Sehon Wilson Powers (1844 - 1887)

Born 3 Jun 1844 in Ellsworth, Mahoning, Ohio, United States

Husband of Martha A. (Holly) Powers — married 14 Nov 1866 (to 21 Mar 1878) in Portage, Ohio, United States

Husband of Sylvia Lucille (MacNish) Manley — married 10 Jan 1881 (to 6 Nov 1887) in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States

Died 6 Nov 1887 at age 43 in Saco, Phillips, Montana

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Biography

Sehon Powers was born in Ohio.

Sehon Powers was born in Appalachia, in Ohio.

Private Sehon Powers served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Aug 20, 1862
Mustered out: Jun 3, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. C, 105th Ohio Infantry and Co. E, 7 Regiment, Iowa Cavalry

Pvt. Sehon Powers was a POW in the forage train incident of January 21, 1863 during The United States Civil War.

Sehon, the son of John Wesley and Miranda (Gee) Powers was born in 1844 in Ellsworth, Ohio.

When Sehon was 18, he enlisted (as Wilson S. Powers) to fight in the U.S. Civil War for the Union. He mustered in on 20 August 1862 and out on 3 June 1865. He served with Company C, the 105th Ohio Infantry enlisting 11 August 1862. He was captured by the Secesh while foraging on 21 January 1863 and subsequently released.^[1][2]

Sehon was married twice. He married 1) Martha (aka Mattie) Holly (1842-1878) on 14 November 1866 in Portage, Ohio. They had three children:

1. John Wesley Powers (b. 8 Jan 1870, Trumbull, OH; d. 29 Jan 1870; Mecca, OH)
2. Miranda Powers (b. 11 Mar 1871, Trumbull, OH; d. 24 Aug 1915, Lincoln, NE), m. John Swenson (1840-1923)
3. John Wesley Powers (b. 1874; d. 1927), m. Elizabeth L. Justi

Mattie died in 1878. Sehon married 2) Sylvia Lucille MacNish, daughter of Dr. James and Nancy Ann Sylvia (Tofflemire) MacNish on 10 January 1881 in Grand Island, Nebraska.^[3]Sehon and "Lucille" had three sons:

1. James MacNish Powers (b. 1881; d. 1911), m. Edith Louise Hill (1877-1965)
2. Sehon Wadsworth Powers (b. 1885; d. 1956), m. Lois Isabel Horstman (1894-1987)
3. Walter Furman Powers (b. 1886; d. 1935), m. Frances "Fannie" Hull (1887-1969)

Sehon Wilson Powers died on 6 November 1887 at 43 years of age in Saco, Phillips, Montana [needs source]. He is buried in the Kearney Cemetery in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska.^[4]

Lucille and her sons migrated from Kansas to California around 1890. She married 2) Myron George Manley (1844-1927). His first wife, Laura Pease (Cleveland) Manley died in 1910. Lucille and Myron married on 13 April 1915 in Los Angeles, California.^[5] This was a second marriage for both. There were no children from this union.

Sources

1. ↑ Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Name: Wilson S Powers; Enlistment Age: 18; Birth Date: abt 1844; Enlistment Date: 11 Aug 1862; Enlistment Rank: Private; Muster Date: 20 Aug 1862; Muster Place: Ohio; Muster Company: C; Muster Regiment: 105th Infantry; Muster Regiment Type: Infantry; Muster Information: Enlisted; Muster Out Date: 3 Jun 1865; Muster Out Place: Near Washington, District of Columbia; Muster Out Information: Mustered Out; Side of War: Union; Survived War?: Yes; Title: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1555&h=3848291&ssrc=pt&tid=79168536&pid=222226156494&usePUB=true
2. ↑ The Story of a Thousand by Albion Winegar Tourgée, Appendices, pages xvi and xli, published by S. McGerald & Son, 1896
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908. State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Name: Sylvia L. Mac Nish; Gender: Female; Race: White; Marriage Age: 27; Record Type: Marriage; Birth Date: abt 1854; Birth Place: Wisconsin; Marriage Date: 10 Jan 1881; Marriage Place: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA; Marriage County Office: Hall; Father: James Mac Nish; Mother: Annie Mac Nish; Spouse: Sehon W. Powers. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61335&h=900228999&ssrc=pt&tid=79168536&pid=222226156339&usePUB=true
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 September 2020), memorial page for Wilson S. Powers (1844–10 Sep 1887), Find a Grave Memorial no. 55743829, citing Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).
5. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8D4-KC5 : 8 December 2017), Myron George Manley and Sylvia Lucille Powers, 10 Apr 1915; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,118.