STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1904, page 1, column 6

BETTIE (POWERS) DUNHAM, 01 Aug 1859 - 10 Apr 1904

   Bettie Powers Dunham, wife of John H. Dunham and only daughter of Myron 
and Eliza powers (deceased), was born in York township, Steuben county, 
Indiana, August 1, 1859, and died at her home one-half mile west of 
Columbia, Ohio, at 5:30 o'clock Sunday morning, April 10, 1904, aged 44 
years, 8 months and 9 days.
   Sept. 16, 1877, at the age of 18, deceased was united in marriage to 
John H. Dunham.  To this union were born two children, Edwin, still at 
home, and Ida, now Mrs. Ray Thomas, who with the husband and one brother, 
Elmo Powers, survive her.  In early girlhood she united with the Christian 
church, adhering strongly to the Faith, as was apparent when in a semi-
conscious delirium she remarked, "The Lord is my Shepherd; yes, the Lord 
is my Shepherd."  Her home life was made beautiful by devotion seldom 
equaled.  To her own immediate family she has ever been tenderly indulgent 
and full of the spirit of self-sacrifice.  Those who have known her best 
have only kind words for her memory.   It is only fitting to add "She hath 
read the ritual right and sung the requiem well."  Mts. Dunham had been 
complaining for several months, but not to cause alarm until Tu4sday, when 
she was stricken down to her bed and for five days was not free from 
delirium, until death by coma relieved her intense suffering.  She will be 
mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends, and the family have 
the deep sympathy of the community in their irreparable loss and sad 
bereavement.  Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Elder Veach.  
Burial in Powers cemetery.
(Picture was included with the obituary)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Bettie/Betty (Powers) Dunham, 01 Aug 1859 - 10 Apr 1904, married John 
Henry Dunham, 12 Sep 1850 (1859 in Powers History) - 18 Jan 1927.  They 
are buried at Powers Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.  Bettie's parents 
were Myron Powers, 19 Aug 1826 - 20 Sep 1893, who was the son of York 
Township pioneer settlers, Winn and Betsey (Reeves) Powers, and Eliza 
(Dillingham) Powers, 22 May 1831 - 18 Jul 1896, the daughter of York 
Township pioneer settlers, Jeremiah and Nancy (Thayer) Dillingham.

CHILDREN:

   Ida May/Mae (Dunham) Thomas Hendershot Adams, 02 Nov 1878 - Mar 1962, 
who married on 15 Jan 1901 in Northwest Township, Ohio, Leroy W. Thomas, 
24 Dec 1859 - 30 Apr 1907.  Ida is buried at West Unity, Ohio.  On 14 Sep 
1914, Ida married William Curtis Hendershot (no other information).  On 21 
Apr 1929, Ida married John F. Adams, 25 Dec 1867 - 1950.  John is buried 
at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Edwin M. Dunham, 16 Nov 1880 - no date of death, on 11 Jun 1904, in 
Ohio married Blanch (Crawford) Dunham, 12 Apr 1884.  Burial place unknown.

"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885, page 623, biography of father, 
Myron Powers; page 626, 627, biography of grandfather, Winn Powers; page 
605, biography of father-in-law, Chester Dunham.
Powers Family History, 1937, pages 133, 134, 135, 136.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, 
Vol. 1, pages 537, 538; Vol. 2, pages 1464, 1467.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net