Born in Horton Township, Kings, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elisha Cleveland
and Prudence (Porter) Cleveland
Sister of
Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland, David Harris Cleveland, George Cleveland, Eunice (Cleveland) Nowlin, John Alonzo Cleveland, Charles Allen Cleveland, Mary Susan (Cleveland) Kehoe and Anna Amy Cleveland
Wife of
Gideon Power
— married
11 Oct 1881 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 78
in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Feb 2021
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1836. She was the daughter of Elisha Cleveland and Prudence Porter.
She married 1st, 14 Aug 1869 in Horton Bluff, Henry Westcott Nowlin (or Knowles or Knowlin). He was a 60 year old widower, born in Wolfville.
She married 2nd, 11 Oct 1881, Gideon Power. The 22 Oct 1881 edition of the Presbyterian Witness lists the marriage of Gideon Power of Welsford, to the widow of the late Henry Nowlin of Black Rock on 11 Oct 1881.
After Gideon's death in 1899, Sarah L. Power moved to the USA.
She died in 1914. On 2 Sep 1914, the Berwick Register reported that Sarah L. Power, wid/o Gideon Power, age 77 years 6 months, died at Portland, Maine, 21 Aug 1914, formerly of West Cornwallis.
Sources
- 22 Oct 1881 edition of the Presbyterian Witness
- 2 Sep 1914 edition of the Berwick Register
- Cleveland genealogy, Vol 1, page 564.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
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