Powell Liberty Historical Society

A window into the past of Powell and Liberty Township


Members of the MACOMBER Family


Alva December 25, 1812 - December 19, 1903
Married Mary Greene, second wife Matila Rhodes, third wife;Orrel Hinkle

Freshwater Cemetery, Concord Twsp.

came to Liberty Township 1849;Hyattsville born in Concord Twsp.

Zeno - June 3, 1863
son of Alva

Vicksburg National Cemetery, Miss, Section E, Grave No. 1801

served in the Civil War

Susan February 20, 1837 - February 20. 1925
daughter to Alva and Mary Greene; married Ural Thomas; had seven children; sister to Zeno.
married Ural Thomas

Alva Pliney April 1, 1887 - February 19, 1962
son of Alva and Orrel (maiden name Hinkle); married Ethel Rittenhouse; children; Charles Donald, Stanely Alva; Beatrice.

Freshwater Cemetery, Concord Twsp


Beatrice September 23, 1908 - May 20, 1997
daughter; Alva P. and Ethel Rittenhouse; married Paul Dexter Gardner

Stanley Alva
son of Alva P. and Ethel( Rittenhouse) ; Grandparents to Betty Jean Savage

Oller Cemetery