Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives
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Charles Latham
9 May 1994
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 3 items
COLLECTION DATES: 1856-1865
PROVENANCE: Robert Russo, date unknown
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: possibly SC 1215, Jacob and Julius Power Papers
ACCESSION NUMBER: 94.0618x
Jacob B. Power (fl. 1846-1865) lived in Fayette County, Indiana. In 1846 he was licensed for five years as a justice of the peace; in 1852 he served for a few months (August-November) as a rural postmaster (given both as Fairview, Fairview Township, and as Groves). He belonged to the Odd Fellows lodge in Connersville. Apparently by 1865 he had moved to Indianapolis, where the city directory lists him in 1862 as a wagon-maker and in 1867 as a day policemen.
Sources: Materials in collection
History of Fayette County (1885), p. 97
History of Fayette County (1917), pp. 195, 233
This collection contains three items. Two, dated 1856 and 1858, document Power's membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Connersville. The third item, dated 5-11-1865, is a recommendation by Governor O. P. Morton of Powers as "a gentleman of character and undoubted loyalty" who wishes to visit Washington on business.
MAIN ENTRY: Power, Jacob B., fl. 1846-1865
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Power, Jacob B., fl. 1846-1865
Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877
Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Indiana--Connersville
Secret societies--Indiana--Connersville
Connersville (Ind.)--Associations, institutions, etc.
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