Obituary: Adams County, Wisconsin: Victor POWERS ************************************************************************ Submitted by Joan Benner, May 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ From the Adams County Press, August 26, 1899 Page 1 [Copied from the Portage State Register] Victor POWERS, eldest son of Mrs. Eliza POWERS of Big Spring, who has been employed in Harvard, Illinois, was struck and instantly killed by lightning Friday afternoon while at work in the field. He was 27 years old. Dr. Stillman, a former resident of Kilbourn, who resides three miles from Harvard, accompanied the remains home Saturday. The funeral was held Sunday from the M. E. Church in Big Spring, and it was a very large one. Mr. POWERS was well-liked by all. Besides his mother, four sisters and three brothers survive. **From the Aug 19, 1899 Adams County Press, Page 5 Column 3 "Last Sunday Victor POWERS, of Big Spring, while standing the doorway of a barn below Portage where he was at work, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Two other persons standing in the same doorway escaped though severely shocked by the electric bolt. Victor POWERS was quite well known here in Friendship, having attended the High School, and also for a time served as salesman in Jones' hardware store."