Powley, Alvin L. son of Benjamin N.

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	Alvin	Leonard Powley
	Birth Date:	September 27, 1872
	Birth Location:	Papineau Township Iroquois County, Illinois
	Death Date:	November 5, 1948
	Death Location:	Los Angeles County, California
	Burial:	Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood, California

Parents
Father Benjamin N. Powley (1845-1924)	Mother Martha M. Canaday (1848-1873)

Siblings
1 Benjamin A. Powley 1870-1901	2 Alvin L. Powley 1872-1948	? Clyde N. Powley 1876-1936	? Ida Powley 1885-?

Benjamin is a full sibling. Clyde may or may not be a half sibling. Ida is a half-sibling.

Marriage
Alvin L. Powley married Matilda Leeder on October 4, 1900 in Iroquois County, Illinois. "Tillie" was the daughter of John Leeder, an immigrant from Germany. After Matilda died, Alvin may have married a woman named Harriet (?), but this is not known for certain.

Children (in birth order)
1 Roland A. Powley 1901-1971	2 Benjamin Powley 1905-?

Alvin may have had other children besides those listed here.

Notes

In 1900, Alvin is living with his father Benjamin N. Powley, and his
half-sister, Ida Powley, in Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.

In 1910, Alvin is living with his wife Matilda and their two
sons in Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.

"Tillie" died in 1912.

In 1918, Alvin enlisted in the Army to fight in WW I.
He was living in Montana at the time he did this.

He cannot be located on the 1920 census. In 1920, his son Ben is living with his
grandparents John and Henrietta Leeder in Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.

In 1930, Alvin is living with his son Roland in Los Angeles, California.

Above: The gravestone of Alvin's wife, Tillie Leeder Powley, in Beaver Creek Cemetery.
Below: The gravestone of Alvin Powley in Inglewood Park Cemetery.

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