E. M. POWERS
                           WELSH, LA


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 181.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore


E. M. POWERS, WELSH.-E. M. Powers is a native of Maine, born November 23, 1843-
He is the son of Ambrose and Hulda (Frost) Powers, natives of Maine. Ambrose
Powers removed from Maine to Wisconsin in 1845, where he engaged in farming. He
died soon after locating in the State. The mother of our subject died in
Wisconsin in 1873.
E. M. Powers is one of a family of six children, two brothers and four sisters:
George, Laura, Ann, wife of Abraham Pierce; Arvilla, wife of John Horn; Emantha,
wife of Hiram Sweet; and Hannah, wife of Charles Stoddard.
Mr. Powers received a common school education and began life as a farmer. He was
married in Mississippi, in 1868, to Juliet Bancroft, daughter of John Bancroft,
of New York. From 1870 to 1884 Mr. Powers was engaged in farming in Iowa. In
1884 he removed to Calcasieu parish, Louisiana, where he purchased a farm, and
has since given his attention to stock raising and agriculture.  Mr. Powers is a
member of the Masonic fraternity.