808039 [compare]

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Kay (Johnson) Wilson

Thank you for adding a DNA confirmation statement to this profile. Please read these details from the triangulation instructions which explain that you cannot mark the relationship to the MRCAs ‘confirmed with DNA’: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Triangulation#Do_you_include_the_MRCA.3F

(That means that one triangulation can never be used to confirm both a paternal and a maternal relationship.)

I’ve changed the ‘confirmed with DNA’ entries on this profile to ‘confident’ for you. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

posted Jan 18, 2023 by Kay (Johnson) Wilson

Rejected matches › Mahala H. Powell (1838-)

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Mahala (Powell) Foster (abt. 1839 - aft. 1900)

Biography

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