. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . luable farms in Lee and Whiteside September, 1839, he married Miss AmandaM. Sprout, born in Greenwiah, daugh-ter of Ezra and Dency (Newland) Sprout, alsonatives of the Bay State. Six children wereborn to Mr. and Mrs. Powers, viz.: Alfred A.,who died at the age of six years; Helen, whobecame the wife of Anson Thummel of Pla-myra Township and died in 1889; Elvira, wifeof Capt. Charles Eckles. a soldier in the Fed-eral army during the late Rebellion and now aprominent farmer near Marshalltown, Iowa; Mary, who married J. C. Nickerson, a co
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . luable farms in Lee and Whiteside September, 1839, he married Miss AmandaM. Sprout, born in Greenwiah, daugh-ter of Ezra and Dency (Newland) Sprout, alsonatives of the Bay State. Six children wereborn to Mr. and Mrs. Powers, viz.: Alfred A.,who died at the age of six years; Helen, whobecame the wife of Anson Thummel of Pla-myra Township and died in 1889; Elvira, wifeof Capt. Charles Eckles. a soldier in the Fed-eral army during the late Rebellion and now aprominent farmer near Marshalltown, Iowa; Mary, who married J. C. Nickerson, a com-mission merchant in Chicago; Warren F., whomarried Mary Miller and is now a prominentfarmer in Whiteside County, 111.; Austin, whomarried Adella Tallman and now owns andconducts the home farm in Palmyra Powers resides on the old homestead withher son Austin. Abijah Powers was a Repub-lican in political views, and, held a number oflocal offices including that of Township Super-visor in which he served five years. In 1S76. 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 Pralrieville, in whichhe served as deacon fcr many years. CLYDE L. WICHER, Superintendent of theLee County Almshouse, South Dixon Township,was born in Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa,Nov. 15, 1S72, 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- 7iS HISTORY OF LEE COUXTY. man until Nov. 7, 1900. when he was appointedSuperintendent of the County Farm, and hassince filled that position to the satisfactionof all concerned. January 1. 1S9S. he married
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