Rev. Dr. James Power, D.D. and [Unk] Tanner

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Husband Rev. Dr. James Power, D.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1746 - Nottingham, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 5 Aug 1830 1
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         Father: [Father] Power (      -      )
         Mother: 

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Wife [Unk] Tanner

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         Father: Philip Tanner (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 F Isabella Power ^{5 6}

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           Died: Bef 1858
         Buried:  - Sewickley Church, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: John Carothers (1789-1858) 5 6

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Dr. James Power, D.D.

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He was a pioneer of Presbyterianism in western Pennsylvania.
He came from eastern Pennsylvania and preached in Fayette and Westmoreland counties in 1774.

He was the child of parents who had emigrated from the north of Ireland. He received his preparatory education at the school of the eminent Dr. Samuel Finley, and graduated at Princeton in 1766. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle [Delaware?], June 24, 1772, and ordained at Octorara on the 23d of May, 1776. In the fall of that year he removed to western Pennsylvania, and took up his residence in Fayette County. He supplied the destitute congregations over an extensive district for a time, and in 1779 became pastor of the Sewickly and Mount Pleasant congregations. He was the first settled Presbyterian minister in western Pennsylvania. He lived to the age of eighty-five years, greatly venerated and beloved for his piety, fidelity, and usefulness. He was a graceful speaker and of polished manners, and his enunciation was so perfect that when he spoke in the open air, as he frequently did, he could be heard at a great distance. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on Mr. Power by Jefferson College in 1808. [HCC 1881, 688]

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 688.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 205.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 305.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 735.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 667.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 317.