ID: I6835
Name: Roy Dale POWERS
Given Name: Roy Dale
Surname: Powers 1
Sex: M
Birth: 9 Jun 1893 in Kincaid, Anderson, Kansas 2
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Mildred, Allen, Kansas
Note: Information from the Kincaid Dispatch 1895-1908 (extracted by Daniel Davidson Powers):
Dec. 17, 1915 - Dale Powers and Miss Hubbard were thrown from their buggy Sunday evening near John Sisson's. The horse became frightened at an auto. Miss Hubbard's arm was broken.
Feb. 11, 1916 - Dale Powers and Lavern Hubbard went to Mound City, Feb. 3, and were married by the judge. The bride is the 2nd daughter of L. E. Hubbard and wife, 4 miles east of Kincaid and been residents here the last four years. The groom is the oldest son of C. H. Powers and wife, born and grew to manhood in this township. He is a young farmer.
July 8, 1920 -The week old son of Dale powers and wife died July 6. Burial was made yesterday.
June 14, 1923 - Rich Valley - Saturday was Dale Powers 30th birthday, and Sunday was Mr. Wheeler's 68th birthday, so a dinner was given at J. Ross', and, paper says, 340 relatives and friends were present.
Jan. 5, 1928 - Ozark- Carney Barr and Dale Powers killed 60 rabbits in three hours the other day. They are worth 10 cents each at Mildred.
April 16, 1931 - Fairmount - Dale Powers had his tonsils out Thursday.
April 6, 1933 - Fairmount -Nelson Whitcomb is driving a Star auto and Dale Powers a Nash. (my words - Fairmount was the country school where we all went to grade school. Nelson is my mother's brother).
June 1, 1933 - Fairmount - Geraldine Henderson has an attack of appendicitis. Dale Powers was re-elected clerk of Fairmount school.
May 9, 1935 - Charles Everett Powers & Lucille Madron were married Sunday afternoon at Iola. Everett is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Dale Powers. (This did not show up under Everett's name).
June 6, 1935 - Fairmount - Dale powers did carpenter work for E. L. Broyles.
Sept. 2, 1937 - Fairmount - The Powers brothers are making sorghum at Dale Powers home.
Dec. 9, 1937 - Rich Valley - Dale Powers drove Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Hubbard to Mooreland, OK, as her brother isn't expected to live.
Sept. 22, 1938 - Fairmount - Dale Powers is making sorghum this week.
July 11, 1940 - Fairmount - Dale Powers combined wheat for Hubert Whitcomb, Dewey Spillman and Od Trowbridge this week.
Sept. 19, 1940 - Dale Powers is repairing his cane mill getting ready to make molasses.
Oct. 24, 1940 - Ozark - Dale Powers closed down his cane mill for the season. He made over 1400 gallons of sorghum in 20 1/2 days.
Mar. 26, 1942 - Mrs. Dale Powers tells of her old mother hen who made her nest in the kitten bed and is trying to mother 4 baby chickens. The hen spreads her wings to protect them, and the kittens are playful and scamper off, much to the disgust of the hen.
A compilation of data from Maudine Powers Rand:
"Roy Dale Powers was born 9 June, 1893 near Kincaid, Kansas in Anderson county, on the old Powers home place. Some of his childhood memories are: His first year of school was at Ozark in the summer. The second year he went to Glendale, and from then on, he went to Fairmount. Some of his teachers were Cora Booher, Mary Chandler, and Flora Day. About 1912, Dad bought a bicycle for Dale, so he could have more time at home to help with the chores. In addition to chores, he helped fill corn shuck and prairie hay mattresses. One time eight girls were on the ice and two fell through. Dale pulled them out.
He got blood poisoning in his right foot from nicking it with a hoe while cutting weeds. Grandma got a bucket of fresh cow manure and poulticed it. Next day it was like a dishrag, but the blood poisoning was gone. One Sunday when they were ready for Sunday School, the sheep got out. Dale got an ax to chop a pole to put in the hole in the fence. He chopped his big toe and you could see the joint. Turpentine and sugar was the remedy. Asafetida was worn in a bag around the neck to ward off colds. Skunk grease was rendered and used for colds.
There was six miles of hedge on the place. This was used for wood, fences, and some for sale. Dale has Daniel Davidson's plane. D.D. made a sorghum mill all out of wood. The Powers made sorghum, father and son until 1942 when Dale dismantled the mill and quit.
9 February, 1916, Dale married LaVerne Hubbard. She was the daughter of L.E. and Cecille Carroll Hubbard. They moved the old home place house about a quarter miler from Charlie's home and started housekeeping. A few years later Dale built a new home mile east and still lives there.
Dale and Laverne were divorced in 1944. 14 February, 1945 Dale married Velda Mabel McBride. She in the daughter of Isaac Benjamin McBride and Kate Delilah Lewis. She was born 12 Jan. 1911.
Dale has had three major surgeries in the past three years, but is doing fine. He and Velda raise chickens, black angus cattle, and still farm some. Dale was awarded county honors for his soil conservation practices."
Miscellaneous Information:
Roy Dale Powers is listed as being a farmer on Charles Everett Powers' birth certificate. His Social Security number is 515-09-6455 and was applied for in Kansas. According to Lucille Powers, "Roy Dale Powers and his brother Aca had a Sorgum Mill together many years ago and made the best mollases in the country. It was clear and a light color. They sold it by the gallon. I and some other young girls made Taffy out of it and had a taffy pull. The neighbor's girls were the ones I remember doing that with. Also popcorn balls. That was in the depression days."
According to Daniel Davidson Powers:
I expect you know this, but your great grandfather, Dale, was one fine fellow. He was my favorite uncle and was like a second father to me after my dad died in 1950. He was the best mechanic in the entire area and was as solid as they come.
According to an e-mail from Steve Grewing:
I honestly do not remember much about Uncle Dale's side of the family. I may have met your grand father and/or father on the farm once or twice. I remember Uncle Dale and Aunt Velda fondly. We'd eat lunch at their house when we were helping bale hay in the summer. I recall their old cat took hold of my right index finger once and my brother tried to pull her away via the tail. She tore up my finger and it is still the first digit on that hand to get cold in the winter. I introduced my wife to Uncle Dale shortly after we married. I told her to take note of how large his hands were. His and one other man I know are the only ones to ever fully envelope mine when I shook their hand. He, to quote my mother, was "a bear of a man". Very strong, Mother said in his youth he would pick up a barrel of nails and walk off with it. I've been told standard barrels of nails weighed about 500 pounds. He was tough but always kind to me.
Stories From Greg Powers:
As kids we were a little afraid of Dale, simply because he was a big man and had the hugest hands I had ever seen. We got over it as we got older and learned that he was also a very gentle man.
When I was little Dale drove a 1950 or 51 Chevy truck and always drove in the middle of "his" road. There was a hill just west of his house and I just knew that someday he would have a wreck meeting another vehicle at the top of the hill but he never did.
As Dale got older he had to slow down on his activities and we started farming his land for him. One time he decided he needed to clean out his chicken house and spread the manure on one of the fields. The problem was, the chickens were allowed outside the chicken coop during the days and ate weed seeds. When the manure was spread on the field those weed seeds took the opportunity to grow and we fought the weeds in that field for years.
Dale used to smoke cigars, when I was a teenager I would occasionally "borrow" one and sneak off to smoke it. He also chewed Days Work plug chewing tobacco which he was willing to share.
When I first got married, Dale gave us 2 white tom cats. Soon after one of them got sick and Dale told me to bring it to his house. He read the label on the antibiotic bottle which said for cats they should have something like 0.2cc. He drew up several times that amount and said "this should either kill it or cure it". The cat did get better. The amazing part of the story was usually people put cats in a rubber boot or something to keep from getting clawed during this kind of procedure, but not Dale. He just grabbed the half grown cat and held it in his lap to give the shot.
Several years after mom died, my dad remarried. Dad had bought a used John Deere combine that got delivered the day after the wedding, Uncle Dale and I spent the entire time Dad was gone on his honeymoon working on that combine and getting it ready for harvest.
I can remember him heating his house with a pot bellied stove that burned coal, it sat in the corner of the kitchen. I can also remember before they had running water in the house there was a small pump on the kitchen counter that they could get water from without having to go outside.
Stories From Debbie Gudenkauf:
Uncle Dale….what fond but intimidating memories :) I grew up just down the gravel road from Uncle Dale. He was around often, helping dad farm. Dale was the brother of my dad's father…not sure if he was younger or older. Our grandpa's name was Aca Charles.
Anyway, I remember Dale as a BIG man…not heavy, but tall and broad. Even the sisters (Maudine and Mary) were tall women. When I think of them, I remember them always laughing, smiling and joking. They loved to play cards…usually pitch. The games would get pretty loud as they laughed and played. They were really good so they would often know what cards were held b/c of what cards had already been played.
My name is Debra Sue and Dale always called me "Susie Q"…which I didn't really appreciate b/c there were French fries called "Susie Q's" and I always thought he was calling me a French fry. I remember my mom trying to explain that Dale liked me and was just teasing me…that that was his special name for me. But I was really shy and he was so big, that when he teased and laughed I was intimidated. I remember having long blonde hair held in a pony tail and he liked to pull on my pony tail. I think he loved my reaction b/c he just kept doing it even though I would run away.
I remember when I was in about the 7th grade, I started a savings account at the bank. I was so proud and Dale offered to trade me his savings for mine. Of course, I was not about to take an offer b/c I was sure he wanted to rip me off. I remember my mom told me later that he actually had quite a bit of money compared to what I had J.
Dale drove an old dark green truck….not sure the year or make….I want to say maybe a 50's Chevy. He drove down those gravel roads and would pop over hills being right in the middle of the road! A classmate lived down the road and he still talks about Dale with fond memories…and how you had to watch out for him being on the road.
Dale loved iced tea. We used to laugh that he liked a little tea in his sugar b/c he put several spoonfuls in his tea. It would settle in the bottom of the glass where he would spoon it out and eat it after he drank his tea. The next glass of tea started the whole process over again. There was a table in the kitchen that held a lazy susan in the middle and it always had the sugar bowl full and ready. When Dale was ready for another glass he would just raise his glass and grunt. I can remember how that always made me mad when he was eating at our house b/c I thought he should be more polite. J
Dale was REALLY tight with his money. They did not have air conditioning in the house, didn't spend money on new cars, etc. His second wife, Velda, put in air conditioning, bought a new car and a microwave when Dale died. She was still careful but Dale would never let her spend money (and she had some of her own from her mom's farm but he still wouldn't let her and she abided by his rules) so she bought a few things after he died that she had wanted to some time.
When their mom died, they had the body there at their house for visitation. It was pretty weird going over there to a house full of people and great grandma lying in a casket in the front room. I was 8 years old and it was my first experience with death. Of course, they don't let you do that now. That had to be in 1962.
I remember a grandfather's mantel clock that chimed…I always loved the sound of it.
Aunt Velda was a very sweet lady, very quiet and shy. She worked hard on the farm as well. They had Hollyhocks (pink and red) in the yard so when I think of hollyhocks, I think of Dale and Velda's farm. They also had a root cellar in the yard. You had to go down a bunch of stairs into the musty old cave with shelves on each side. That's where they stored the vegetables that Velda canned from their garden. They had chickens but I can't remember what else.
Dale was really a very nice man…full of laughter, good looking and kind (even though he was a big tease). He would do anything to help you and he loved having his family around. He was very close to his sisters who would hug and kiss on him when they came to visit.
According to his WWI Draft Registration card:
He was born June 9, 1893. He was a natural born citizen born in Kincaid, Kansas, USA. His occupation was farming and he was self employed. He has a wife and one child as of June 5, 1917 and is married. He is shown to be Caucassian with no previous military service. He indicates an exemption based upon having a family to support. His build is shown to be tall and slender with brown hair and brown eyes. The Registrar's report was taken at Rich, Anderson County, Kansas.
Marriage Certificate Information:
Probate Court of Linn County, Kansas
Groom:Dale Powers
Res:Kincaid, Kansas
Age:22
Bride:Lavern Hubbard
Res:Kincaid, Kansas
Age:18
Ceremony performed at Mound City, Kansas
Date:February 3rd, 1916
Death Certificate Information:
According to Roy's Kansas Death Certificate (#81-015634), he died from a coronary occlusion. His certificate lists his birth date as 9 Jun 1893 and his death date as 12:45 pm on 15 Oct 1981. He died at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Allen, Kansas where he is listed as being an inpatient. His surviving spouse is shown to be Velda McBride. His occupation is indicated to be a stock and grain farmer in Kincaid, Anderson, Kansas. His father is listed as Charles Powers and his mother is listed as Lillie Wheeler. Velda Powers is the informant. Roy's burial took place at Fairview Cemetery in Mildred, Kansas.
1895 Rich Township census of Anderson County, Kansas
Pg L# DW# Fm # Surname First Middle Age SEX RACE BIRTH FROMOCCUP
18 30 126 3 Powers C H 30 M W IL IL
18 31 126 3 Powers F ? 21 F W KY KY
18 32 126 3 Powers R D 1 M W KS KS
1901 126 1 Powers D D 67 M W OH ILFarmer
1900 United States Federal Census of Anderson, Kansas: Page 313A/Rich Twp
HNFNNAMERELATC SDOBAGEMARYRSMRBIRTHFATHMOTH
4869Charles PowersHeadW MOct 186435M8IllinoisOhioGermany
LillieWifeW FSep 187326M8KentuckyKentuckyKentucky
DaleSonW MJun 18936SKansasIllinoisKentucky
AcaSonW MJul 18954SKansasIllinoisKentucky
ElgieSonW MSep 18991SKansasIllinoisKentucky
1910 United States Federal Census of Anderson County, Kansas: Page 10A/Rich Twp
HNFNNAMERELATS CAGEMARYRSMRBIRTHFATHMOTHOCCUP
145147Charles H PowersHeadM W45Married17ILOHAustriaFarmer
LillieWifeF W36Married17KYKYKYNone
Roy DSonM W16SingleKSILKYLabor
Aca CSonM W14SingleKSILKYLabor
ElgieSonM W11SingleKSILKYNone
MaryDaughF W9SingleKSILKY |
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