Cornelia C (Austin) Powers (1830 - 1889)

Born 26 Mar 1830 in New York, USA

Wife of Solomon Z Powers — married 27 Feb 1848 (to 15 Jul 1852) in LaSalle Countyy, Illinois

Wife of Joseph H Smith — married 29 Nov 1853 in La Salle, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1889 at age 58 in Scranton, Greene, Iowa, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Cornelia born in 1830 and passed away in 1889.

Cornelia's first husband was Solomon Powers. They were married 27 February 1848.^[1]

Cornelia and Solomon had two children: Martha Jane (Powers) Clifton and William Horace Powers.

Cornelia's second was Joseph Smith, whom she married in 1853 after Solomon's death in 1852.

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PM-ZH2 : 10 February 2018), Solomon Z. Powers and Cornelia Austin, 27 Feb 1848; citing La Salle County, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,683,305.

• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PM-ZH2 : 10 February 2018), Solomon Z. Powers and Cornelia Austin, 27 Feb 1848; citing La Salle County, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,683,305.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVV-HBR2 : 13 December 2015), Cornelia Smith, 1889; Burial, Scranton, Greene, Iowa, United States of America, Scranton Township Cemetery; citing record ID 23950947, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2X-ZV3 : 14 August 2017), Cornelia Smith in household of Jos Smith, Scranton, Greene, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 96, sheet 313C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0341; FHL microfilm 1,254,341.