Benjamin N. Powley married Martha M. Canaday
on March 18, 1867 in Iroquois County, Illinois.

Benjamin Powley enlisted to serve Company D of the 67th Illinois
Infantry during the Civil War.  His enlistment date was May 31, 1862.

In 1870, Benjamin and Martha Powley are living in Chicago, Illinois.  He is working as a
spice mill salesman.  Also living with them is Martha's sister, Melinda Kennedy (or Canaday).
(Melinda later married Benjamin's brother, Hiram Powley.)

In 1880, Benjamin Powley is living in Chicago, Illinois, and working as a hardware salesman.
The census lists his wife as Martha, age 22.  There is some discrepancy in the records, since
Martha's gravestone says she died in 1873 (which would make her unavailable to be counted
in the 1880 census).  If she was alive in 1880, her age would have been 32.  Either the date on
Martha's gravestone is wrong, or the census taker recorded the name of Benjamin's wife
incorrectly.  The 1880 census also lists the family as having three children:  Benjamin, Albert,
and Clyde.

Above:  Benjamin N. Powley's obituary.
Below:  Benjamin's grave.

Above:   The obituary for Benjamin's
second wife, Sarah.
Below:  Gravestone of Sadie,
Benjamin's second wife.

1. Brant Gibbard's Genealogy Home Page, http://home.ca.inter.net/~bgibbard/gen/