Born in Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Obadiah Benjamin Gardner
and Martha Alice (Rogers) Gardner
Sister of
Lily Pearle (Gardner) Garner, James A. Garfield Gardner, Sussie Gardner, Grover Cleveland Gardner and Robert Seaborn Gardner
Wife of
Elijah Lee Powell
— married
7 May 1891 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Luther Hamilton Powell, George Dewey Powell, Clarence Lee Powell, Cora Beatrice (Powell) Floyd, Harmon Powell and Joseph M Powell
Died
at about age 89
in Prentiss Co., Mississippi, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2016
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Biography
Leona was born in 1878. She was the daughter of Obadiah Gardner and Martha Rogers. She passed away in 1968 and is buried at East Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Baldwyn, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA.
Sources
"Find A Grave MEMORIAL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74478175/dove-powell
"Find A Grave, database and images [(https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 April 2018)], memorial page for Dove Gardner Powell (1878–1968), Find A Grave Memorial no. 74478175, citing East Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Baldwyn, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Leona:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Leona:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Karen (Cole) Reitano 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kcreitano
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Karol (Reitano) Bumpous :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bumpousk
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~0.78%
Orville Todd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #524260
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