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Stephen Powers (Hancock County merchant)

b. 1821-02-22 d. 1902-11-02

Hancock County, Kentucky, merchant. Wilmington, Ohio, native. Married to Emily Shrader Powers in Hancock County on November 29, 1843. Married to Susan Powers in Henderson County, Kentucky, on October 13, 1860. Father of Joshua Dever Powers, David Powers, and Emma Powers. Relocated to Hawesville, Kentucky in 1840. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p.130.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 3-4.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729, p. 35.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 74-75.

"A Pioneer of Western Kentucky was Stephen Powers," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), November 9, 1902.

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112.

Find A Grave, "Stephen Powers (1821-1902)," Memorial #68184028, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68184028 (accessed on April 5, 2017).

Citation

Powers, Stephen. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206621 (November 12, 2026).

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