Individual Details
Eva Lena Jameson
(Sep 1881 - 17 Mar 1956)
30 July 1903, Barry Co, MO. Married to Charles Herbert Powers (b. Nov 1871, MI, d. 26 Dec 1947, Picher, Ottawa Co, OK
1905 Kansas State Census. Family #22
C. H. Powers, 35
Eva, 25
Willie, 3
Onie, 1
Reuben Powers, 65
Samantha, 60
1910 Census. Joplin Ward 4, Jasper Co, MO, Hh 463
Charles H. Powers, 38, married once for 9 years, b. MI, Teamster, Odd jobs
Eva wife, 28, 4 children - 3 are living, b. AR
William, son, 6, b. MO
John, son, 4, b. Kansas
Raymond, son, 11 months, b. MO
Charles Jemison, Brother-in-law, 24, b. AR, Laborer, City Streets
1930 Census. Picher City, Ottawa, OK, Hh 305
Eva Powers, 48, Divorced, b. AR
Homer, son, 18, b. MO, Ore Loader
Vern, son, 14, b. Kansas
16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
Homer Powers of 116 "H" Southeast, Miami, Ottawa Co, OK, age 28, b. Joplin, MO on 30 Jul 1912. Mrs. Eva Morris, mother, of the same addres, will always know his. Employed by Beck Mining Company, Picher, OK. 5'6" tall, 140 lb. Gray eyes, black hair.
Homer has St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Employee Card, dated 7 Nov 1943. Parents listed as Herbert Powers and Eva Jameson. Employed by the Northeast Oklahoma Railroad Co, Miami, OK.
Buried as Eva L. Morris. She and Charley Powers both buried Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa Co, OK.
Miami News-Record, Miami, OK, 18 Mar 1956, Sunday, p. 1
Mrs. Eva L. Morris Dies at Son's Home
Mrs. Eva Lena Morris, 76-ear-9ld Miamiam, died at 7:45 o'clock Saturday night at the home of a son, Vernon Powers, six miles east of Fairland.
Mrs. Morris, a resident here since 1930, was taken to her son's home Saturday afternoon. She had been ill three days.
She was a member of the Nazarene church here.
Survivors include three other sons, Homer Powers of the home, 116 H Street, Southeast; Raymond Powers, Kersey, Colo., and Bill Powers, Altamont, Kan. Fifteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cooper Mortuary.
Events
Families
Father | John Samuel Jameson (1855 - 1941) |
Mother | Julia A. Smith (1860 - 1887) |
Sibling | Myrtle Jameson (1881 - 1947) |
Sibling | James Jameson (1886 - ) |
Sibling | Charles Summer Jameson (1886 - 1955) |
Endnotes
1. Jerry Poole, shared family research,