Josiah Harper Powers (1847 - 1864)

Born 18 Sep 1847 in York Township, Steuben County, IN

Ancestors

Died 5 Aug 1864 at age 16 in Chattanooga, TN

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Biography

Josiah was born in 1847. He was a private in Co A, 129th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was injured at Buzzards's Roost during the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. He was taken to Chattanooga, where he died from the effects of his wound. He is buried at Powers Cemetery. He was the son of Clark Powers and Hannah Ketchum. He passed away in 1864.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 February 2019), memorial page for Josiah Harper Powers (18 Sep 1847–5 Aug 1864), Find A Grave Memorial no. 66515379, citing Powers Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Jennifer (contributor 47279089) .

• Year: 1860; Census Place: York, Steuben, Indiana; Roll: M653_298; Page: 639; Family History Library Film: 803298

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• Year: 1850; Census Place: York, Steuben, Indiana; Roll: M432_173; Page: 166A; Image: 96

*The Powers Family, a record of Walter Power of Concord, Massachusetts and Related Families, Collected and Compiled by Lee Earll and Viola Powers Amidon, abt 1915 and self-published.