STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, July 22, 1896, page 8, column 4

Eliza A. Dillingham Powers, 22 May 1831 - 18 Jul 1896

   DIED at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bettie Dunham, near 
Columbia, Williams county, Ohio, July 18, 1896, Eliza A. Powers, 
aged 65 years, 1 month and 26 days.
   The deceased was the daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy Dillingham, 
and was born in Ontario county, New York.  At the age of five years, 
Eliza moved with her parents to Lenawee county, Michigan.  This was 
in the fall of 1836, and in February, 1838, removed to Steuben 
county, settling in York township on the farm now owned and occupied 
by Richard Boyles.  They were pioneers of the county and the country 
being new they had to cut the timber, clear the land and do their 
part in making what is known as the Powers Settlement.  She was 
married to Myron Powers, December 7, 1850, and to the union were 
born four children, the two oldest dying when young.  Of the two who 
survive, Elmo, the son, lives on the old homestead, and the 
daughter, Bettie, in Williams county.  Mrs. Powers was the youngest 
of eleven children all save one having departed this life.  The 
husband, Uncle Myron, as he was familiarly called, died Sep. 21, 
1893.  Eliza was an earnest member of the Christian church for more 
than twenty years.  She was an honest woman, upright in all things, 
and possessed of rare mental powers and a strong constitution, being 
a helpmeet at all times.  In her death the community loses a kind 
friend, and the family, a loving sister and a devoted mother.  
During her illness she bore her sufferings as only a christian can.  
Funeral services were held at the Powers church on Sunday, July 19, 
conducted by Elder E. A. Cole, of Angola.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Eliza A. (Dillingham) Powers, 22 May 1831 - 18 Jul 1896, daughter of 
Jeremiah and Nancy (Thayer) Dillingham, married Myron Powers, 19 Aug 1826 - 
20 Sep 1893, son of Winn and Betsey (Reeves) Powers.

   Eskey Powers, 23 Mar 1853 - 03 Feb 1854.
   Erwin Powers, 22 May 1856 - 07 Sep 1859.
   Bettie (Powers) Dunham, 01 Aug 1859 - 10 Apr 1904, married John H. 
Dunham, 12 Sep 1859 - 18 Jan 1927.
   Elmo Myron Powers, 01 Jun 1872 - 1946, married 1st, Edith Estella (Fox) 
Powers, 23 Nov 1873 - 26 Apr 1909.  Married 2nd, Margaret E. (Burtsfield) 
Powers, 25 Mar 1876 - 1942.
   All buried at Powers Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

"Powers Family History" available at the Steuben County Library, Angola, 
Indiana, pages 66, 133, 134.