Rev. James Powers obituary,1918
from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 Father James J. Powers, rector of the Roman Catholic church of St. Marys of the Lake at Lakewood, and Chancellor of the Diocese of New Jersey, died yesterday at Lakewood. He was considered one of the leading men of his denomination in the state and was much loved in Lakewood. He came to Lakewood from Trenton. Lakewood has had an unusual number of deaths, particularly, as everywhere else, among its young men.