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Mary Ann Coe, Wife of David PowersDavid Powers was born 9 Jan 1782 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY, the son of Reverend Lemuel Powers (1756-1800) and Abigail Newland (1758-1838). David was a schoolteacher in Sempronius about 1805. David married Polly Wilcox 28 Feb 1808. The couple had nine children. Polly died in OH 17 May 1830 and was buried in the Old New Haven Cemetery, Huron Co., OH. David served during the War of 1812 in Capt. Rial McArthur's Company in Ohio. He was an early settler of New Haven, Huron Co. OH by 1814 along with his brother Dr. Royal Powers and Mary Ann Coe's uncle, Luther Coe. David's sister Abigail Powers married Millard Fillmore 5 Feb 1826 in Sempronius, Cayuga Co., NY. On 15 Sep 1832 David represented the Village of New Haven at the National Republican Convention. On 21 May 1833 Mary Ann Junkins married David Powers in Huron Co., OH. The couple were married by Samuel Preston, Justice of the Peace. In Aug 1834 a divorce was recorded in Huron Co., OH for Mariam Pomeroy and Spencer Pomeroy. The divorce was dated 19 Oct 1816 in Pompey, NY, and witnessed by Mary Ann's cousin Calvin Ball. In 1834 Calvin Ball was the Town Clerk, of Pompey, NY. On 28 April 1835 a portion of David's property on lot number 6 in Norwalk, OH, including a dwelling, was auctioned at a sheriff's sale in order to raise money to settle a suit brought by Elisha Whittlesey. (This was part of the property that Mary Ann (Coe) Pomeroy Junkins brought with her into their marriage.) On 28 Feb 1840 David and Mary Ann Powers sold property on lot 67 in New Haven, OH to Joseph Rice for $200. (Joseph Rice was the husband of David's daughter Marcia.) About Sep 1840 David and Mary Ann were living in a house rented from Mr. Foreman in Sandusky, OH. On 30 Jan 1841 David and Mary Ann were forced to sell the remainder of Mary Ann's property on lot 6 in Norwalk, OH to satisfy a suit brought against David by his sister Mary Powers. David and Mary Ann later purchased property on Washington St., Sandusky, OH. (Mary Ann would later deed 1/3 of that property to her son Francis W. Pomeroy.) On 17 Feb 1845 David Powers was elected Justice of the Peace in Portland, Erie Co., OH. On 24 Aug 1845 David was elected the president of the Temperance Society in Sandusky, OH. In 1845 Mary Ann Powers is working as a seamstress. On 19 Jul 1848 David chaired a Whig meeting in Norwalk, OH. On 2 Apr 1849 David was appointed Postmaster at Sandusky City, OH. He was replaced in this position on 26 Mar 1853. On 23 Aug 1852 Mary Ann (Coe) Pomeroy Junkins Powers died of cholera at her home on Washington St. in Sandusky, OH. She was buried in the Cholera Cemetery in Sandusky. Prior to her death Mary Ann had gone to her son Francis W. Pomeroy's house to help care for his children who were sick with cholera. The children recovered. In 1853 David Powers tries to sell the property on Washington St. in Sandusky, OH, including the 1/3rd share that belonged to Francis W. Pomeroy. Francis filed suit against David and his son Edson Powers and won the judgement. David Powers died 2 Oct 1857 at the home of his son, Edson Powers in New Haven, OH. His final resting place is unknown. |
This house, on Washington St., in Sandusky, OH is on the lot previously owned by David and Mary Ann (Coe) Powers.
Historic Marker commemorating cholera victims buried in the Cholera Cemetery, Sandusky, OH.
Page from the Grantee index of Erie Co., OH showing the transfer of property on Washington St., Sandusky, OH from David Powers to his son Edson Powers.