#198 James Luther A. "Jim" Powers ( Henry Edward "Edward" PowerGeorge Power )

Jim was born 18 Jan 1878. He was christened in Manor, Pennsylvania. He died 20 May 1930.

He is in the group picture «here».

On the 1900 Census he appears to be living in Lamar Twp., Clinton Co., Pennsylvania with the Oscar Knapp family. He is working as a teamster. There is a discrepancy in that the birth month here is August.

Jim married #199 Janet Decker.

Marriage notes

They married.

 

Janet was born 4 Nov 1878. She died 25 Feb 1973 in Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was buried in Coles Cemetery, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

She is the daughter of William H. & Mary Huber Decker.

Children of this relationship:

#48254MiLester Powers 
#48255MiiRichard Powers 
#48256MiiiGlenn Powers 
#48257MivHarry Powers 
#48258FvJean Powers 
#48260FviMildred Powers 
#48262FviiVivian Powers 

1900 U.S. Census, Lamar Twp., Clinton Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009., Roll: 1397; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1241397.

Charlotte Hensel, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 18 Dec 2006.

Personal recollection of Florence (Powers) Deffler, as related to Tad Deffler.


Line Generation: 3

Relationship: Great-Grand-Uncle