Henry Powers

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Powers was born in 1820, in Croydon, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Cyrus Powers, was 41 and his mother, Lydia Stowe, was 43.

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Cyrus Powers
1779–1841
Lydia Stowe
1778–1821
Gersham Powers
1805–
Warren Powers
1807–1865
Orpha Powers
1810–1870
Dr. Cyrus Powers
1814–1880
Haven Powers
1817–1869
Henry Powers
1820–

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    World Events (3)

    1820 · Making States Equal

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1820 · Making Land more affordable

    "The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."

    1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough

    In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 

    Name Meaning

    English (Warwickshire and Lancashire): variant of Power , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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