Mora Pickett Powell

1892 - 1986  (94 years)

• Name	Mora Pickett Powell
  Birth	2 May 1892	Arkansas County, Arkansas   [1]
  		Powell - Arkansas State Board of Health, birth certificate no. 159356 (1892), Mora Pickett Powell; original held by family of TX000118. Mora Pickett Powell, born 2 May 1892, in Arkansas County, Arkansas. Father Henry L. Powell born in Arkansas. Mother Mary Elizabeth McGahhey born in North Carolina.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Seminole County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - 1920 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, ED 125, p. 5B (penned), dw. 121, fam. 127, Henry Taylor; NARA T625, roll 1476. 1920 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, ED 125, p. 5B (penned), dw. 120, fam. 126, Sylvester Taylor; NARA T625, roll 1476. Henry Taylor age 33, wife Mora 27, daughter Imogene 5, son H C 4, daughter Arcola 1. Henry born in Texas, Mora in Arkansas, all children in Oklahoma. The home is rented. Henry works as a clerk in a grocery store. Henry's father is listed as born in Alabama and his mother in Texas. The adjacent household, at the same street number, is Sylvester Taylor, age 72, born in Alabama, and wife Aura, age 65, born in Texas.
  Census	1930	Seminole County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - 1930 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Wewoka city, ED 33, p. 29B (penned), dw. 647, fam. 749, H. Taylor; NARA T626, roll 1930. H Taylor age 48, wife Mora 37, daughter Imogene 15, son H. O. 14, son Arcola 11, daughter Louise 9, daughter Wilburt 8, daughter Wanda 3, and son Orville 1. Henry and Imogene were born in Texas, Mora was born in Arkansas, all other children born in Oklahoma. Imogene's entry shows her father was born in Arkansas - this may be incorrectly recorded, but she was born during the marriage of Henry and Mora. Henry was 30 and Mora 22 when they married. The home is owned, is worth $2800, and Henry works as a painter in the decorator industry.
  Census	1940	Seminole County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - 1940 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Wewoka ward 4, ED 67-44, p. 11B (penned), household 235, lines 68-74, Mora Taylor; NARA T627, roll 3332. Mora Taylor, 47, widow, born Arkansas, works as a cosmetic sales lady; son H. C. 34, works as a service man in a radio shop; daughter Arcola 21, works as a stenographer in a private office; daughter Louise 19, works as a stenographer in an insurance office; daughter Wanda Faye 13; son Kenneth 11;and son Jackie 8. All children born in Oklahoma. All lived in same place in 1935. Rents home for $10.
  Death	1 Jul 1986	Alameda County, California   [2]
  Person ID	I3688	EarlyTexans
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	Henry Otis Taylor,   b. 7 Dec 1880, Wise County, Texas d. 3 Nov 1932, Seminole County, Oklahoma (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1913	Pontotoc County, Oklahoma   [3]
  Children	1. TX9900232 AncestorOfMember  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Documents » Slide Show		Taylor-Powell marriage; Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, Marriages, unknown volume:474, H. O. Taylor to Mara Powell, 13 October 1913.
  		Taylor School 1921 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-FRY5?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CW6%3A1590391732%2C1590392252 : 31 October 2018), Seminole > School census, Wewoka, 1928-1930 > image 1829 of 2771; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 13 January 1930. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 15, [H. C. not listed], Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 11, Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 9, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 8.
  		Taylor School 1931 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DHK7-L?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CWB%3A1590391732%2C1590392253), Seminole [County] > School census, Wewoka, 1930-1933 > image 731 of 2585; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 5 February 1931. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 16, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 15, listed as "cripple", Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 12, Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 10, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 9.
  		Taylor School 1932 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DHNZ-D?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CWB%3A1590391732%2C1590392253 : 31 October 2018), Seminole > School census, Wewoka, 1930-1933 > image 982 of 2585; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 27 January 1932. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 17, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 16, Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 13, Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 11, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 10.
  		Taylor School 1926 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DCD3-6?cc=1926701&wc=Q6RQ-3DF%3A1590389979%2C1590391985), Hughes [County] > School census, Holdenville, 1921-1926 > image 3588 of 3697; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 5 February 1926. H. O. Taylor family members in school district 35 include Imogene born 2 May 1914, H. C. born 6 November 1915, Arcola born 6 August 1918, and Louise born 2 August 1920.
  		Taylor School 1933 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DHJ7-4?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CWB%3A1590391732%2C1590392253), Seminole [County] > School census, Wewoka, 1930-1933 > image 2274 of 2585; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 13 January 1933. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 18, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 17, Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 14, and Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 12, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 11, and Wanda Fay born 26 March 1927 - age 5.
  		Taylor School 1934 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DW2T-8?cc=1926701&wc=Q6RQ-3LW%3A1590391732%2C1590391751), Seminole [County] > School census, Wewoka, 1934 > image 555 of 840; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 17 January 1934. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 19, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 18, Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 15, and Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 13, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 12, and Wanda Fay born 26 March 1927 - age 6.
  Family ID	F3452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2021

  
  

• Photos		Powell - Mora Pickett Powell and her mother Mary Elizabeth McGahhey Powell, circa 1910; original held by Mora's daughter, Louise Taylor.
  		Powell - Mora Pickett Paowell and brother Henry Cass Powell, circa 1900; back of photograph raeds "Cass and Mora"; original held by Mora's daughter, Louise Taylor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1395] Arkansas Birth Certificate. [S1396] U.S., Social Security Death Index. [S1393] Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Marriage Records.