Bessie Irene Harris and Benjamin Powers

BENJAMIN POWERS was born April 4, 1893 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas,^{10091, 8} and died December 6, 1957 in Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma.¹⁰⁰⁹¹ He is buried in New Zion Cemetery, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

He married BESSIE IRENE HARRIS on May 12, 1915 in Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma,^{10090, 6738} daughter of LAURA BESSIE CHILCOTE and FRANK SAMUEL HARRIS. She was born December 28, 1895 in Payne County, Oklahoma,¹⁰⁰⁹⁰ and died April 12, 1949 in Payne County, Oklahoma.¹⁰⁰⁹⁰ She is buried in New Zion Cemetery, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Bessie I. Harris)

Children of BESSIE IRENE HARRIS and BENJAMIN POWERS:

1. KENNETH LAWERENCE POWERS, b. December 22, 1915, Oklahoma;⁷³⁷⁷ m. PAULINE LAVERNE WHITE on August 29, 1936¹⁰⁰⁹⁸; d. January 29, 1971.⁴⁵⁶
2. CLIFFORD HARRIS POWERS, b. May 12, 1917, Payne County, Oklahoma;⁷³⁷⁷ m. MARY ALICE JOHNSON on September 16, 1939⁴⁵⁶; d. August 14, 1982.⁷⁷⁶⁸
3. HELEN LORENE POWERS, b. November 8, 1918, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma;^{56, 4717} m. OLIVER KENNETH AUSTIN on June 19, 1940 in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma¹⁰⁰⁹⁹; d. June 22, 2010, Lee's Summit, Missouri.^{56, 4717}
4. HAROLD CLARENCE POWERS, b. March 1, 1920, Yale, Payne, Oklahoma;⁷³⁷⁷ m. BETTY LOUISE O'BRYAN on March 8, 1946 in Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma¹⁰¹⁰⁰; d. August 25, 1997, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶
5. ALTA MAE POWERS, b. January 18, 1922, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma;^{56, 456} m. CARL TRESTER DOOLEY on December 1, 1941 in Norfolk, Payne, Oklahoma^{6738, 10102}; d. July 12, 1978, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma.^{56, 456}
6. ELSIE IRENE POWERS, b. July 17, 1923, Yale, Payne, Oklahoma;⁴⁵³² m. J. G. THOMAS on October 3, 1941 in Norfolk, Payne, Oklahoma^{10097, 4717}; d. November 19, 2000.⁴⁵³²
7. OPAL D. POWERS, b. January 14, 1925, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma;^{56, 10104} m. (1) DALE BARTON on September 27, 1942 in Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma¹⁰¹⁰³, m. (2) JACK KELLY on August 31, 1974 in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma¹⁰¹⁰⁴; d. June 23, 2008, Drumright, Oklahoma.^{56, 10104}
8. BEN JACK POWERS, b. January 10, 1930, Yale, Payne, Oklahoma;⁴⁵³² m. DONA LEE HENDERSON on April 4, 1948 in First Baptist Church, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma¹⁰¹⁰⁵; d. October 12, 1999.⁴⁵³²



Personal Information

• Bessie Irene Harris and Benjamin Powers were members of the Advent Christian Church, Council Valley, Payne, Oklahoma. ^{10091, 10090}

Obituaries

Cushing Daily Citizen, April 13, 1949¹⁰⁰⁹⁰

Mrs. Ben Powers Dies on Tuesday at Council Valley

Funeral Thursday For Long-Time Resident of Cushing Area

Mrs. Bessie Powers, 53, wife of Ben Powers, died at her home in the Council Valley community north of Cushing at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon following a short illness.

She was born December 28, 1895 four miles north of Cushing and was the daughter of the late Frank Harris. She was married to Ben Powers May 12, 1915 and the couple moved to a farm in the Council Valley community where she resided until her death.

She was a member of the Council Valley Advent Christian Church.

Thursday Services

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the First Christian Church. Rev. Carroll Fairbanks, pastor will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. Lawrence Ryan, pastor of the Council Valley Advent Christian Church.

Relatives who survive are her husband, Ben Powers of the home, four sons, Kenneth and Harold Powers of the Council Valley community, Clifford Powers of Perry, Ben Jack Powers of Roswell, N. mexico. Four daughters, Mrs. Helen Austin of Bartlesville,, Mrs. Alta Dooley of Council Valley community, Mrs. Elsie Thomas of the Norfolk community, Mrs. Opal Barton of Cushing, two brothers, Loyd Harris and Clarence Harris of the Council Valley community, a stepmother, Mrs. Mable Harris of Cushing, 15 grandchildren and other relatives.

The burial under direction of the H.A. Davis Funeral home will be made in the New Zion cemetery.

Pawnee Chief, December 12, 1957¹⁰⁰⁹¹

Ben Powers dies services Monday

Ben Powers, 64, a retired farmer of Yale died Friday in the Cushing hospital following a short illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 10 a.m. in the First Christian church. The Rev. Ivan Young, pastor of the Advent Christian church at Council Valley, conducted the services assisted by the Rev. Lawrence V. Ryan.

Burial was under the direction of the Davis Funeral home with burial in the New Zion cemetery on the family lot.

Powers was born at Winfield, Kan. in 1893 and came to Cushing in 1911. He was married to Bessie Harris in 1915 and she preceded him in death in 1949. He was married to Parthenia Garrett in 1953. He united with the Christian Advent church early in life.

Relatives who survive are his wife of the home, four sons, four daughters, and one brother and 24 grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 7, 190010092	Union, Payne, Oklahoma	Frank Samuel Harris Laura Bessie Chilcote Bessie Irene Harris Loyd Randle Harris
May 6, 19101682	Union, Payne, Oklahoma	Frank Samuel Harris Bessie Irene Harris Loyd Randle Harris
April 7, 193010094	Union, Payne, Oklahoma	Benjamin Powers Bessie Irene Harris Kenneth Lawerence Powers Clifford Harris Powers Helen Lorene Powers Harold Clarence Powers Alta Mae Powers Elsie Irene Powers Opal D. Powers Ben Jack Powers
April 22, 194010095	Union, Payne, Oklahoma	Benjamin Powers Bessie Irene Harris Helen Lorene Powers Harold Clarence Powers Alta Mae Powers Elsie Irene Powers Opal D. Powers Ben Jack Powers
April 26, 195010096	Union, Payne, Oklahoma	Benjamin Powers Carl Trester Dooley Alta Mae Powers