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Note: N96 The following information is found in the ÒGreene County, Pennsylvania - Birth RegisterÓ, 1893-1903, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Page 150 - line 20, Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org). The URL is http://www.fordyce.org/genealogy/GCRecords/births1-alpha.txt.
Surname: Powers
First Name: Wm. R.
Sex: Male
Color: White
Name of Father: A. O. Powers
Name of Mother: Daisy Powers
Residence: Time, Pa.
Occupation of Father: Laborer
Date of Birth: May 27 1903 (NOTE: THE DAY OF BIRTH CONFLICTS WITH THAT LISTED IN HIS OBITUARY)
Place of Birth: Morris Twp.
Date of Record: Dec. 17, 1903
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Given name (Ray) and status (deceased) in August, 1950, from the obituary of Orland A. Powers - ÒDemocrat MessengerÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, August 10, 1950
Given name (Ray), surname (Powers) and status (deceased) in October, 1957, from the obituary of Hannah Porter Powers (Robert L. Lantz Funeral Home)
Given name (Ray), surname (Powers) and date (1947) of death from the obituary of Pearl S. Davis - ÒObserver-ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Friday, January 4, 2002
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1910 (May 11) census data from the census images for North Richhill, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 116 - sheet 17B - image 34 - line 85) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was 6 years old, living on a farm with his parents and sister. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother.
1920 (March 15) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 140 - sheet 5A - image 9 - line 43) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was a 16 year old farmer working on a general farm as a salary or wage worker. He had attended school at some time since September 1, 1919. He was single and living with his parents and 1 sister. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. His given name is listed as "Ray" in this census.
1930 (April 16) census data from the census images for Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 3 - sheet 7A - image 13 - line 49) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was 26 years old. He was single and living with his parents, 1 sister and a niece in a house, which was rented for $50 (?) per month, in Rogersville. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. His given name is listed as "Ray" in this census.
1940 (April 15) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 30-27 - sheet 7B - image 14 - line 73) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was a 35 year old farmer, working on a farm, on his own account. He had worked 55 hours for pay or profit during the week of March 24-30 and 50 weeks in 1939, earning $0. He did receive income of $50 or more from other sources. He had completed the 8th grade. He was married and living with his wife on a farm, which was owned and valued at $6,000, on Road No. 581. On April 1, 1935, he lived in the same place. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name is listed as "Ray" in this record.
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William W. R. Powers
William Warren Ray Powers, 43, lifelong resident of Morris Township, died Saturday morning, March 1, 1947, at 4 oÕclock at his home near Nineveh, (Sycamore, R. D. 1). Mr. Powers had been ill for the past five weeks.
A son of O. A. Powers and Daisy Porter Powers, of Waynesburg, he was born May 29, 1903, in Morris Township, and for the past 11 years had driven the school bus for the Morris Township School Board. He was married eleven years ago to Pearl Swaniger, who survives. Besides his wife and parents he leaves one foster son, Richard, at home, and one sister, Mrs. Goldie Rush, of R. D. 1, Sycamore.
POWERS - Funeral services for William Warren Ray Powers, Sycamore, R. D. 1, who died Saturday, March 1, 1947, will be held Tuesday afternoon, March 4, with services at his late home near Nineveh at 1:30 oÕclock, followed by further rites at 2 oÕclock in the Nineveh Methodist Church. The services will be in charge of Rev. Lester Peters. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery. Friends will be received at the family residence at any time.
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Source - ÒDemocrat MessengerÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Monday, March 3, 1947
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Monument located in Hopewell Cemetery on Hopewell Ridge or Hunter's Cave - "William Ray Powers 1903-1947" (Cemetery Records of Greene County, Pennsylvania - Volume 2, 1975 Center Township, page 76 - Compiled by Dorothy T. Hennen). This monument was observed by me and photgraphed.
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