Gideon Power
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Gideon Power (1817 - 1899)

Gideon Power
Born in Black Rock, Kings, Nova Scotiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 21 Mar 1850 (to 2 Oct 1876) in Black Rock, Kings, Nova Scotiamap
Husband of — married 11 Oct 1881 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 81 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Biography

Gideon Power was born, 1 Jun 1817, in Black Rock, Kings County. He was the son of William Power and Hannah Sweet

He married 21 Mar 1850 by Rev. Wm. Chipman, Sarah Alice Eaton, daughter of Charles and Sarah A. (Wickwire) Eaton. She was born 4 May 1829, died 3 Oct 1876 at the age of 45 and is buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

The 1861 census lists Gideon living in Somerset with 1 female 2-3 [Annie E.], 1 male 4-5 [Charles A.], 1 female 10-15 [Edna], 1 married female 30-40 [Sarah, his wife], 1 married male 40-50 [himself]. There was a male 5-10 who did in the past year [Omer].

The 1871 census lists Gideon as a farmer, 53 living in Berwick with Sarah A., 41, Edna, 20, Charles A., 14, Annie, 12, Owen Eaton, 6, George W., 4 and Alice R., 2.

After the death of his first wife, Gideon would have been a 59 year old widower with 3 children under the age of 10. The 1881 census lists Gideon Power as a widowed farmer, 63 living in Somerset, Kings County with Charles A., 24, Annie E., 22, Owen E., 15, George W., 14, Alice R., 12 and Rufus G., 7.

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. Sarah Luana Cleveland was born 15 Feb 1836 in Horton, the daughter of Elisha and Prudence (Porter) Cleveland. 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.

The 1891 census lists Gideon Power as a farmer living in Somerset, Kings County. Living with him at the time was his second wife Sarah, age 54, his daughter Alice R., age 21, occupation schoolteacher and his son Rufus, age 17, occupation farm labourer. All of his other children had either died young or moved to the United States.

Gideon died 2 Apr 1899 at the age of 83 and is buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

After Gideon's death, Sarah L. Power moved to the USA. 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.

Children (All born in Black Rock, Kings Co.):

  1. Edna, b. 30 Oct 1850, m. _ Huff, d. New Hampshire.
  2. Albert, b. 1852, d. 1857, bur. in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
  3. Omer, b. 1854, d. 1860, bur. in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
  4. Charles Ambert, b. Feb 1857.
  5. Annie Eliza, b. Apr 1859, d. 1 Apr 1915 in North Reading, Massachusetts, at the home of her brother Owen. She was a nurse in Mass., never married, and is buried in North Reading. She received an inheritance in the Last Will and Testament of her grand aunt, - Eaton, written 1 Feb 1894.
  6. Sarah Wickwire, b. 1862, d. 1867, bur. in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
  7. Owen Eaton, b. 1 Jun 1864.
  8. George William, b. 23 Jun 1866, d. 1883, bur. in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
  9. Alice Rebecca, b. 21 Apr 1869, m. 25 Dec 1908 in Calgary, Alberta, Rev. William J. Grigg, d. 26 Aug 1921, Berwick, Kings Co., Nova Scotia.
  10. Rufus Gideon, b. 22 Sep 1872.

Sources

  • Power Family Tree
  • My Trees.com
  • Ancestry.com
  • Canada Census, Kings County, Nova Scotia, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
  • Vital Statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1957
  • Family Search.org Ancestral File AFN 156M-TNT
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #174658952

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Acknowledgments

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