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Joseph Benjamin Powers 1886–1960 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 FEB 1886

Birth Location: Pickens County, South Carolina

Death Date: 1960

Death Location: Oconee Memorial Park, Oconee County, South Carolina

Father: James Powers

Mother: Sarah Boggs

Spouse(s): Zoa Timms

Children(s): Bessie Powers, Virginia Powers, Jessie Powers

The story of Joseph Benjamin Powers began in 1886 in Pickens County, South Carolina. Joseph Benjamin Powers married Mae Holden, Zoa Timms, and had children including Bessie Powers, Betty Rose Powers, Jessie Mae Powers, Virginia Powers. Joseph Benjamin Powers passed away in 1960 in Oconee Memorial Park, Oconee County, South Carolina.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Benjamin Powers began in 1886 in Pickens County, South Carolina.
  • Joseph Benjamin Powers married Mae Holden, Zoa Timms, and had children including Bessie Powers, Betty Rose Powers, Jessie Mae Powers, Virginia Powers.
  • Joseph Benjamin Powers passed away in 1960 in Oconee Memorial Park, Oconee County, South Carolina.

Immediate Family

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Joseph Powers's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Powers
1886–1960
Birth Place: Pickens County, South Carolina
Parents
James Thomas Powers
1847–1917
Pickens District, South Carolina
Sarah (Clark 'Sallie') Boggs
1858–1928
Oconee County, South Carolina
Grandparents
Henry (Washington Monroe 'Roe') Boggs
1827–1901
Pickens District, South Carolina
Mary (Katherine) Knox
1838–1926
Pickens District, South Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Aaron Boggs
1790–1876
Sylvania Garner
1798–1831
Robert Knox
1809–1891
Sally\\
1809–1846
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Aaron Boggs
1750–1833
Elizabeth Hamilton
1761–1828
James Knox
1760–1847
Mary Abbott
1775–1818
John Craig
1761–1842
Kitty\\
1767–1859

Joseph Powers's Descendants

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Joseph (Benjamin) Powers (9 FEB 1886–1960) m. Zoa Timms (1909–8 JAN 1983)
  1. 1. Bessie Powers –2001
  2. 2. Virginia Powers 1928–2001 m. William (Budroe) Sears 1925–1981
  3. 3. Jessie (Mae) Powers 1912–1987

Joseph Powers's Timeline

2 Records

1886
9 FEB 1886
Birth of Joseph Benjamin Powers in Pickens County, South Carolina
Pickens County, South Carolina
1960
1960
Age 74
Death of Joseph Benjamin Powers in Oconee County, South Carolina
Oconee County, South Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 FEB 1886
    Event Place: Pickens County, South Carolina
    Record Source: John Nean Craig

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1960
    Event Place: Oconee County, South Carolina
    Record Source: John Nean Craig

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Oconee Memorial Park, Oconee County, South Carolina

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