Henry Burton Hale Powers

1910 - 2001  (91 years)

• Name	Henry Burton Hale Powers  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	13 Oct 1910	Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Nov 2001  [3, 4]
  Person ID	I302178	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Herbert Hale Powers,   b. 7 Nov 1875, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Katherine Burton,   b. 2 Nov 1874, Connecticut d. 3 Apr 1923 (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1905  [5]
  Family ID	F119682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Lyman,   b. 13 Sep 1922   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Henry B. Powers, Jr.   2. George L. Powers   3. Katherine B. Powers   4. Eleanor H. Powers
  Family ID	F119683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Boston Herald (MA) November 16, 2001 H. Burton Powers of Wellesley, a retired senior partner at the law firm of Tyler and Reynolds in Boston, died Nov. 8 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 91. Born in Boston, Mr. Powers was educated at the Park School, the Williston Northampton School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Class of 1929, Harvard College, Class of 1933, and Harvard Law School, Class of 1936. A veteran of the Navy, Mr. Powers rose from apprentice seaman to lieutenant commander and was posted initially to Submarine Chaser Training School at Miami. He spent the last months of World War II at the Bureau of Yards and Docks in Washington, D.C. Before serving, Mr. Powers was employed for six years with the law firms of Warner Stackpole, then Tyler and Reynolds. During peacetime, he was a trustee and practiced trust, tax and probate law. He was a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar, various federal bars, the Supreme Court Bar, the Probate Committee of the Boston Bar Association, the Boston Probate Forum, and the Legal Aid Association. He was a director on the Executive and Beneficary Committees of the Rogerson House, and director of the Gibson House Museum, and director and president of the Stowe Day Foundation in Hartford, Conn., from 1977-85. He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the City Club, the Singing Beach Club, and the Manchester Yacht Club. Mr. Powers is survived by his wife, Anne (Lyman); two sons, Henry B. Jr. of Brookline, and George L. of East Greenwich, R.I.; two daughters, Katherine B. and Eleanor H., both of New York; and four grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S29814] 1920 census, Massachusetts, Norfolk county, Year: 1920; Census Place: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_721; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 173 (Reliability: 3). [S53724] Birth record, Massachusetts, Name: Henry Burton Hale Powers Gender: Male Birth Date: 13 Oct 1910 Birth Place: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA Father: Hale Powers Mother: Katherine Burton (Reliability: 3). [S43361] Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Reliability: 3). Name: H Burton Powers [H B Powers] Gender: Male Birth Date: 13 Oct 1910 Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts [Boston|] Death Date: 7 Nov 2001 Claim Date: 27 Sep 1975 Father: H Hale Powers Mother: Katherine Hooker Burton SSN: 023030606 Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen. Type of Claim: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted. Notes: 04 Jan 2001: Name listed as H BURTON POWERS; 20 Nov 2001: Name listed as H B POWERS [S70513] Obituary, Boston Herald (MA), H. Burton Powers, (November 16, 2001). [S20201] 1910 census, Massachusetts, Norfolk county, Year: 1910; Census Place: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_608; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 1091 (Reliability: 3).