#7428 - John & Eliza (Partridge) Powers, of Illinois

John Powers, born 1 November, 1841, in New York, to Cyrus & Nancy (Richmond) Powers [not part of my Michigan Powers family], and was their 1st son and 2nd child.

John Powers married Eliza Augusta Partridge, daughter of L. Augustus & Ellen (Miner)* Partridge (or Pattridge) of Peacham, Vermont. Her lineage can be found in the Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, here. Eliza (Partridge) Powers died April 6, 1911 "at the Illinois farm," according to son Jerome's biography. Eliza's sister, Helen Partridge, married William B. Powers, John's younger brother.

*Ellen's mother, Electa (Skeele) Miner (1850 census) per this site

Children of John & Eliza (Partridge) Powers:

--Florence Victorine Powers m. Lyman Kirkpatrick; in 1900 her family was living in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa

--Cyrus Hale S. Powers, who was born 5 Mar 1872 in Illinois, married Eva Salyer, and died in 1950. He is buried in Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Union Co., Iowa.

1910 IA Union
Powers, C. H. S., head, 38, m10, b. IL, farmer
", C (E?). J., wife, 34, m10, 5children/5living, b. IA
", Edwin, son, 9, b. IA
", Burton, 7, IA
", Aretta, 5, IA
", Mabel S., 4, IA
", Wesley R., 1 11/12, IA

--Nancy Richmond Powers, was Cyrus's twin (1872 - 1878)
--John Ellsworth Powers
--Jerome Augustus Powers, 8 Jul 1875, in Bureau Co., Illinois, was living with his sister, Florence Kirkpatrick in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1900. He married Lelia Kloss; she died 11 March 1958, in Everett, Snohomish, Washington. Jerome Powers died 30 Nov 1960, also in Everett.

Enumerated with their parents in the 1900 Census, IL Bureau:
--Burton Roscoe Powers, b. 12 Dec 1876, IL
--Alice Josephine Powers, b. Jan 1879, IL, Instructor in public school
--Olive Evelena Powers, Aug 1880, b. IL m. Nelson Pratt; they're buried in Cromwell Cemetery
Ch: Orville, Ethel & Jerome

--Lawrence Clement Powers, Aug 1885, b. IL [Univ. of Illinois]
Lawrence was a missionary in India, where he died in March 1916; he married Johanna Metzyer, in India, on February 9, 1916

--Wilbur Louis Powers, Mar 1888, b. IL
A scholarly paper by Dr. Wilbur L. Powers

1930 OR Benton, Corvallis
Powers, Wilbur L., head, 43, m. at 23, IL IL NJ, Chief In Soils, State College
", Mabel, wife, 45, m25, IA NE IL
", Myron J., son, 18, single, OR IL IA
Bolen, Fonsoe, lodger, m/w/27, IL IL IL Veternarian State College

--Fred Richmond Powers, Mar 1891, b. IL

1930 KS Wyandotte, Kansas City
Powers, Fred R., head, m/w/39, m24, IL IL IL, teacher [Univ. of Illinois]
", Cary, wife, 39, m24, IL IL IL [She died in Berrien Co., Michigan]
", John E., son 13, single IL IL IL
", Maynard H., son, 12, IL IL IL [footnote.com link - WWII enlistment]

Fred R. Powers' ex-wife, Carrie, died in Michigan --- an unexpected Michigan connection.