September 20

The diary comes to an end on September 19, 1929. She seemed to have stopped at that point and doesn’t take up another diary until January, 1931 (or at least that I've inherited). As I look through them I see that she had difficulty finishing any year out. I’m very disappointed to not know about her first impressions of classes and campus life at the U of O. However, in the back of the diary on a page marked Memoranda, there is a family tree of sorts which was either written by her mother or father (it’s not Mom’s handwriting). My guess is it was written down so that Mom could keep track of all the relatives they were visiting along the way on their trip. Emily, this may provide information for you to add to the family tree.

Arthur Birdsey Powell and Stella Howe Powell married Leroy, Minn. Dec 11, 1907.

Genealogy - Father’s side entered here june 13, 1929

Your father. born Lansing, Michigan Nov. 8, 1874.

Your mother. born Howard County Iowa, Oct. 10, 1876

Your father’s sister Hortense Ann, born Lansing, Mich. Aug 27, 1867

Your father’s sister Blanche Lottie, born Lansing, Mich. June 7, 1869

Your father’s brother Harry Starr, born Lansing, Mich. May 11, 1872

Your father’s sister Elizabeth Jane, born Frankfort Kan. Oct. 30, 1880

Your father’s father, born Charlotte Vermont, June 23, 1837

Your father’s mother, born Litchfield, Ohio, March 14, 1838

Your father’s father’s name Lorenzo Cullianmore Powell, died July 7, 1926

Your father’s mother’s name Harriet Jane Nevines, died Aug. 14, 1912

Your father’s mother’s father, birdsey Nevins, born Litchfield Conn. Oct, 22, 1802, died Frankfort Kans. 1879

Your father’s mother, Jane F. starr, born Litchfield conn. Jan. 20, 1807, diend amherst Ohio Feb. 21, 1876.

The genealogy of the Starr family including your grandmother Harriet June Nevins (Powell) and her mother Jane F. Starr Nevins was published in the eighteen eighties and a copy of the book is in the New York City Public Library.

Your father’s mother’s parents had children as follows:

Ann Eliza Starr Nevins born Litchfield Ohio July 31, 1835, married Daniel Bosworth and died LeRoy Min.. Oct. 21, 1915

Harriet Jane Nevins born Litchfield Ohio see above

Fredric Buell Nevins, born Elyria Ohio May 10, 1840

Charolotte J. Nevins born Elyria Ohio May 6, 1844 died Frankfort Kansas May 1896

Seymore Starr Nevins born Elyria Ohio Jan 25, 1848, died at your father’s home Frankfort Kans. 1888.