ID: I1385
Name: Daniel Davidson POWERS
Given Name: Daniel Davidson
Surname: Powers 1
Sex: M
Birth: 22 Aug 1828 in Reily Township, Butler, Ohio
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Mildred, Allen, Kansas
Note: A compilation of data from Maudine Powers Rand:
"Daniel Davidson Powers was born in Reily Township, Butler Co., Ohio, 22 August 1825 and died at his home near Kincaid, Kansas on 7 February 1898. He is buried in the Fairview Cemetery three miles East of Mildred, Kansas in the Powers plot with his wife and some of his children and grandchildren.
He was the youngest son of Aaron Powers and Martha Colby. Some of you may not have the POWERS family history, so I will very briefly give the immediate family history.
Aaron Powers was born in New London County, Connecticut on 1 February 1782. He was the son of Nicholas Powers and Phebe Douglas of New London County, Conn. The parents of Nicholas Powers were Michael Powers and Hannah Fox. The marriage of Michael Powers and Hannah Fox is told in "The Diary of Joshua Hempstead". I have the will of Michael Powers, the estate papers of Nicholas Powers, and the will of Aaron Powers (all photocopies). If anyone is interested in more details, will be glad to share.
Daniel Davidson moved to Greenbush Township, Warren County, Illinois, with his parents in 1839. There he met his future wife and was married 24 December, 1850 to Marie (Mary) Damitz.
Marie E. Damitz was born in Judenhagen, Prussia on 29 March 1831. She was the daughter of Ernst Otto Wilhelm Franz von Damitz and Pauline Ernestine Friederike Wetzel. Her family belonged to the nobility when they lived in Germany and we have the genealogy going back to 1243 when first documented. Marie had a good voice and is said to have entertained the captain of the boat with her songs on the way to America when she was 16 years old. Had they stayed in Germany, she would have trained to be a prima donna.
Daniel Davidson was a farmer. They lived in Greenbush Twsp. until 1867, when they moved to Kansas. He bought a farm near the town of Kincaid. This was then called Ozark Township, and later changed to Rich Township. He and Martin Luther Powers built a house there near the creek, planted an orchard, and farmed. He also had a sorghum mill. I have a letter written in reply to him from A.A. Denton explaining the principle of compressed air, and explaining the air freezing or ice machines. This was 1885."
It is said that Daniel Davidson Powers wouldn't allow a Bible in the house. We speculate that he may have been of the Mormon faith.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900:
Groom:Daniel Davidson Powers
Bride:Marie Damitz
Date:22 December 1850
Place:Warren County, Illinois
Volume:A
Page:235
Warren County, Illinois Courthouse Information:
I am sorry but we do not have the marriage license you are asking for. It is listed in our index but our copy of the licenses do not start until 1855. The index shows only the bride and grooms names - no parents names or birthplaces.
Civil War Information:
Name: Daniel Powers (First,Last)
Regiment Name: 28 Illinois Infantry
Side: Union
Company: H
Soldier's Rank In: Corporal
Soldier's Rank Out: Corporal
Film Number: M539 roll 72
28th Regiment, Illinois Infantry:
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in August 15, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., August 28, thence to Thebes and to Bird's Point, Mo., September 9. Attached to District of Cairo to October, 1861. 4th Brigade, District of Cairo, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, August, 1863. Post of Natchez, Miss., to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Department of Texas to March, 1866.
Service: At Bird's Point, Mo., till October 2, 1861. Moved to Fort Holt, Ky., October 2, and duty there till January 31, 1862. Moved to Paducah, Ky., January 31. Operations against Forts Henry and Heiman February 2-6. Occupation of Fort Heiman February 6 to March 6. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 6-22. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, LaGrange, Holly Springs, Moscow and Germantown, June 1-July 21, and duty there till September 6. Moved to Bolivar September 6-14. Duty there till October 4. Battle of the Hatchie, Metamora, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Guard R. R. at Colliersville, Tenn., till May, 1863. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 11-14. Duty at Grand Gulf till June 11. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 11-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Assault on Jackson July 12. Duty at Vicksburg till August 15. Moved to Natchez, Miss., August 15, and duty there till October, 1864. Expedition to Harrisonburg, La., September 1-7, 1863. Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Operations about Natchez December 1-10. Regiment veteranize January 4, 1864. Veterans absent on furlough May 18-July 8. Expedition to Gillespie's Plantation, Black Bayou, August 4-6. Expedition to Buck's Ferry and skirmishes September 9-22. Expedition to Sicily Island September 26-30. Expedition to Homachita River October 4-8. Moved to Morganza, La., October 10-12, thence to the mouth of White River November 3-7. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 20-22. Duty there till January, 1865. Expedition to Moscow December 21-31. 1864. Moved to Kennersville, La., January 3-6, 1865; thence to New Orleans February 12-15. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences February 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile, April 12. Whistler's Station April 13. Duty at Mobile till July. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, July 2-3. To Clarksville July 7, to Brownsville August 2-3, and duty there till March, 1866. Mustered out March 15 and discharged at Camp Butler, Ill., May 13, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 97 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 182 Enlisted men by disease. Total 290.
Daniel Davidson Powers Tombstone Record:
He is listed on his tombstone as being 69 yrs, 6 mo, 15 days old at the time of his death.
Fairview Cemetery (Mildred, Allen, Kansas) History:
Located 1 1/2 miles east of Mildred, in the Southeast quarter of section nineteen township twenty three range twenty one, comprised of 5, 100/160 acres. On April 24th, 1861, Albert G. West and wife, Christiana deeded to Daniel Langdon, Johnston Mann and John McMullen this acreage to be used for a public graveyard. Addition--On April 13, 1895, J. H. Ross, President of the Trustees of Fairview Presbyterian Church of Osage Township, to the trustees of the Fairview Cemetery one acre of land in the Northeast one-quarter of section thirty township twenty three south of range twenty one.
List of Powers' buried in Fairview Cemetery (Mildred, Allen, Kansas):
MONTGOMERY, LILLIE, b. Sept. 26, 1873 d. Oct. 21, 1962 Nee: POWERS
POWERS, SQUIRE F., b. Dec. 8, 1851 d. Oct. 15, 1920
POWERS, D. D., b. Aug. 22, 1828 d. Feb. 7, 1898 69 yrs, 6 mo, 15 days
POWERS, MARIE E., b. n/d d. June 10, 1891 w/o D. D., 62 yrs, 2 mo, 13 days
POWERS, CHARLES H., b. Oct. 17, 1864 d. July 28, 1922
POWERS, RAYMOND, b. Sept. 1, 1902 d. Aug. 4, 1904 s/o C. H. & LILLIE
POWERS, RALPH LEE, b. July 1, 1920 d. July 6, ____
POWERS, MARGARET E., b. 1872 d. 1940
POWERS, FRANKIE, b. Oct. 1908 d. Oct. 1910
POWERS, HAZEL F., b. 1900 d. Apr. 30, 1995 'Mother'
POWERS, ACA C., b. 1895 d. 1950 'Father'
POWERS, ARLENE, b. 1922 d. 1929 d/o Aca & Hazel
POWERS, IVA A., b. 1932 d. 1968
1850 Unites States Federal Census of Madison County, Illinois: Page 398/5N 9W
HNFNNAMEAGESEXOCCUPBIRTH
Daniel D Powers21MFarmerOhio
1860 United States Federal Census of Warren County, Illinois: Page 16/Greenbush Twp
HNFNNAMEAGESEXOCCUPLANDWORTHBIRTH
110110Davidson Powers30MFarmer1200560Ohio
Mary28FPrussia
Squire F8MIllinois
Miram6MIllinois
George4MIllinois
Frank2MIllinois
1870 census of Ozark Township, Anderson County, Kansas
LN HN FNNAMEAGESEXRACEOCCUPLANDWORTHBIRTH
37 57 57 D.* Powers 42MWFarmer3,0001,050OH
38 57 57Mary39FWHousePrussia
39 57 57Squire18MW IL
40 57 57Myron16MW IL
01 57 57Geo W14MW IL
02 57 57Charles5MW IL
03 57 57Emma3FW IL
1880 census of Rich Township, Anderson County, Kansas
NAME RELATMARSEXRACEAGEBIRTHOCCUPFATHMOTH
Daniel D PowersSelf M Male W 52 OH FarmerMA VT
Mary EWife M Female W 49 PRU HousePRU PRUSSIA
Squire F Son S Male W 28 IL FarmerOH PRUSSIA
Chas HSon S Male W 15 IL HomeOH PRUSSIA
Emma P Dau S Female W 13 IL HomeOH PRUSSIA
ElenoraDau S Female W 9 KSOH PRUSSIA
Flora S TuckerGDau S Female W 7KSVA IL
William F TuckerSonL W Male W 32 VA NurseryVA VA
1895 Rich Township census of Anderson County, Kansas
Pg L# DW# Fm # Surname First Middle Age SEX RACE BIRTH |
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