Dallas Morning News
Saturday, October 17, 1908
pg 14 

Powers - Denison, Tx. Oct 15 - Mrs. Elizabeth Powers, aged 74 years, died at her home near Pottsboro Monday night. The body was interred in the Holder burying ground Tuesday afternoon.
She came to Texas in a wagon forty years ago from Illinois and settled on Duck Creek, north of Denison where she lived for ten years. From there she moved to Pottsboro. Her husband died a number of years ago. 
She leaves two grandsons, who live near Pottsboro, besides a number of relatives in Denison and Oklahoma.