Tuesday, February 15, 2011

William Bostwick Powers - Son of Nancy Richmond

William Bostwick Powers was the youngest child of Cyrus H. S. and Nancy (Richmond) Powers.  He was born on April 10, 1858.



The family moved to Illinois between the time Cyrus C. Powers was born in April of 1854 in New York and William's birth in Illinois in April of 1858.  They were in Illinois in 1860:

1860 IL Bureau County, Indiantown Twp.
Powers, Cyrus S. H., 44, b. NY
", Nancy, 42, b. NY
", Julia, 20, b. NY
", John, 19, b. NY
", Philena, 15, b. NY
", James R., 12, b. NY
", Eliza, 10, b. NY
", Cyrus, 6, b. NY
", William, 2, b. IL
Clemens, Eli, 20, b. NY
", James, 17, b. NY
William Powers' future wife, Helen Partridge, was born in Peachum, Caledonia, Vermont, on 25 October 1860, to Augustus  and Ellen (Miner) Partridge:

Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908 f
Name:     Hellen Patridge
Birth Date:     25 Oct 1860
Birthplace:     PEACHAM TWP,CALEDONIA,VERMONT
Father's Name:     A. L. Patridge
Mother's Name:     Ellen C. Miner

United States Census, 1870
Name:     Cyrus Powers
Estimated Birth Year:     1815
Home in 1870:     Illinois, United States
      Cyrus Powers     M     55y
    Nancy Powers     F     52y
    James Powers     M     23y
    Mary Powers     F     20y
    Cyrus Powers     M     16y
    William Powers     M     12y
    Betsy Duncan     F     25y
    Harriet Duncan     F     18y
    Andrew Henderson     M     25y


United States Census, 1880
Name:     William Powers
Residence:     Princeton, Bureau, Illinois
Birthdate:     1858
Birthplace:     Illinois, United States
Relationship to Head:     Other
Father's Birthplace:     Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Birthplace:     Illinois, United States
Race or Color (Expanded):     White
Ethnicity (Standardized):     American
Gender:     Male
Martial Status:     Single
Age (Expanded):     22 years
Occupation:     Works On Farm
    Charles Wolfersberger     M     51
    Susanna Wolfersberger     F     49
      William Powers     M     22
   [Et al]

William Powers' future wife, Helen Partridge, was living with her parents in Bureau County, Illinois, in 1800:

United States Census, 1880
Name:     Helen F. Partridge
Residence:     Buda, Bureau, Illinois
Birthdate:     1861
Birthplace:     Vermont, United States
Relationship to Head:     Daughter
Father's Name:     Augustus L. Partridge
Father's Birthplace:     New Hampshire, United States
Mother's Name:     Ellen C. Partridge
Mother's Birthplace:     Canada
Occupation:     Teacher
Parent     Augustus L. Partridge     M     61
Parent     Ellen C. Partridge     F     54
      Helen F. Partridge     F     19
    Lyman H. Partridge     M     17
    Myra W. Partridge     F     14

United States Census, 1900
Name:     William Powers
Residence:     Princeton city, Bureau, Illinois
Birth Date:     Apr 1858
Birthplace:     Illinois
Relationship to Head-of-Household:     Self
Estimated Marriage Year:     1881
Spouse     Helen F Powers     F   
Child     Howard C Powers     M   
Child     Floyd H Powers     M

United States Census, 1910
Name:     William B Powers
Birthplace:     Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household:     Self
Residence:     Princeton Ward 2, Bureau, Illinois
Marital Status:     Married
Father's Birthplace:     New York
Mother's Birthplace:     New York
William B Powers     M     52y
Spouse     Helen F Powers     F     49y
Child     Floyd H Powers     M     11y


United States Census, 1920
Name:     William B Powers
Residence:     Princeton Township City Of Princeton 2, Bureau, Illinois
Estimated Birth Year:     1858
Age:     62
Birthplace:     Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household:     Self
Marital Status:     Married
William B Powers     M     62y
Spouse     Helen F Powers     F   
Child     Floyd H Powers     M     20y



Helen (Partridge) Powers was living with her son, Floyd, his wife, May, and their children, Dorothy and Harold, in Princeton, Bureau Co., Illinois, in 1930.  William B. Powers died in 1928.

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
Death Date:     19 Jan 1928
Death Place:     Princeton, Bureau, Illinois
Birth Date:     11 Apr 1858
Birthplace:     Fiskilwa, Illinois
Father:     Cyrus Powers
Mother:     Nancy Richmond
Occupation:     Retired Farmer
Spouse:     Helen F. Powers
Burial Place:     Indiantown Twp., Bureau, Illinois
Volume/Page/Certificate Number:     cn 80


Howard C. Powers, son of William and Helen (Partridge) Powers, was living with his wife, Edna, and son, Richard, in Princeton, Illinois, in 1930

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
Name:     Howard Cameron Powers
Death Date:     15 Nov 1941
Death Place:     Princeton, Bureau, Illinois
Birth Date:     24 Oct 1887
Birthplace:     Bureau County, Illinois
Father:     William Powers
Father's Birth Place:     Bureau County, Illinois
Mother:     Helen F. Partridge
Mother's Birth Place:     Peachem, Vermont
Occupation:     Electrician
Spouse:     Edna Ellen Powers
Burial Date:     17 Nov 1941
Burial Place:     Indiantown Twp, Bureau, Illinois
Cemetery:     Mount Bloom
Volume/Page/Certificate Number:     cn 41611

From Genealogy of the Descendants of John White....

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