Keturah Leah Powers
b. 23 December 1838, d. 31 July 1913
- Father: William B. Powers b. say 1811, d. between 6 May 1846 and 1 June 1850
- Mother: Mary Cleveland b. circa 1811
- Keturah Leah Powers was born on 23 December 1838 in Alabama.
- She was known as Kitty.
- The William Powers household has not yet been found in the 1840 census, although they were probably in Alabama since all known children were born there between 1833 and 1845. It should be noted that there is only one page for Marengo County indexed with image available at Ancestry.com (as of October 2005).
- Mary Cleveland appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Keturah Leah Powers, John Leake Powers, William Powers, Mary F. Powers, Elizabeth F. Powers, Jane Powers and James M. Powers.
- She and an unknown person obtained a marriage license on 16 January 1856 in Marengo County, Alabama.
- She married James M. Hopper, son of John Hugh Hopper and Unknown (?), on 31 January 1856 in Marengo County, Alabama.
- The Hopper family has not yet been found in the 1860 census.
- James M. Hopper and Keturah Leah Powers appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Dayton, Marengo County, Alabama, enumerated not far from the family of Kitty's brother John L. Powers.. Other members of the household included Lizzie Hopper, Evelyn Hopper, Mary Louise Hopper, Lelia Hopper, D. Watt Hopper and John Hopper.
- James M. Hopper and Keturah Leah Powers appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Lelia Hopper, Mary Louise Hopper, D. Watt Hopper, John Hopper, Sallie Hopper, Nellie Hopper, Hugh Hopper and Walter Hopper.
- D. Watt Hopper and Helen (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Keturah Leah Powers.
- Keturah Leah Powers became a widow at the 15 July 1900 death of her husband James M. Hopper.
- John Shahan and Evelyn Hopper appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Keturah Leah Powers, Nancy Westmoreland Shahan, Evelyn Shahan and John Edward Shahan.
- Mrs. K. L. Hopper filed a pension application in Marengo County on 29 April 1910, as widow of James M. Hopper, Private, Seldens Battery of Light Artillery, who died 15 July 1900. Schedule of property accompanying the pension application lists no real estate and no personal property.
- Keturah Leah Powers died on 31 July 1913 at age 74 in Marengo County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 28 Jul 2013
Family: James M. Hopper b. circa 1832, d. 15 July 1900
- Lizzie Hopper+ b. circa 1856, d. between 1881 and 1885
- Evelyn Hopper+ b. circa 1858, d. 16 March 1936
- Mary Louise Hopper+ b. 4 November 1860, d. 15 August 1937
- Lelia Hopper+ b. circa October 1864
- D. Watt Hopper b. November 1867
- John Hopper b. circa 1869
- Sallie Hopper b. circa 1871
- Nellie Hopper b. circa 1875
- Hugh Hopper b. circa 1877, d. 28 September 1940
- Walter Hopper b. circa 1879