. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. ABIJAH POWERS. he was elected Representative from his dis-trict to the Thirtieth General Assembly of Illi-nois. Mr. was a member of the Con-gregational church at Prairieville, in whichhe served as deacon frr many years. CLYDE L. WICHER, Superintendent of theLee County Almshouse, South Dixon Township,was born in Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa,Nov. 15, 1872, son of Henry and Georgiana(Stott) Wicher, the former a native of Cowes,Isle of Wight, England, and the latter, ofSusquehanna, N. Y. Henry Wicher came westin 1867. and settled in Iowa. In spring of
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. ABIJAH POWERS. he was elected Representative from his dis-trict to the Thirtieth General Assembly of Illi-nois. Mr. was a member of the Con-gregational church at Prairieville, in whichhe served as deacon frr many years. CLYDE L. WICHER, Superintendent of theLee County Almshouse, South Dixon Township,was born in Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa,Nov. 15, 1872, son of Henry and Georgiana(Stott) Wicher, the former a native of Cowes,Isle of Wight, England, and the latter, ofSusquehanna, N. Y. Henry Wicher came westin 1867. and settled in Iowa. In spring of 1895,Clyde L. came to Dixon, and was employed inthe mercantile establishment of I. B. Country- 7i8 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY. man until Nov. 7, 1900, when he was appointedSuperintendent of the County Farm, and hassince tilled that position to the satisfactionof all concerned. January 1. 1898. he married. CLYDE L. WICHER. Jesse B. Burright, and they have one , born Sept. 30. 1900. Mr. Wicher is amember of the Knights of the Globe, andDixon Lodge. No. 779, B. P. O. E. In religiousbelief Mr. Wicker is an Episcopalian, whileMrs. Wicher is identified with the MethodistEpiscopal Church. AUSTIN POWERS. Section .31, PalmyraTownship, Lee County, 111., was born in thetownship where he now resides, Oct. 18, 1857,son of Abijah and Amanda M. (Sprout)Powers, being the youngest in a family of sixchildren. His father and paternal grandfather(Jcseph Powers) settled in Palmyra Townshipin 1838. Abijah Powers was a man of practi-cal ideas and was elected to represent histownship as Supervisor for five years, and in1876 was elected to the General Assembly ofIllinois. He was prominent as a breeder ofthoroughbred short-horned cattle and throughhis industrious habits accumulated a largeestate. He died July 24. 1891. Austin Powersgrew to maturity on his fathers farm, and ob- tained his elementary
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