STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895, page 5, column 3

HANNAH (CHURCH) POWERS JENKS, 16 Jan 1776 - 01 Dec 1857

   On a tombstone in the Powers cemetery is the following 
inscription:  "Hannah Jenks, daughter of Josiah and Mariah Church, 
born in Granville, Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1776, married to Josiah 
Powers, Jan. 6, 1799, who died August 8, 1808.  Married again to 
George Jenks, Esq., Sept. 29, 1811, who died Nov. 30, 1820.  
Departed this life Dec. 1, 1857, aged 81 years, 10 months and 15 
days."  She was the mother of the Powers family in York township.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Hannah (Church) Powers Jenks, 16 Jan 1776 - 01 Dec 1857, married 
1st, Josiah Calvin Powers, 16 Jun 1772 - 08 Aug 1808, son of Oliver 
and Lydia (Winn) Powers.  Hannah is buried at the Powers Cemetery, 
Steuben County, Indiana.  Her 2nd husband was George Jenks Sr., who 
died 30 Nov 1820.

Children of Josiah and Hannah (Church) Powers:

   Stephen A. Powers, 02 Jan 1800 - 05 Oct 1872, married Mary Ann 
(Campbell) Powers, 17 Jul 1808 - 07 Feb 1883, buried at Powers 
Cemetery.
   Winn Powers, 08 Dec 1801 - 24 Jun 1883, married Betsey (Reeves) 
Powers, 11 May 1801 - 14 Apr 1875, buried at Powers Cemetery.
   Clark Powers, 12 Dec 1803 - 25 May 1859, married Hannah (Ketchum) 
Powers, 19 Aug 1813 - 09 Mar 1885, buried at Powers Cemetery.
   Josiah Powers, 04 Feb 1806 - died about 1852 or 1853, no 
knowledge of place of burial.  He never married.
   Calvin "Put" Powers, 05 Mar 1808 - 06 Jan 1878, married 1st, Maria 
Emeline (Corey) Powers, Jun 1817 - 22 Sep 1848, both buried at 
Powers Cemetery.  He married 2nd, Lucy A. (Gilbert) Powers, 04 Jul 
1829 - 18 Jan 1888.  She is buried at Pleasant Lake Cemetery, 
Steuben County, Indiana.

Children of George and Hannah Powers Jenks:

   Laura (Jenks) Ketcham, 26 Jul 1812 - 18 May 1875, married Morgan 
Lewis Ketcham.
   Joanna Marie (Jenks) Smith, 28 May 1814 - 27 Mar 1883, married 
Thomas Elwood Smith who died 03 Jan 1884.
George Wilkinson Jenks, 15 Mar 1818 - 01 Nov 1859, married Julia Ann 
(Payne) Jenks, 13 May 1830 - 27 Feb 1860. 

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, page 982; Vol. II, pages 1463, 1465, 1466, 1467, 
1468. 
Powers Family History, pages 27, 37, 39, 42, 44, 47, 50, 51, a copy 
is located at the Steuben County Library, Angola, Indiana.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
E-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net