Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Zella's private granddaughter and the private great-grandson of Zella's maternal uncle Frederick M. Cowdery. Their MRCAs are their great-great-grandparents, Charles Beckwith Cowdery and Charlotte de La Cord Packard. They share 36 cM across 4 segments. 3rd cousin probability: 30%.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMY9-1DP : accessed 29 January 2019), Olla Osborn in household of Aron A Osborn, South Sharp Creek Township, McPherson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,488.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CZ-VQM : accessed 29 January 2019), Zella L Powell in household of W A Powell, Anthony Ward 3, Harper, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 441; FHL microfilm 1,374,454.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBT-WWS : accessed 29 January 2019), Zella L Powell in household of William A Powell, Hickory, Grant, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 93, sheet 1B, line 76, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1460; FHL microfilm 1,821,460.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7G-RR4 : accessed 29 January 2019), Zella L Powell in household of William Powell, Hickory, Grant, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 3B, line 72, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1905; FHL microfilm 2,341,639.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBV7-D4F : 14 March 2018), Zella L Powell in household of William A Powell, Hickory Township, Grant, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-12, sheet 6A, line 18, family 110, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3296.
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