Gen. Thomas J. Power and Mary Ann Johnson

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Husband Gen. Thomas J. Power ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: George Thomas J. Powers 4
           Born: 7 Jul 1808 - Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: Gen. Samuel Power (Abt 1774-1840) 1 2 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Penny (Abt 1778-1830) 1 6

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       Marriage: 1832 1

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Wife Mary Ann Johnson ¹

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         Father: Samuel Johnson (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Josephine Power ^{3 7}

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            AKA: Josephine Powers 4
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         Spouse: Gen. William S. Shallenberger (1839-      ) 4 8 9 10
           Marr: 1 Dec 1864 3 7

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. Thomas J. Power

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He was reared in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was a civil engineer by profession, and spent over twenty-seven years of his life on public works. He also served one term as adjutant-general of the state.
In politics he was a Republican.
In 1888, he and his wife had six children living.

He was a civil engineer, and was engaged, in his early years, on the Pennsylvania Canal and Portage Railroad; and also on the first surveys of what became known as the Philadelphia Railroad. He was one of the promoters of the Erie and Pittsburg Railroad. He was Adjutant-General of the State from October 25, 1856, to February 5, 1858.

He was a prominent politician and several years Adjutant General of the State. And as a civil engineer, he had much to do, in conjunction with his brother James, in promoting the public works, state and national, in Pennsylvania, notably in the first improvements made in the navigation of the Ohio River from the mouth of the Beaver to Pittsburgh.

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 804.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 382.

3 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 224.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 128.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 30.

6 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 227.

7 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 810.

8 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 809.

9 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 223.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 582.