James Madison Power

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Husband James Madison Power ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 5 Oct 1810 1
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           Died: 12 May 1859 1
         Buried:  - Beaver Co, PA

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         Father: Gen. Samuel Power (Abt 1774-1840) 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Penny (Abt 1778-1830) 5 6

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General Notes: Husband - James Madison Power

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He built a large portion of the Erie Extension of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Canal; was a successful merchant and iron manufacturer for a number of years in Mercer County, Pennsylvania; was elected on the Whig ticket in 1847 as Canal Commissioner, and in 1848 was appointed by President Taylor, Minister to Naples and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He made the first and only improvements, under a contract with the federal government, that ever were made prior to the completion of the Davis Island dam, on 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 116.

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 228.

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

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

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