Wiley J. Powers
1842 - 1906 (63 years)-
Name Wiley J. Powers Nickname Jerome Born 11 Sep 1842 Montgomery Co., TN 
Gender Male Died 28 Mar 1906 Allensville, Todd Co., KY Person ID I2259 MyTree Last Modified 15 Aug 2009
Father Barnabus Crawford Powers, b. 1 Mar 1811, Rockingham Twp., Richmond Co., NC , d. 11 Jun 1881, Palmyra, Montgomery Co., TN (Age 70 years) Mother Susanna Martin, b. 13 Mar 1813, NC , d. 12 Oct 1887, Montgomery Co., TN (Age 74 years) Married 2 Sep 1842 Montgomery Co., TN Family ID F1822 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Jane Rives, b. 8 Feb 1846, d. 10 Apr 1906, Trigg Co., KY (Age 60 years) Married 4 Nov 1880 prob Montgomery Co., TN Children + 1. Ora Edna Powers, b. 24 May 1884, Christian Co., KY , d. 3 Nov 1945 (Age 61 years)Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 Family ID F1880 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Wiley Jerome Powers as a young man, began his business career as a
clerk in a drygoods store, eventually becoming a merchant in New
Providence, TN. \
He maintained a lively correspondence with his father and brother. It
was filled with much advice and he kept them posted on the activity of
the tobacco market. He frequently handled his father's affairs in
Clarksville. (Sources: Rives-Young Family Bible belonging to Jessie
Giles Young; Correspondence in possession of Madolyn Vickers; B. C.
Powers Family Bible; Material compiled by Geneva Swain and Thelma
Hayes)
- Wiley Jerome Powers as a young man, began his business career as a