Powers, William Harold

1889 - 1947  (58 years)

• Name	Powers, William Harold
  Birth	1 Jan 1889	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1900 Census	1900	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 01a
  Listed living with par ents age 11, born Jan 1889
  News Mention	11 Sep 1903
  Kaukauna Times
  1903 Kaukauna Times dated 9/11/1903; Hollandtown - Willie Powers went to K aukauna on Monday to enter the High School.
  News Mention	9 Sep 1904
  Kaukauna Times
  1904 Kaukauna Times dated 9/09/1904; Holland - Willie Powers, Anna Vandenbe rg and Miss Mayme Golden left Monday for Oshkosh where they will attend t he Normal School. 1904 Kaukauna Times dated 12/23/1904; "Holland" Mr.'s John Cox, William Po wers...etc...who are attending the Normal school at Oshkosh are home for x mas vacation.
  1905 State Census	1905	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 416
  Listed living with parents age 16
  News Mention	15 Sep 1905
  Kaukauna Times
  1905 Kaukauna Times dated 9/15/1905; Messrs Will Duffy, William Powers a nd Miss Anna Vandenberg are attending Oshkosh Normal School. 1905 Kaukauna Times dated 12/08/1905; "Holland" Will Duffy and William Powe rs of the Oshkosh Normal School spent Thanksgiving with their parents.
  News Mention	17 Sep 1909
  Kaukauna Times
  1909 Kaukauna Times dated 9/17/1919; Pat Clune, Will Powers and Elsie Powe rs were in Milwaukee this week to attend the state fair. 1909 Kaukauna Times dated 11/12/1909 (Also Kaukuana Sun dated 11/11/1909 ); Pat Rohan and Will Powers attended the wedding of a relative in Maple G rove Wednesday.
  1910 Census	1910	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 25a
  Listed living with moth er and siblings, age 21, occupation Farm Labor
  News Mention	7 Jan 1910
  Kaukauna Times
  1910 Kaukauna Times dated 1/07/1910; "Holland" William H Powers of Buchan an spent New Years at the home of Wm. Golden and family.
  1920 Census	1920	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 16a
  Listed living with 3 brot hers, Harold, John & Edward and two sisters, Eleanor & Genevieve, on Route 1. Listed age as 31, divorced, occupation Farmer.
  Political Office	Between 1928 and 1932
  County Board of Supervisors
  1930 Census	1930	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 01a
  at 101 west 2nd, Listed living with wife Thelma and 4 children age 41, occ propietor boarding house, Thelma age 34, Sh erman age 8, Lorraine 7, Richard 4, wilford 3.
  News Mention	29 May 1946
  Kaukauna Times
  1946 Kaukauna Times dated 5/29/1946; William H. Powers Announces Candida cy for State Assembly - See Article.
  Occupation	Bef 21 Apr 1947
  Farmer
  Farmer
  Occupation	Bef 21 Apr 1947
  Hotel Owner - Grand View Hotel
  Hotel Owner - Grand View Hotel
  Death Record - Civil	21 Apr 1947
  Outagamie Vol. 46 Page 351
  1947 Outagamie County Death records Vol 46 page 351; William Powers di ed at Hollandtown on 4/21/1947 of pulmary edema, retired farmer.
  Death	21 Apr 1947	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  	Cause: Heart disease - Aged 58 Years
  Burial	Aft 21 Apr 1947	Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  	1947 Holy Cross Cemetery Tombstone William H. Powers 1889 - 1947, Thel ma G. 1896 - 1950
  		Powers, William Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	23 Apr 1947
  Kaukauna Times
  See Image William Powers Long A Resident Dies H ere at 58 Served on County Board, Collected Historical Data on Churches for WPA Proj ect.William H. Powers, 58, died at his home on Route 3, at 8:30 Monday morni ng after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Thursd ay morning from the Greenwood Funeral home and at 9:30 from St. Mary churc h, the Rev. Joseph Esdepsky saying the funeral mass. Mr. Powers was bo rn in the town of Buchanan and lived in the vicinity all of his life.He attended St. Francis school in Hollandtown and graduated from Oshkosh N ormal School. He operated a farm in Buchanan and at one time was the propr ietor of the Grand View Hotel here. He retired about ten years ago to h is home on County trunk Z at the top of Rohan's hill. This is the log hou se that received a great deal of fame when it was built about twenty yea rs ago as the chimney-less house. All cooking and heating in it was do ne by electricity from the "Electric City" at that time.Interested and active in civic affairs, Mr. Powers held a number of civ ic offices. From 1928 to 1932 he served on the county board as supervis or from the Third Ward.Last fall he was a democratic candidate for the state assembly from the se cond district, running against his neighbor, William Rohan, who won the el ection. During the days of the Works Progress Administration, he work ed on a historical project collecting data on the churches in this area f or the WPA.Survivors are the widow; father, John Powers, Kaukauna; two daughters, Mr s. Al Zirbel, Wrightstown; Miss Lorraine Powers, Kaukauna; sons, Joseph, A skeaton, Kenneth, Sherman, Richard, Wilfred, Kaukauna; two brothers Edwa rd and Arnold, both of Green Bay; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Vandenberg, Ke nosha, Mrs. eleanor Hanson, Kaukauna and Miss Genevieve Powers, Hurley, a nd four grandchildren. The rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock tonig ht at the funeral home. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery.
  	Powers, William Harold Obituary
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  Father	Powers, John "Jack",   b. 24 Oct 1863, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 Aug 1950, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Rohan, Helena,   b. 20 Jun 1866, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Mar 1915, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Powers, Sadie "Sarah",   b. 25 Jun 1892, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 11 Jul 1968, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1913	St. Francis Catholic Church, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Marriage Record (Family)	25 Nov 1913
  Brown Vol. 16 Page 578
  1913 Brown County Marriages Vol. 16 page 578; William Powers of John Powe rs and Lena Rohan, married Sadie Powers daughter of Richard Powers and Lu cy Rice on 11/25/1913 in Hollandtown. He listed his age as 24, first marri age, born and resides in Buchanan. She listed her age as 21, both paren ts born in Ohio. Witnessed by Myrtle Powers of Askeaton and Anton VanAb le of Holland.
  Divorce	Bef 1920
  Children	+ 1. Powers, Mary E.,   b. 1 Nov 1914, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA d. 1 Jul 2000, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 85 years)   2. Powers, Kenneth M.,   b. 12 Jan 1916, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA d. 26 Aug 1967, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 51 years)   3. Powers, Sheridan "Joseph",   b. 14 Oct 1917, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA d. 17 Aug 1981, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Roberts, Thelma G.,   b. 5 Mar 1896, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 25 Jul 1950, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1920	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA
  Children	+ 1. Powers, Sherman John,   b. 4 Apr 1921, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 30 Jun 2006, Denton, Denton, Texas, USA (Age 85 years)   2. Powers, Lorraine A.,   b. 5 Aug 1922, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 15 Oct 2001, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 79 years) + 3. Powers, Richard + 4. Powers, Wilfred "Wolfie",   b. 21 Oct 1926, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 9 Jun 2015 (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F2012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010