George Saunders Powers was a master mariner (1900 Federal Census for Deer Isle).
Deer Island newpaper
It was with great sorrow that the many friends of Willard G. Haskell learned of his death, which occurred at his home in Newtonville, Mass., Sat. Nov. 20th, after a long period of failing health, altho he has been able to follow his usual avocation up to within a few weeks of his death. Mr. Haskell was the second son of Capt. Jasper W. & Flaville Haskell. He was born while the family lived in New Haven, Conn., about 46 years ago, and came to Deer Isle with his parents when a boy. He married Miss Lizzie Powers of South Deer Isle. To this union were born six children, Kathleen, Gladys, George, Virginia, Willard and Norman. The family made their home here until about a year ago, when they moved to Newtonville, believing that the city furnished better opportunities for the ohildren.
Besides his family, who have lost a kind and most indulgent husband and father, Mr. Haskell leaves a mother, one sister, Miss Villa M. Haskell, and two brothers, Capt. C. A. Haskell, of the schooner Hester, now on a voyage to Europe, and Capt. Harris W. Haskell, who has just arrived in Savannah, Ga., from Cuba. He was a valued member of Marine Lodge, F. & A.M., and was highly respected by all who knew him. After a brief service at the home in Newtonville, the remains, accompanied by the mother, the wife, and Miss Kathleen, arrived here Thursday night and the funeral is taking place this afternoon, with interment at Mt. Adams.
38043. Farrington Collins Powers
Farrington Collins Powers was a master mariner.
Grover C. Small was a yachtsman at the time of his marriage to Cecile Small.
64456. Neville Farrington Powers
Neville F. Powers was a manager of a ship yard.
Maurice W. Powers was a yacht captain at age 28 (1920 Federal Census for Deer Isle).
Bangor Daily News
October 2, 1961DEER ISLE--Merle V. Greene, 65, died suddenly at his home at North Deer Isle Saturday morning.
He was born here November 17, 1895, the son of Eugene and Kate (Small) Greene. He was a veteran of both world wars, serving in the Navy during World war I and in the Merchant Marine during World War II.He was a member of Rodney Stinson Post, American Legion, and Marine Lodge of Masons, both of Deer Isle.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bessie (Scott) Greene of Deer Isle; his mother, Mrs. Kate Green of Bangor; a son, John W. of Groton, Conn.; two daughters, Mrs. Emily Gross of Ledyard, Conn. and Mrs. Norma Duragm [Buhren] of Groton, Conn.; six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Warren Thomas Powers was a yachtsman. In the 1910 and 1920 Federal Censuses for Deer Isle, Warren is listed as a farmer.
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Elmira Powers was born on June 16, 1846 to Moody Barrett Powers and Abigail Holden Nason. She was born on Deer Isle, Maine, where the Powers family had been living for four generations. Before that the family had lived in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where they had originally settled in about 1650.
Moody and Abigail moved their family to Kansas in 1854, when Elmira was 8 years old. Why they made the move is not entirely clear, but there are several possibilities. The Kansas Territory was created on 30 May, 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska act. There was much land to be had, for those who were willing to pioneer a new area, and that was probably the main reason that they went. Also, the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for the people of the territory to determine by popular vote whether or not Kansas would be a free state or a slave state. As a result of this, an emigration company was created called the Emigrant Aid Company, whose purpose was to send anti-slavery New Englanders to settle in Kansas, so they would be able to vote for Kansas to become a free state. The Moody Powers family was listed in the fourth company that was sent in 1854. They left from Boston on October 17, 1854, arriving in Kansas City on 28 October, 1854. The list of the Powers family who were in the company was: Moody B. Powers, Mrs. Abigail H. Powers, Almira N., Augusta A., Moody, Milton, Abba E., and Merrill Powers. Also in the company was Amos H. Powers, a nephew of Moody. Since they went to Kansas with the Emigrant Aid Company, they must have been anti-slavery in their beliefs.
As pioneer journeys go it was probably not that tough. First they rode on a train, and then rode on a steamboat, the Sam Cloon, down the Missouri river. Still, to have left home and taken your entire family to homestead a new territory would have been a tough thing to do. Elmira must have been excited, as well as a little scared, to be moving so far from the home she knew. Conditions during the trip and when they arrived were not as the company had assured them. Accommodations were insufficient, and everything was more expensive than they had been promised. When the immigrants arrived in Kansas City, there was, once again, insufficient housing for all of them. Many turned around and went back to New England, but the Powers family stayed.
Initially, Moody and some of the other settlers created a new settlement on Rock Creek, but it only lasted less than a month. Then, many settlers moved westward to the vicinity of Big Blue River, in Pottawatomie County, and settled at Juniata. In the census of Kansas territory taken in January and February of 1855, Elmira is listed with her family as living there.
Ten years later, on January 1, 1864 she married Oliver Francis Ingraham in Manhattan, Kansas. She was 9 years his junior. Together they had 4 children, Emma, Edna, Henry Francis, and Milton Powers Ingraham. Her son, Milton Powers Ingraham, was named after her brother, John Milton Powers.
In 1873 they moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her first three children were born in Kansas, and the last one was born in Colorado. Sometimes obituaries can tell us much about a person, but hers doesnt say anything that we dont already know. Still, it is very complimentary. Here is the final paragraph:
Deceased has many friends both in Colorado City and thruout the county who will deeply regret to learn of her passing. The husband and other members of the family have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. Truly a grand and noble woman has passed on to her final reward, leaving as a rich heritage the memory of a life well lived.
She passed away on March 17, 1921 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 74.
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Milton Powers Ingraham was born October 26, 1875, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, to Oliver Francis Ingraham and Elmira Nason Powers. He died February 11, 1929, in Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado, at the age of 53. He died of a burst appendix in the hospital there in Cortez. This was the cause of death of many, many people prior to the time of blood tests that could indicate this problem. Also like many others, he ignored the pain until it was too late. If I remember correctly, Muddie and their children were with him when he died or they had been there just before he died. I dont know that for certain.
There were not lots of stories about him since my dad was very young when his father died and Muddie was not much for voluntary conversation; she loved to visit, but didnt instigate many conversations. So, since Dad had only a short time with him, I didnt know him very well until I found his letters to Muddie. I was told that he played the violin and I believe he also played the saxophone. It was mentioned to me that he loved to dance, too. He was an attorney. My Aunt Dorothy (his daughter) told me the doctor told him he would be healthier if he would get outside and do physical labor. So, he did. Im not sure why they chose Iowa, but they purchased a farm there.
A story I heard about that move was that one day he was out on horse-back when he heard a loud rumbling noise. He turned to look and saw a huge storm coming toward him. The rain drops were so big and hitting the ground so hard it was causing great dust clouds to rise into the air. He deduced the rain was really hail; he knew he would not be able to get to shelter in time so he dismounted, took the saddle off of his horse, crouched down and covered himself as much as he could. The storm arrived, killing the horse, shredding the saddle and leaving his exposed parts in poor shape! I dont know how long they stayed there, but during another storm the river changed course due to extreme flooding. The river was one of the boundaries to their farm, and the change took away a large portion of their farm land. I hope with all that trouble, they had some good experiences there also.
In reading his letters to Muddie a few years ago, I learned about his love of music as he wrote about certain songs he enjoyed listening to her play or sing. I learned that he was a God-fearing man (not a member of our Church, at that time) but that he taught a Sunday School class at the church he attended. I learned he was interested in freedom and in our country and that he voted. I learned he was a romantic and that he could express himself very well. His use of the language was so impressive to me (I especially appreciate that in a time when our language is text-language and emails and in our desire to hurry through life, we are forgetting how nice it is to receive anything hand-written). I learned of his interest in athletics and I learned of his great love and affection for a girl named Margaret Mahlon Dyer.
His father was a well-known judge and lawyer, and he went to school to become a lawyer as well. He attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, and the yearbook for the school year 1899-1900 lists him as being in the freshman class. He is also listed in the 1900-1901 year book, and as a junior in the 1901-1902 year book, where he shows as part of the law school, and where it says he was elected secretary of the junior class. On August 28, 1901 he is listed in the Colorado Springs Gazette as having passed his bar examinations. He was a deputy clerk of the court, but I have not, as yet, been able to find any documentation that shows him actually practicing law. He passed away from appendicitis on February 11, 1929 in Colorado.
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Margaret Dyer was born on November 14, 1881 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Samuel James Dyer and Eva Hugh Bledsoe. She married Milton Ingraham on September 28, 1904, also in Colorado Springs. Together they had four children: Francis James, Milton Ivan (our grandpa), Myron Avon (Milton and Myron were twins), and Dorothy Vanita Ingraham. Here are my memories.
Well, lets get her name cleared up right at the beginning. Her legal name is Margaret; she preferred Margurette (according to Milton Powers Ingrahams letters to her); her siblings called her Midget and their children called her Auntie Midge; her granddaughter, Denise, wasnt able to pronounce mother, as she heard her mom call her, and she couldnt say Margaret, as others called her, but she could say Muddie and that is the name her children and grandchildren called her, so Muddie it is!
Since you wont know her until the next life, let me give you a physical description: She was about 43 tall. She had a rather olive complexion and blue eyes that were always clear and thoughtful (meaning she was always in thought). My memories of her began with darker hair but it grew lighter and lighter and most of the time I knew her she had white hair that she wore in short curls. She was short-waisted and small. She almost always wore a corset (as proper ladies did) so she had a smooth even line under her clothes, but felt a little stiff to the touch. She had an oval face and a nice smile. She was talented and knew how to work. She was a convert to the church, which brought to her an aura that had not been there before; my dad and mom taught her the gospel then my dad baptized her. She had spent so much of her life without her husband, that she was quite self-sufficient. She hummed when working; loved music, played the piano (I still have some of her sheet music), danced and sang. After joining the church she always sang in the ward choir. She had a cute laugh but it was quiet and somewhat muffled. She was very refined a lady of the old school, so manners and courtesies and proper language were very important to her. She loved her family.
Muddie lived with us during my growing up years and with the folks after I was gone. She was a hard worker and knew the art of saving things that might come in handy at a later time! Of course, this was something that almost everyone from her day knew and practiced, and they would never, ever waste! It becomes a little burdensome to keep things youre not sure you will use, but to them (and me to a much lesser extent), it was worth it. I remember her telling me about building rabbit hutches with whatever she could find around their place (a stick here, a piece of wire there, another sized piece of wood over there, etc.). It was during the depression, no husband, four children to care for, and with little income. I can understand hanging on to everything, cant you?
We are so blessed! We jump in the car and go to Home Depot if we need something. Think about it there was no car, there was no Home Depot, and there was no money for such things anyway. I love those wonderful folks who made our way so much easier. I recognize that times change and with new inventions and money more readily available, we have a much easier life than those who worked so very hard to just keep food on the table.
She accomplished the important things. She taught her children to work and to take care of things they did have. She taught them to be loyal to family and she taught them to serve one another. Muddie was not one to talk a lot. She showed them by example and encouragement. Later in her life, with only minimal means, she would donate to worthy causes to help those who were in need. She loved to pay her tithing for that same reason. She was a good woman, and she was a good example to me. Glenda Grimshaw
Margaret passed away on January 30, 1971 in Alamosa, Colorado. She was 89 years old.
Macay Miner
December 9, 1943Lloyd Lincoln Powers was born in Manhatta, Kansas, on November 12, 1896, a son of Charles sumner and Edith P. Powers. He spent his boyhood in Kansas and the remainder of his life was spent in Utah and Idaho where he was engaged as a plaster-carpenter, rancher and farmer.
The last ten years of his life was spent in and near Mackay.
Lloyd was united in marriage to Mary Atha Harris on October 3, 1922 at Challis, idaho. To this union was born two sons, John Lloyd and Charles M. Powers, both of Mackay.
Dallas News
July 19, 1932Mrs. J. D. Fouraker, 71, of 733 North Van Buren, resident of Dallas for forty-eight years, died Monday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frances Merrifield of Cockrell Hill. Her husband and ten of her twelve children were with her when she died.
Surviving are her husband J. D. Fouraker; seven sons, John D., Jr., Harold E., William M., and Philip B. Fouraker, all of Dallas; R. S. Fouraker of Raleigh, N. C.; L. L. Fouraker of Bryan, and Robert W. Fouraker of Beaumont; five daughters, Miss Mary Fouraker, Mrs. Florence Freelan, and Mrs. Frances Merrifield, all of Dallas; Mrs. Winnie F. Hardy of San Antonio, and Mrs. Dorothy Pratt of Los Angeles, and twelve grandchildren.
Dallas News
July 28, 1972William M. Fouraker, 76, of 633 N. Vernon Avenue, practiced law in Dallas 44 years. He was a native of Dallas. Champion swimmer and recipient of numerous awards and a gold medal, Fouraker organized the Dallas swimming team in 1922. His headquarters were at Lake Cliff Park. On Sunday afternoons his team gave diving and swimming exhibitions at Kidd Springs.
Services Saturday with burial in Oak Cliff Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Irene.