Ola married Bertha M. Skillman on April 22, 1900 in Shelby County, Indiana, recorded in Book 16, p. 179.
In 1903, Ola B. Powers owned a saloon in Fairland. When William Wells did not pay for a quart of whiskey, Ola chased and shot him. Wells died of his wound. After a court trial for murder in 1904, Powers was convicted of manslaughter.
Ola married Bertha M. Skillman on April 22, 1900 in Shelby County, Indiana, recorded in Book 16, p. 179.
In 1903, Ola B. Powers owned a saloon in Fairland. When William Wells did not pay for a quart of whiskey, Ola chased and shot him. Wells died of his wound. After a court trial for murder in 1904, Powers was convicted of manslaughter.
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Shares a stone with wife Bertha Powers.
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