When Oscar Evelyn Powers was born on 24 April 1889, in Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana, United States, his father, Benjamin Frank Powers, was 27 and his mother, Viretta Beavers, was 24. He married Hazel Camilla Reddington on 1 June 1912, in Henry, Indiana, United States. He lived in Middletown, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Prairie Township, Henry, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1973, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mount Summit, Henry, Indiana, United States.