George Washington Powers (1850 - 1932)

Born 14 Jun 1850 in Whitley County, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Myers) Powers — married 30 Jul 1874 in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana

Died 6 May 1932 at age 81 in Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana

Biography

Name

Name: George Washington Powers

Name: George Powers^[1][2][3]

Name: George W. Powers^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Birth

Date: 14 JUN 1850

Place: Whitley County, Indiana^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Marriage

Husband: George Washington Powers

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Myers

Date: 30 JUL 1874

Place: Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana^[18]

Event

Type: Property

Date: 03 JAN 1855

Place: California Twp., Starke County, Indiana

Note: (4 years old) patenting 80 acres^[19]

Type: Property

Date: 03 JAN 1855

Place: California Twp., Starke County, Indiana

Note: (4 years old) patenting another 80 acres^[20]

Type: Property

Date: 01 DEC 1864

Place: California Twp., Starke County, Indiana

Note: sell these 160 acres though they appear to belong to their son, George W.^[21]

Type: Property

Date: 21 DEC 1869

Place: California Twp., Starke County, Indiana

Note: sell these 40 acres for 0 which appear to be 40 of the 160 acres theysold 1 Dec 1864 to John N. Pierson, then resold to him 23 Nov 1865because it was actually owned by their son, George W. Powers. Why it is now again in their possession, I don't know^[22]

Type: Obituary

Note: in the Warren Indiana News:

MASHES HAND

George Powers, a member of the section gang on the MB &E interurban linethrough this city, had two fingers of his right hand painfully mangled by a falling rail while at work at Bluffton Thursday afternoon.The injured man immediately returned to his home in this city, where the injured member was properly dressed. George and Mary may have had other children whom died young. He was a Station Engineer on the railroad andlater a painter. He lived in Warren, Indiana and Fairmount, Indiana andpossibly Huntington, Indiana between 1880 and 1900. In 1911 he and his family moved from Warren to 1126 N Main St, Fairmount, Indiana.

Type: Obituary

Date: 12 MAY 1932

Note: in the Fairmount News:

The funeral of George W Powers, 81, whose death occured last Thursday night at the home of his son, Oscar Powers, 401 S Penn St, was held at two Monday afternoon at the residence with Rev. J. Frank Harbison officiating. Burial was in Park Cemetary. Mr. Powers had been a resident of Fairmount for about 25 years, having moved here from Warren with his family.

Census

Date: 01 JUN 1880

Place: Rochester Twp., Fulton County, Indiana

Note: as a painter^[23]

Date: 06 JUN 1900

Place: Main Street, Warren, Salamonie Twp., Huntington County, Indiana

Note: as a painter and decorator^[24]

Date: 26 APR 1910

Place: 1126 North Main Street, Fairmount, Fairmount Twp., Grant County, Indiana

Note: as a bottle factory engineer^[25]

Date: 05 JAN 1920

Place: Barclay Street, Fairmount, Fairmount Twp., Grant County, Indiana

Note: as an electric railroad laborer^[26]

Burial

Place: Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana

Sources

1. ↑ Source:#S1206 Page: 15/94A (Rochester Twp.), dwelling 112, family 112, Ellis R. Powershousehold
2. ↑ Source:#S596 Page: SD 5, ED 42, 1/78A (Rochester Twp.), dwelling 4, family 4, George Powershousehold
3. ↑ Source:#S4765
4. ↑ Source:#S572 Page: 419 (California Twp.), dwelling 293, family 293, Lewis Powers household
5. ↑ Source:#S637 Page: SD 11, ED 65, 3/97A (Fairmount, Fairmount Twp.), dwelling 79, family 79,George W. Powers
6. ↑ Source:#S3581 Page: SD 11, ED 61, 19/84B (Fairmount Twp., Fairmount town), dwelling 543,family 543, George W. Powers household
7. ↑ Source:#S3582 Page: SD 11, ED 89, 6/256A (Salamonie Twp., Warren), dwelling 117, family 138,George W. Powers household
8. ↑ Source:#S3584 Page: SD 4, ED 20, 13/55A (Fairmount Twp., Fairmount town), dwelling 369,family 373, Oscar Powers household
9. ↑ Source:#S572
10. ↑ Source:#S637
11. ↑ Source:#S1206
12. ↑ Source:#S596
13. ↑ Source:#S3581
14. ↑ Source:#S1293 Page: SD 1, ED 1034, 2/207A (Hyde Park Twp., Chicago 32nd Ward), dwelling 9,family 32, Isac R. Zimmer household
15. ↑ Source:#S3582
16. ↑ Source:#S3584
17. ↑ Source:#S4489 Page: SD 3, ED 3, 2/1B (Precinct 3), dwelling 19, family 19, Isaac R. Zimmerhousehold
18. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW58-4B5 : 3 August 2022), George W Powers and Mary Ella Myers, 29 Jul 1874; citing Fulton, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004540542.
19. ↑ Source:#S259 Page: 62:244
20. ↑ Source:#S259 Page: 62:245
21. ↑ Source:#S259 Page: H:383
22. ↑ Source:#S259 Page: K:347
23. ↑ Source:#S596 Page: SD 5, ED 42, 1/78A (Rochester Twp.), dwelling 4, family 4, George Powershousehold
24. ↑ Source:#S3582 Page: SD 11, ED 89, 6/256A (Salamonie Twp., Warren), dwelling 117, family 138,George W. Powers household
25. ↑ Source:#S3581 Page: SD 11, ED 61, 19/84B (Fairmount Twp., Fairmount town), dwelling 543,family 543, George W. Powers household
26. ↑ Source:#S637 Page: SD 11, ED 65, 3/97A (Fairmount, Fairmount Twp.), dwelling 79, family 79,George W. Powers

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Powers-1049 created through the import of wikitree1.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Kimball G. Everingham.