Pvt. Benoni Columbus Powers (CSA)

Benoni C. was the son of Benoni T. and Elizabeth (McCally) Powers.

He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War in Company C, 17th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry.

Find A Grave Memorial# 29138562

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note: Hacker Valley is an unincorporated community in northern Webster County, West Virginia, along the Left Fork of the Holly River.

Benoni C Powers Powers Family Cemetery

This cemetery is in the extreme southern portion of Lewis Co., WV.   From Weston take U.S. 19 south, through Walkersville, to the "Y" where State Rt 4 joins 19.   Turn right   and proceed to the village of Ireland, where you will turn left onto County Rd. 50.   You will pass through Duffy, Bablin and Wildcat.   At Wildcat turn left onto County Rt. 50/6.   This is an unimproved roadknown as the Hacker Camp Run Road.   A 4 wheel drive might be needed to drive the additional 2 miles to reach the cemetery which is on the left along this road.

I visited this cemetery in 1989 or 90 in a car with a little difficulty. Somewhere along this road was also an old building that was once a schoolhouse where my grandmother and probably other Powers' attended school.
Tabitha A. Powers (w/o George W. Powers, d/o Lorenzo D. & Eliza (Wymer) Forinash) 1858-1911

George W. Powers (s/o Benoni C. & Polly M. (Watson) Powers) 1868-1947

Earl E. Powers (s/o G.W & Tabitha Powers) 1896-1911

Dessie Powers 1896-1940

Clyde Powers 1890-1941

Rosa B. Knight 1891-1902

George W. Butcher 3 Mar 1828-29 Jan. 1900

Margaret B. Butcher 1855-1904

Polly M. Powers 1844-1930

Benoni C. Powers 1843-1929

William L. Powers s/o B.C & P.M Powers died 2 Mar 1885 age 1 yr. 8 m. 10 d.

Annie R. Powers d/o B. C. & P. M. Powers died 16 Oct 1882age 1 y 10 m 17 d (family tradition says that she was scalded or burned by water being heated outside to wash clothes)

Also buried here are T. Lee Powers and probably his wife in unmarked grave. The road from Ireland to Wildcat passes by Green Hill Road which takes you up to Green Hill Church, where Dora Frances (Kelley) Powers' (w/o Coy Columbus Powers) parents are buried. Coy and Dora lived in "Green Hill" aka Hettie, WV where their son's, William Henry and Basil were born and raised until the moved to Duffy.

Benoni Columbus Powers BIRTH 1843 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 1929 (aged 85–86) BURIAL Powers Cemetery Lewis County, West Virginia,

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Children Photo William L. Powers unknown–1885

Photo George Wilton Powers 1867–1946

Photo Henry Columbus Powers 1870–1954

Photo Charles Albert Powers 1872–1959

Photo James Reed Powers 1875–1957

David Wayne Powers 1878–1945

Photo Annie R. Powers 1880–1882

Thomas Wade Powers 1886–1961

Photo Brooks Wilson Powers 1888–1968

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