@mitu I ended up figuring it out (by accident), I had 2 partitions on the SD card. Even though there was only one named root it was confusing the system. I was using the image for pi 0/1 and had imaged the card with Win32DiskImager.
UPDATE: Added a power conditioner between the outlet and the RPi3. This morning marks the longest running setup so far. Even if it has only been a few hours. Not ready to celebrate just yet... but what a wild ride this has been.