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Re: Ray Powers b/early 1900s NC (Ashe Co.,?) m/Henrietta Calhoun b/1923 Ashe Co., NC
Posted by: Susan Nass (ID *****9061) Date: July 17, 2009 at 09:32:30
In Reply to: Ray Powers b/early 1900s NC (Ashe Co.,?) m/Henrietta Calhoun b/1923 Ashe Co., NC by Audrey Garretson of 6149

Hello Audrey,

I am not a relative. Saw your query and this is what I have found:

Social Security Death Index
about Henrietta Powers
Name: Henrietta Powers
SSN: 206-12-4045
Born: 30 Jun 1923
Last Benefit: 19808 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States of America
Died: Feb 1979
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
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Katherine E. MILLER
Katherine E. Miller Katherine E. Miller, age 70 of West Grove, PA passed away Thursday, November 4, 2004, at Chester County Hospital in West Chester.

She was the wife of James A. Miller with whom she shared 51 years of marriage.

Born in Ashe County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Pearl Barr Calhoun.

Katherine was a member of the West Grove United Methodist Church in West Grove.

A homemaker, she was extremely devoted to her family.

She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and crocheting doll clothes for them.

She also liked to bake and spend time near the ocean.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by 2 sons, James S. Miller of Wilmington, DE, John F. Miller and his wife, Denise, of New London; 1 brother, Bernard Calhoun and his wife, Maude, of Ashe County, NC; and 4 sisters, Paris Lewis, Geraldine McNeil, Imogene Hamm and her husband, Bruce, all of Ashe County, NC and Maxine Bragg and her husband, Bill, of Summersville, WV.

She is also survived by 4 best grandchildren in the world, Matthew, Kasey, Cassandra and Seana Miller.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by 2 brothers, Cecil and Buehl Calhoun; and 2 sisters, Opha Rhoads and ******Henrietta Powers*******.

Family and friends are invited to attend her Life Celebration from 6-8 pm on Monday, November 8, at the CLEVELAND & GOFUS FUNERAL HOME, "A Life Celebration Home", 221-223 Pennsylvania Ave., Avondale.

A funeral service will be held at 10 am on Tuesday, November 9, at West Grove United Methodist Church, 300 N. Guernsey Rd., West Grove, PA 19390.

Interment will follow in Union Hill Cemetery, 424 N. Union St., Kennett Square, PA Memorial contributions may be directed to the West Grove United Methodist Church at the above address.
[published 11/06/2004]
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This is Henrietta's family:

1930 United States Federal Census
about Claude Calhoun
Name: Claude Calhoun
Home in 1930: Horse Creek, Ashe, North Carolina
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Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Pearl
Race: White

Household Members: Name Age
Claude Calhoun 32, head, married at 18, b. NC, parents b. NC, farmer
Pearl Calhoun 27, wife, married at 14, b. NC, parents b. NC
Paul Calhoun 13, son
Paris Calhoun 9, daughter
Henrella <Henrietta> Calhoun 7 <+++++++++++++
Opha Calhoun 5, daughter
Cecil Calhoun 2, son

John Alley Creek Road

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Horse Creek, Ashe, North Carolina; Roll 1672; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 1032.0.

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Believe this is Ray Powers' family:

1930 United States Federal Census
about Geo W Powers
Name: Geo W Powers
Home in 1930: Piney Creek, Ashe, North Carolina
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mertie
Race: White


Household Members: Name Age
Geo W Powers 60, head, married at 30, b. NC, parents b. NC, farmer
Mertie Powers 5 5/12 <52>, wife, married at 22, b. NC, parents b. NC
Ulala Powers 29, daughter
Eula Powers 26, daughter
Edith Powers 24, daughter
Willie Powers 23, son, works on farm
Marisa Powers 20, daughter
Donald Powers 18, son, works on farm
Ruth Powers 15, daughter
Grase Powers 12, daughter
Ray Powers 6, son <++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Piney Creek, Ashe, North Carolina; Roll 1673; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 92.0.
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Eulala Powers 1902 Ashe George E Powers
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
about Eulas Powers Campbell
Name: Eulas Powers Campbell
[Eulas Powers Powers]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 64
Birth Date: 3 Dec 1903
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 4 Jul 1968
Death Location: Jefferson, Ashe
Father's Name: George Powers
Mother's Name: Mertie Powers
Residence: Lansing, Ashe, North Carolina


Edith Nora Powers 1907 Ashe George Powers

Willie Edward Powers 1909 Ashe George Powers
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North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
about George Washington Powers
Name: George Washington Powers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 76
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1870
Birth Place: Ashe
Death Date: 14 Jul 1946
Death Location: Lansing, Piney Creek, Ashe
Father's Name: Jones Powers
Mother's Name: Susie Burkette
Residence: Langseny, Ashe, North Carolina
Bronchial pneumonia - 48 hrs
Burial - family cemetery, Lansing/Tuckerdale, NC
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I can go back farther if this is the correct POWERS family.

Regards,
Susan Nass
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