ALMIRA AVERY (nee-GILES) POWERS
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POWERS ADDITION
LOT : 1
ROW : 2
GRAVE # 18
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Almira Avery (nee-Giles) Powers
b. March 3, 1818
Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts
d. April 2, 1900
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri
buried: April 4, 1900
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FATHER
John Giles M.D.
(1790-1844)
MOTHER
Almira Avery
(1792-1883)
MARRIED
George Wescott Powers Esq.
(1814-1849)
April 29, 1840
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
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CHILDREN
with George
Emma (nee-Powers) Warren
(1841-1923)
Sarah Abigail (nee-Powers) Durfee
(1843-1937)
Ada R. (nee-Powers) Bartholomew
(1849-1934)
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NOTE:
Almira's grandfather,
Jonathan Avery,
fought in the
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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HISTORY OF POWERS ADDITION
Most of the land on the west side of the original Greenwood cemetery
was owned by Orlando Powers. As with many pioneer families, they chose a spot on their property to bury their loved ones. The spot the Powers family picked was right next to Block 8, at the west boundry of Greenwood. There are stones dating back to the 1850's.
Around 1878 that section of land was annexed to Greenwood cemetery. The lot looks like one big section, but is actually two. On the east side of the section is Block 8. On the west side is the Powers Addition. If you stand at the south end of the section and look north you will see 4 trees in a direct line with the fence to the north. That is the original property line of Greenwood.
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THE FUNERAL OF MRS. A. A. POWERS WAS HELD AT 1030 OCLOCK THIS MORNING AT ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THE CHURCH WAS TASTEFULLY DECORATED WITH PALMS, CUT FLOWERS, AND PLANTS AND THERE WERE MANY BEAUTIFUL FLORAL WREATHS UPON THE CASKET. THE SERVICES WERE CONDUCTD BY REV. WALTER MOORE OF QUINCY. HE WAS ASSISTED BY REV. J. TILLEY OF ?ANGELES CHURCH OF THIS CITY. THE SIMPLE, BUT BEAUTIFUL ? SERVICE OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WAS USED. THE MUSIC WAS BY A QUARTET COMPOSED OF MRS. ELIZABETH KNIEPER DUNN, MRS. BERT GHER, D. L. DUNNN AND BERT GHER. THE FUNERAL CHANT AND CHURCH HYMNS WERE SUNG. WALTER SHADE RESIDED AT THE ORGAN. THE SERVICES WERE ATTENDED BY A GREAT MANY FRIENDS WHO HAD KNOW MRS. POWERS FOR MANY YEARS. INTERMENT WAS AT GREENWOOD. THE ACTIVE PALL BEARERS WERE FRANK, GEORGE, EDWARD AND THERON POWERS, JAMES COOP AND JOHN CLUGSTON. THE HONARY PALL BEARERS WERE E. A. GASTMAN, B. O. MCREYNOLDS, W. J. QUINLAN, L. BURROWS, GEORGE R. BACON, JOHN ULLRICH, W. R. SCRUGGS AND DR. IRA N. BARNES.
The Daily Republic
(Decatur, Illinois)
4 APR 1900
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