Frances Hall and Walter Christopher Columbus Powers

WALTER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS POWERS was born in February, 1851 in Wisconsin,⁴⁵⁶ and died October 29, 1928 in Nemaha County, Kansas.^{456, 5388} He is buried in Netawaka Cemetery, Jackson County, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

He married FRANCES HALL on May 1, 1873 in Brown County, Kansas,³²⁶⁷ daughter of EMILY PRINCE and AMOS HALL. She was born in 1854,⁴⁵⁶ and died in November, 1935 in Orange County, Florida.^{456, 99} She is buried in Netawaka Cemetery, Jackson County, Kansas.^{456, 5387}

• Descendant Reports
  • George Griswold Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • Nicholas Mason Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • John Linsley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • Henry James Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • George Hiland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • Abraham Cruttenden Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • Henry Howard Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • Daniell Broadley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • George Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • George Page Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • Issac Johnson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • John Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • Thomas Cooke Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • William Hoadley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)
  • John Parmalee Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances Hall)

Children of FRANCES HALL and WALTER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS POWERS:

1. ETHEL POWERS, b. June 10, 1878, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ d. December 21, 1960.⁴⁵⁶
2. WINNIE ESTELLA POWERS, b. October 30, 1880, near Netawaka, Jackson, Kansas;⁴¹¹⁷ m. GEORGE GRUBB on February 22, 1900 in Brown County, Kansas^{4117, 4179}; d. January 14, 1903.⁴¹¹⁷
3. JAY PRESTON POWERS, b. January 16, 1884, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ m. ERMA JANE ALBRIGHT on December 21, 1904 in Powhattan, Brown, Kansas⁴¹⁸⁰; d. June 5, 1983.⁴⁵⁶
4. EDWARD RAY POWERS, b. October, 1888, Netawaka, Jackson, Kansas;⁵³⁷⁷ m. (1) DELPHA HAZELTINE on November 17, 1909 in Wetmore, Nemaha, Kansas⁸⁹³⁹, m. (2) CLARA ANN PETERSON on September 30, 1913 in Greenleaf, Washington, Kansas¹⁰⁸⁰⁸; d. June 6, 1962, Orlando, Orange, Florida.^{456, 5377}

Newspaper Articles

Daily Brown County World, June 17, 1887⁴¹¹⁴

Mrs. Walter Powers, of Netawaka, sister of the late Mrs Staley, of Waterville, who has been stopping with her brother-in-law since the death of her sister, returned home on Saturday. Mrs. Powers will take care of the babe left motherless at its birth.

Brown County World, December 8, 1911⁴¹⁹⁰

Mrs. W. C. Powers and Miss Ethel write they are nicely located in Orlando, Fla., where the frost does not come and the blizzard is unknown.

Atchison Daily Globe, July 7, 1925⁵³⁸⁵

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Powers, of Orlando, Fla., stopped here on their way to Colorado to visit their son, Jay Powers, and family. From there they will go to San Francisco and return home in the fall.

Obituaries

Atchison Daily Globe, November 2, 1928⁵³⁸⁸

Walter C. Powers died Monday at the home of his son, Jay Powers, where he and his wife have spent the last few months, coming from their home at Orlando, Fla. Mr. Powers suffered a stroke of paralysis about two years ago, from which he never fully recovered. He was born at Mayville, Wis., in February, 1851, and was 77 years of age. He was married to Frances Hall in 1875. To this union were born seven children, three dying in infancy. The oldest daughter, Winnie, wife of George Grubb of Wetmore, died in 1903. Miss Ethel Powers and Ed Powers live in Florida, and Jay P. Powers lives near Wetmore. He is survived by his widow, who has been a constant companion to him through their many years of wedded life; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Netawaka Methodist church.

Atchison Daily Globe, December 2, 1935⁵³⁸⁷

Funeral services for Mrs. Powers, widow of the late Walter C. Powers, whose body arrived here Thursday from Orlando, Fla., were held at the M. E. church Friday afternoon.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 18, 18603285	Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York	Amos Hall Emily Prince Clare Elnora Hall Emma R. Hall Ruth Ann Hall Mary Elizabeth Hall Frances Hall Mary Parmalee
March 1, 18753251	Powhattan, Brown, Kansas	Walter Christopher Columbus Powers Frances Hall
June 11, 18803233	Powhattan, Brown, Kansas	Walter Christopher Columbus Powers Frances Hall Ethel Powers
March 1, 18854178	Powhattan, Brown, Kansas	Walter Christopher Columbus Powers Frances Hall Jay Preston Powers Ethel Powers Winnie Estella Powers
June 19, 19004113	Powhattan, Brown, Kansas	Walter Christopher Columbus Powers Frances Hall Edward Ray Powers Jay Preston Powers Ethel Powers
May 17, 19103235	Netawaka, Jackson, Kansas	Walter Christopher Columbus Powers Frances Hall Ethel Powers
January 23, 19204188	Orlando, Orange, Florida	Walter Christopher Columbus Powers Frances Hall Ethel Powers
April 21, 19304186	Orlando, Orange, Florida	Frances Hall Ethel Powers
19351379	Orange County, Florida	Frances Hall Edward Ray Powers Ethel Powers Clara Ann Peterson