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Sorry about being so vague, Mary Jane. However, I have posted numerous times about this
family with little, if any, results. I though I would be a little more general in hopes of
finding someone who knew about other Powers families in the area. Now that you have
responded, I hope I don’t overload you with information.
My Thomas Powers was born abt 1815 in KY. According to census records, his first child was
born in LA or MS in abt 1844. However, by 1850 he was back in KY on the Jefferson Co
(Louisvillle) Census. His family moved to Evansville by 1860 and was there through the
1870 census. They were listed on the 1880 Census of Mississippi Co, AR. There he remarried
my great grandmother, Margaret Derossett, who as 24 at the time. (I assume his wife died.)
There must have been some draw to Evansville, as the second son by his new wife was born
there in 1887. However, by 1891, Thomas had died and Margaret had remarried back in
Arkansas. Here are his children according to census records:
1. Thomas2 Powers born Abt. 1816 in Kentucky and died Abt. 1889. He married (1)
Isabella Unknown. She was born in IN. He married (2) Margaret Madusa Derossett March 01,
1881 in Mississippi County, Arkansas She was born 1856 in Floyd Co, Kentucky, and died
May 14, 1924 in St. Francis Co., Arkansas.
Children of John Powers and Isabella Unknown are:
i. Francis Powers, born Abt. 1844 in Mississippi or Louisiana.
ii. John William Powers, born Abt. 1846 in KY. He married Eva R. Unknown; born Abt. 1848
in Darmstadt.
iii. Alonzo Powers, born Abt. 1851 in KY. He married Mollie B. Reynolds February 24, 1880
in Mississippi County, Arkansas; born Abt. 1861 in KY.
iv. Donaldson Powers, born Abt. 1858 in IN.
v. Harriett Powers, born Abt. 1863 in IN.
(there is a female Aura (sp?) Powers b. abt 1846 in England, relationship unknown, listed
at bottom of their family on the 1860 Census Vanderburgh IN)
Children of John Powers and Margaret Derossett are:
i. John Thomas Powers, born June 21, 1882 in Pecan Point, AR; died February 08, 1951 in
Memphis, TN.
ii. James Weston Powers, born February 08, 1888 in Evansville, Indiana; died January 21,
1969.
From the 1880 Census Thomas’ father was born in Dublin.
Thanks for the reply and any help. Ronny