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Michael J Powers 1881 – 1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 October 1881

Birth Location: Jennings County, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 7 August 1968

Death Location: Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, USA

Father: Jacob Powers

Mother: Mary Cruser

Spouse(s): Nancy Wheeldon, Hattie Beatty

Children(s): Glen Powers, Glen Powers, Ruth Powers, Willard Powers, Dorothy Powers, Philip Powers, Helena Powers, Gladys Powers, Thomas Powers, Paul Powers, Michael Powers, Margaret Powers, Melvin Powers

The story of Michael J Powers began in 1881 in Jennings County, Indiana, USA. In 1935, Michael J Powers resided in Jackson, Ripley, Indiana. In 1940, Michael J Powers resided in Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA. Michael J Powers married Nancy Wheeldon, Hattie Mae Beatty, and had children including Glen L Powers, Glen Lester Powers, Ruth Opal Powers, Willard Otis Powers, Dorothy Belle Powers, Philip Powers, Helena Powers, Gladys Powers, Thomas Edward Powers, Paul L. Powers, Michael Powers, Margaret Powers, Melvin Lee Powers. Michael J Powers passed away in 1968 in Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Michael J Powers began in 1881 in Jennings County, Indiana, USA.
  • In 1935, Michael J Powers resided in Jackson, Ripley, Indiana.
  • In 1940, Michael J Powers resided in Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA.
  • Michael J Powers married Nancy Wheeldon, Hattie Mae Beatty, and had children including Glen L Powers, Glen Lester Powers, Ruth Opal Powers, Willard Otis Powers, Dorothy Belle Powers, Philip Powers, Helena Powers, Gladys Powers, Thomas Edward Powers, Paul L. Powers, Michael Powers, Margaret Powers, Melvin Lee Powers.
  • Michael J Powers passed away in 1968 in Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Powers
1849 – 1930
Birth Location: Enochsburg, Indiana, United States
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Mary Cruser
1854 – 1935
Birth Location: Iowa, USA
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Wheeldon
1884 – 1965
Birth Location: –
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Hattie Beatty
1894 – 1980
Birth Location: Jennings County, Indiana, USA
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Children(s)

Glen Powers
1905 – 1990
Birth Location: Decatur Co Indiana
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Glen Powers
1905 – 1990
Birth Location: Decatur Co Indiana
GP
Ruth Powers
1909 – 1991
Birth Location: Millhousen, IN
RP
Willard Powers
1912 – 1986
Birth Location: Millhousen, Decatur County, Indiana, United States of America
WP
Dorothy Powers
1914 – 1945
Birth Location: Millhousen, Decatur, Indiana, USA
DP
Philip Powers
1917 – 1990
Birth Location: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA
PP
Helena Powers
1920 – 1992
Birth Location: Indiana
HP
Gladys Powers
1922 – 2006
Birth Location: Ripley County, Indiana, USA
GP
Thomas Powers
1924 – 1983
Birth Location: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA
TP
Paul Powers
1927 – 1927
Birth Location: –
PP
Michael Powers
1928 – 2008
Birth Location: Indiana, USA
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Margaret Powers
1931 –
Birth Location: Indiana
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Melvin Powers
1935 – 2016
Birth Location: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA
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Michael Powers's Ancestors

Self
Michael Powers
1881 – 1968
Birth Place: Jennings County, Indiana, USA
Parents
Jacob B Powers
1849 – 1930
Enochsburg, Indiana, United States
Mary (Jane) Cruser
1854 – 1935
Iowa, USA
Grandparents
Michael Powers
1813 – 1902
Butler County, Ohio, United States of America
Eliza Derry
1819 – 1895
Ohio
Christian Cruser
1814 – 1862
Germany
Christine (Dorothea) Hoffmeister
1819 – 1892
Germany
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Powers
1775 – 1856
Naomi Hahn
1780 – 1856
Abraham Derry
1798 – 1880
Elizabeth Newman
1773 – 1865
Friederich Hoffmeister
1792 –
Anne Poos
1793 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Michael Hahn
1748 – 1792
Sara Sally
1748 – 1810
Jacob Derry
1750 – 1820
Susan Russ
1758 – 1819

Michael Powers's Descendants

1.
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Michael (J) Powers (10 October 1881 – 7 August 1968) m. Nancy Wheeldon (1884 – 1965) m. Hattie (Mae) Beatty (22 Feb 1894 – 21 Apr 1980)
  1. 1. Glen (L) Powers (19 Mar 1905 – 7 Oct 1990)
  2. 2. Glen (Lester) Powers (19 Mar 1905 – 7 Oct 1990) m. Verda (M.) Bishop (20 Jul 1909 – 17 AUG 2007)
    1. 1. Glenn Powers m. Betty Smear (1929 – 2008)
      1. 1. Cathy Powers (1952 – 2021)
      2. 2. Michelle Powers
    2. 2. Powers
      1. 1. Laverda
  3. 3. Ruth (Opal) Powers (6 Aug 1909 – 27 May 1991) m. Chancey Benham (1907 – 1984)
    1. 1. Benham
      1. 1. Benham
        1. 1. Alyssa Alexander
  4. 4. Willard (Otis) Powers (1 Aug 1912 – 6 May 1986) m. Lora (Viola) Bishop (6 Aug 1919 – 23 Jan 1938) m. Edith Harrison (8 November 1929 – 4 April 2003)
    1. 1. Vernon (Otis) Powers (23 Jan 1938 – 7 May 2002) m. Wanda (Mareta) Wolf (13 Jul 1943 – ) m. Barbara (Jean) Fisher (5 Nov 1959 – ) m. Wilma (Louise Woodruff) Abplanalp (8 Feb 1941 – 10 Apr 2017)
      1. 1. Lindsay (Mae) Powers (7 Jan 1984 – ) m. Patrick Mulrine (23 Aug 1976 – ) m. Scott (Daniel) Lloyd (26 Jun 1982 – 27 May 2008)
        1. 1. Lazarus (Malachi) Mulrine (11 Jan 2013 – )
        2. 2. Alexander (Daniel) Lloyd (7 Oct 2003 – )
      2. 2. Jeffery (Wayne) Powers (19 Sep 1973 – )
    2. 2. Virgil (Paul) Powers (23 Jan 1938 – 24 Aug 1993) m. Betty (Rose) Hardebeck (3 Feb 1951 – 24 Aug 1993)
      1. 1. Shirley (A) Powers (abt 1969 – )
      2. 2. Rose (Mary) Powers (21 Jun 1970 – 21 Jun 1970)
      3. 3. Randy Powers (1 Mar 1972 – )
      4. 4. Connie Powers (abt 1973 – ) m. Bradley (R.) Hodson
      5. 5. Virgil (Joseph) Powers (6 August 1974 – 24 August 1994)
    3. 3. Roberta (Faye) Powers (9 Sep 1948 – 28 November 2002) m. Everett (Lee) Burton (16 Feb 1941 – 12 July 2013) m. John Ruble
      1. 1. Scott (Alan) Burton (3 Nov 1973 – ) m. Susan (M.) Thomas (abt 1956 – )
      2. 2. James (Andrew) Burton
      3. 3. Robert Ruble (28 Nov 1984 – )
    4. 4. Franklin Powers
      1. 1. Cindy Powers (4 Sep 1969 – 21 Apr 1998) m. Stanley (E.) Edmondson (1971 – )
    5. 5. Willard (E.) Powers m. Brenda Dyer
  5. 5. Dorothy (Belle) Powers (13 Nov 1914 – 19 Dec 1945)
  6. 6. Philip Powers (1917 – 1990) m. Audrey Smith (1923 – 2007)
    1. 1. Kenneth Powers (1947 – 2014)
      1. 1. Andy (lee) Powers (1978 – 2017)
      2. 2. Cousin Powers
    2. 2. Gladys (L) Powers (abt 1941 – )
    3. 3. Philip (O) Powers (18 July 1942 – 3 January 2020)
    4. 4. Richard (D) Powers (abt 1945 – )
  7. 7. Helena Powers (1 Feb 1920 – 17 Sep 1992) m. Herschel (Leroy) Miers (1913 – 2003)
  8. 8. Gladys Powers (2 Aug 1922 – 2006) m. Elmer (F.) Owens (1907 – 1991)
    1. 1. Marybelle Owens (abt 1942 – )
  9. 9. Thomas (Edward) Powers (14 Sep 1924 – 20 December 1983)
  10. 10. Paul (L.) Powers (28 January 1927 – 10 April 1927)
  11. 11. Michael Powers (1928 – 2008) m. Edna (Mae) Forwalt (02 Nov 1941 – 06 Mar 1992)
  12. 12. Margaret Powers (abt 1931 – )
  13. 13. Melvin (Lee) Powers (15 Mar 1935 – 11 August 2016) m. Marguerite Hoffman (1937 – 2019)

Michael Powers's Timeline

4 Records

1881
10 October 1881
Birth of Michael J Powers in Jennings County, Indiana, USA
Jennings County, Indiana, USA
1935
1935
Age 54
Michael J Powers resided here in Jackson, Ripley, Indiana
Jackson, Ripley, Indiana
1940
1940
Age 59
Michael J Powers resided here in Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA
Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA
1968
7 August 1968
Age 87
Death of Michael J Powers in Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 October 1881
    Event Place: Jennings County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01090; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 69-12
    [2] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
    [3] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01090; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 69-12

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01090; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 69-12

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 August 1968
    Event Place: Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Osgood, Ripley County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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