Lucinda May Alter^[1]

1867 - 1950  (82 years)

• Name	Lucinda May Alter
  	Some documents give her maiden surname as "Alters"; her parents' marriage certificate, her father's headstone, her mother's headstone/father's cenotaph, and her marriage record have "Alter".
  Birth	6 Dec 1867	Huntsville Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States   [2]
  	Death certificate has 6 Dec 1867; obituary has 6 Nov 1867.
  Gender	Female
  Residence	11 Jun 1900	Bethel Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	1900 census.
  Residence	15 Apr 1910	Lamoine Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	1910 census.
  Residence	2 Feb 1920	Lamoine Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	1920 census.
  Residence	10 Apr 1930	Lamoine Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	1930 census.
  Residence	From 1936 to 1950	Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States   [2]
  	"Mrs. Powell lived some years in Lamoine township coming to Macomb in 1936."
  Residence	5 Apr 1940	Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	532 N. Campbell St., Macomb, Illinois; living with family of son Otto Powell.
  Residence	10 Aug 1950	Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States   [2]
  Death	10 Aug 1950	Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States   [2]
  Burial	12 Aug 1950	Archer-Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I76	Cook-Delmotte Family | Cook
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander Alter,   b. 7 Apr 1836, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 5 Aug 1914, United States (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Zarilda J. Hendricks,   b. 7 Mar 1840, Illinois, United States d. 17 Dec 1880, Illinois, United States (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1859	Schuyler County, Illinois, United States
  Notes	Alexander married second 1899 Margarette Angeline Brown.
  Documents		Marriage Certificate of Alexander Alter and Zarilda J. Hendricks (1859) Error: Zarilda's name entered in first instance as "Sarind" but correctly in second instance.
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Franklin William Powell,   b. 5 Aug 1862, Ross County, Ohio, United States d. 16 Jun 1931, Lamoine Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1887	Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  Children	+ 1. Ernest Bryant Powell,   b. 5 Dec 1901, Bethel Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States d. 17 Jun 1984, Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois, United States (Age 82 years)
  Documents		Marriage Record of Franklin William Powell and Lucinda May Alter (1887)
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2026

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Marriage Record of Franklin William Powell and Lucinda May Alter (1887)
  		Census 1900 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Bethel Township - Powell
  		Census 1910 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Lamoine Township - Powell
  		Census 1920 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Lamoine Township - Powell
  		Marriage License of Ernest Bryant Powell and Lera Pauline Phillips (1924)
  		Census 1930 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Lamoine Township
  		Death Certificate of Franklin William Powell (1931) Has name as "William F. Powell".
  		Census 1940 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Macomb - Powell
  		Death Certificate of Lucinda May Alter (1950) Has parents' names misspelled as "Alec Alters" and "Gerilda Hendricks" (should be Alex[ander] Alter and Zarilda Hendricks).
  		Death Certificate of Ernest Bryant Powell (1984) Has father's name as "Frank William Powell" and mother's name as "Lucinda Alters".

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50945631/lucinda-may-powell. [S49] Mrs. Lucinda Mae Powell Passes to Rest Thursday [obituary], ([unknown, sourced from McDonough County Genealogical Society files]).