George W. Powers
George W. Powers, cashier of the First National Bank, Delaware, is one of the leading business men of the city, in which he was born, in 1846. He is a son of Benjamin Powers, who was an early settler in this part of Ohio. After completing his education, he entered the First National Bank in a clerical position, remaining until 1872, when he went to Dayton, where he was in a grocery business until 1875. He then returned to Delaware and to the First National Bank, soon afterward becoming assistant cashier, and he served as such until 1884, when he was elected cashier.
In 1876, Mr. Powers was married to Mary E. McKinney, who is a daughter of Robert Mc Kinney, a prominent farmer of Radnor township, and they have four children: Robert B., Harry W., Helen M. and Lawrence A. Robert graduated with the degree of B. S., from the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1902, since which time he has been assistant cashier of the First National Bank. He is a member of the .Masonic fraternity and of the Phi Gamma Delta and the Theta Nu Epsilon college societies. Harry W. Powers, teller in the First National Bank, was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University School of Business. Helen M. Powers, like her brothers, was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University. Lawrence A. is still a student in the Delaware schools. The family is identified with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Powers and two older sons are well known in banking circles, almost their whole business careers having been identified with banking interests
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908