#219 Henry Allison "Allison" Powers ( Mary Catherine "Mayme" Seyler◊ • Ellen Catherine Allison◊ • George Allison◊ • Archibald Allison◊ • Archibald Allison◊ )
Allison was born 28 Apr 1909 in Salona, Clinton Co., Pennsylvania. He died 16 Jan 1992 in Carrollton, Texas. He was cremated.
He left home at age 18 and joined the U.S. Army. He served a two year hitch at Hickam Field in Hawaii. He learned aircraft maintenance and he stayed in aviation the rest of his life. He worked for a while in Miami, Florida where he met and worked for Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. He worked on Amelia Earhart's planes. He also worked as the pilot for the Governor of Oklahoma.
His first marriage ended in a bitter divorce, but he married again to a woman who had been born and raised on a ranch in Texas. She could ride and shoot and made a perfect companion for him in his next job as a pilot for an oil company that was exploring the jungles of Colombia, South America.
At the time of Pearl Harbor, he was in South America for the company. The company recalled him. He arrived home safely but he lost all his belongings when the ship they were on was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico. After this job, they moved back to Texas and settled in Dallas, where Allison continued to work in the aircraft industry.
The family says he was cremated but a memorial plot exists for him at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Tezas.
∞ Allison (relationship status suppressed while one person possibly living) first #220 Mae Louise.
(Information suppressed while possibly living)
Children of this relationship:
| #1840 | M | i | John Powers |
∞ Allison married second #221 Della Maurine "Maurine" Freeze.
Other names for Maurine: Della Maurine Powers.
Maurine was born 31 Mar 1917. She died 7 Jan 1987 in Dallas, Texas. She was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas.
She had lupus.
Children of this relationship:
| #321 | F | i | Elizabeth Ann Powers | |
| #325 | M | ii | Thomas Allison "Tommy" Powers | |
| #323 | F | iii | Carol Kay "Kay" Powers | |
| #326 | F | iv | Susan Jan "Jan" Powers | |
| #328 | M | v | Dan Dennis Powers |
1910 U.S. Census, Lamar Twp., Clinton Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.. Roll: T624_1332; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1375345
1920 U.S. Census, Scalp Level, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Roll: T625_1662; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 88; Image: 892
1930 U.S. Census, Ewa Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Roll: 2632; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0110; Image: 972.0; FHL microfilm: 2342366
Charlotte Hensel, The Arthur Powers Family, (unpublished, 2007).
Della Maurine Freeze Powers, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #23564180.
Henry Allison Powers, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #23564152.
Personal recollection of Florence (Powers) Deffler, as related to Tad Deffler.
Line Generation: 6
Relationship: Grand-Uncle