James Powers^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1812 - 1880  (~ 68 years)

• Name	James Powers  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	Abt 1812	Waterford, Ireland   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Southern Division, Lowndes, Alabama   [9]
  Residence	1870	Braggs, Lowndes, Alabama   [10]
  _UID	EC9D97A02C134E0490C44382D761AA82CEB3
  Died	1880	Alabama, United States
  Person ID	I290	Barnett-Farrar-160716
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2016

  
  

  Family ID

  F210

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Goodson,   b. Abt 1830, AL ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	11 Dec 1849	Lowndes, Alabama   [5, 11]
  Children	1. J. M. Powers,   b. Abt 1853, AL ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John McDonald Powers,   b. May 1856, AL ,   d. 4 Feb 1923, Bryan, Brazos, TX  (Age ~ 66 years)   3. W. T. Powers,   b. Abt 1858, AL ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2016
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1870 Census shows birthplace is Indiana. However all other census records for John M Powers show father is from Ireland. Either: 1 set of census records is wrong OR James Powers is head of household in 1870 but not father of John The 1860 Census shows specifically, Waterford, Ireland to be birthplace. From 1845-1850 large numbers of people left Ireland because of the "Great Famine", also known as the "Potato Famine". Born in 1812, James would have been 33 in 1845. He married in Alabama in 1849, so I am estimating the time of his emigration to America to be around 1845-1847. The Powers (or Power) family was large in Waterford, so it is very possible that other Powers emigrated before James and sent back money to help him come, which was a common practice at the time. Incidiently, Waterford, Ireland is famous for Waterford Crystal. (Research):Saved in Ancestry.com shoebox- record in "The Boston Pilot 1831-1920" missing friend posting for James Powers published 1866, looking for "JAmes Powers, of Gerrentown, parish of Ballylahane, county of Waterford, who left Ireland in the fall of 1847, and lived in Brown County, Illinois. Left home in the spring of 1861 and went South; wrote in June the same year from Memphis, TN" His mother requested to notify his brother-in-law, Richard Cooke, Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. Although this is probably not him because of the 1861 date (he was in Alabama then), it may be a clue to his family connections and where in Waterford he was from.

  
  

• Sources

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