This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nk.2ADI/801 Message Board Post: John and Dora Powers were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Burgoin in Feb. 1913. Following the ceremony, the members of the Fancy Work Club took over the reception with a final charivari and send off to their new home which was in readiness for their occupancy on the Park Plumb farm and which they later purchased. Dora, her sister Rachel, and brother Ralph Came from England in 1906 and the latter two eventually went to Canada. John was born in Glenwood, Iowa, but moved with his parents to Mo. and as a young man returned to Iowa. After their marriage they continued deeply interested in church and community affairs. John was on the church board for a number of years and taught in the Sunday School. Dora had Sunday School Class and assisted in the Ladies Aid. John served on the school at Osborn Valley School and as Ingraham Assessor for years. His lambs would arrive on the farm in January, and ready to top the Omaha market in April. One child passed away in infancy and they had a son Charles that married Dorothy Sieck who had been a teacher in the Silver City Schools. They have 2 girls: Nancy and Kathy. Marie married Harold Holder a commercial teacher now retired. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are both deceased. Source: Silver City Community History, Silver City, Iowa--1879-1979