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Ola B Powers

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Ola B Powers

Birth
Shelby County, Indiana, USA
Death
17 Nov 1929 (aged 49)
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Fairland, Shelby County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.59031, Longitude: -85.8571423
Memorial ID
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His twin brother was Ora.

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.
His twin brother was Ora.

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.

Gravesite Details

Shares a stone with wife Bertha Powers.



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