The following bio sent courtesy of Findagrave member wvy #46555353:
"Erastus B., second child of Mr. and Mrs. Larnard Powers, fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1865 and at Harvard Law School in 1866. He was a student of unusual ability, and stood first in his class in college. After being admitted to the bar, he taught school for a number of years, and was master of the high school at Nashua, N.H.
He entered upon the practice of law in Boston, Mass., and has made a reputation for himself as one of the most talented men in the legal profession of that city. He married Emma F. Besse, of Wareham, Mass., daughter of Captain David and Emma (Knowlton) Besse; and one daughter, Ruby Barton, was born to them November 15, 1872. January 4, 1893, she was married to Clarence Wadsworth Clark, of Malden, Assistant Travelling Auditor of the Boston & Maine Railroad."
--Biography History of Larnard Powers--Access Genealogy, History of Cornish, NH.
His siblings:
Caroline (Powers) Wellman, b. 1837;
Erastus B. Powers, b. 1840
Alice V. Powers b. 1846
Samuel L. b. 1847
The following bio sent courtesy of Findagrave member wvy #46555353:
"Erastus B., second child of Mr. and Mrs. Larnard Powers, fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1865 and at Harvard Law School in 1866. He was a student of unusual ability, and stood first in his class in college. After being admitted to the bar, he taught school for a number of years, and was master of the high school at Nashua, N.H.
He entered upon the practice of law in Boston, Mass., and has made a reputation for himself as one of the most talented men in the legal profession of that city. He married Emma F. Besse, of Wareham, Mass., daughter of Captain David and Emma (Knowlton) Besse; and one daughter, Ruby Barton, was born to them November 15, 1872. January 4, 1893, she was married to Clarence Wadsworth Clark, of Malden, Assistant Travelling Auditor of the Boston & Maine Railroad."
--Biography History of Larnard Powers--Access Genealogy, History of Cornish, NH.
His siblings:
Caroline (Powers) Wellman, b. 1837;
Erastus B. Powers, b. 1840
Alice V. Powers b. 1846
Samuel L. b. 1847
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