Port & Cribb Family History/Pleasant Hill, SC/Georgetown Co.:Information about Della Jane Powers

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Della Jane Powers (b. May 05, 1874, d. January 24, 1951)

Della Jane Powers was born May 05, 1874, and died January 24, 1951. She married Robert (Bob) Lester Cribb, son of Frank G. Cribb and Mary Ann McKnight.

Notes for Della Jane Powers:
Following are notes I received from Ben Rawls, son of Mitchell & Bernice Rawls, and grandson of Lottie Cribb Rawls & Samuel Benjamin Rawls:

Robert Lester Cribb, my great grandfather, married Della Jane Powers by 1896. Della was a midwife and had a horse and buggy that she used to care for the sick in the area. There was no doctor within ten miles and by horse and buggy it took doctor Johnson a long time to get to the area. Della was actively involved in the church. She and Robert Tanner started the Center Baptist Church. Della was a heavy-set woman. She was clever and as good as any woman could be. She was a good cook and was a big help to Robert in tending his business.

Shortly after great grandfather Robert married Della she had a dream that Robert's first wife, Maggie, told her there was money she had hidden in the trunk that could be used to buy clothes for the children. Della said when she awoke she opened the trunk and found the money.

The 13th census of the USA was taken on April 15,1910. The 1910 census had Robert L. Cribb, my paternal great grandfather, listed as being 58, his second wife Della Powers was listed as "Addilla" and 35, my paternal grandmother Lottie Ann was listed as 22, Florrie was 19, Adria was 17,Joseph Doar was 12, Maggie was 10, John was 7, Mary was 5, Hildebrand was 3 and Edward was 1. There were shown as living in the Carver's Bay Township. Robert Lester Cribb bought another tract of land from Mary Ann Flowers on March 16, 1914.

Robert Lester Cribb transferred 227 acres of land to his wife, Della, and sons, Hildebrand, Josiah, Woodrow, Eddie and Reed, on December 15, 1917. This land was bounded by property owned by John I. Williams on the east, and S.B. Poston, R.B. Avant, and Neal Miller. It is recorded in Book N-1 on page 285.

More About Della Jane Powers:
Burial: Center Baptist Church Cemetary/Georgetown County, SC.

Children of Della Jane Powers and Robert (Bob) Lester Cribb are:

+Josiah (Sy) Joseph Doar Cribb, b. October 03, 1897, d. December 16, 1952.
+Mary Agnes (Maggie) Cribb, b. October 02, 1899, d. May 13, 1922.
+John Harleston "Reed" Cribb, b. May 09, 1903, d. December 14, 1964.
Mary Sula Cribb, b. 1905.
+Preston Hilderbrand Cribb, b. June 15, 1906, d. April 15, 1973.
Eddie H. Cribb, b. March 02, 1909, d. April 10, 1965.
+Benjamine "Woodrow" Cribb, b. October 24, 1912, d. October 17, 1989.
+Rhoda Bernice Cribb, b. 1913, d. 2001.