Charles Henry Powers

Male7 January 1858–11 November 1920

Brief Life History of Charles Henry

When Charles Henry Powers was born on 7 January 1858, in Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Robert Stephen Powers, was 15 and his mother, Laura Jane Cast, was 11855. He married Florence B. Williams on 26 October 1884, in Marshall, Iowa, United States. He lived in Whiting, Monona, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 11 November 1920, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Charles Henry Powers
1858–1920
Kansie Mae Leonard
1869–1955
Marriage: 17 June 1888
Charles Henry Powers
1887–
Clara Grace Powers
1901–
Hazel Powers
1891–1955
Leonard Stephen Powers
1894–1965
Clara Grace Powers
1895–1962
Sewell Powers
1897–
Mildred Powers
1899–
Reta Beth Powers
1903–1984
Charles Powers
1909–1941
Beatrice Powers
1910–1998
Mabel Powers
1911–1941
Velma Golda Powers
1911–1990

Sources (21)

  • Chas H Powers, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Chas H Powers, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Charles Henry Powers, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    17 June 1888Marshall, Iowa, United States
  • Children (12)

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    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 5

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1873

    Age 15

    Historical Boundaries: 1873: Monona, Iowa, United States

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 17

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    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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