Married Paulina D. Williams on March 11th, 1858, in Henderson County, Kentucky.∼John Alexander Powell, son of Thomas Whitehead Powell and Elizabeth E. Dorsey Powell was married to Paulina Daug Williams. They had seven children: Florence, Phonda E. Fred, Thomas Benjamin, John N., Nellie and Henry.
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,1885,
Webster Co.
J.A. POWELL, Webster County, was born in Henderson County, Ky., May 8, 1835, son of Thomas W. and Elizabeth (Dorsey) Powell. He is the eldest in a family of twelve children, and is of English descent. His paternal grandfather, Harrison Powell, emigrated from the Carolinas to Kentucky in a very early day. The Powells have been long and extensively known in Kentucky, and have held the first official positions in the State. When J.A. attained his majority he engaged in the mercantile business in Corydon, Henderson Co., Ky., remained there four years, and then for eleven years followed farming. In 1879 he came to Sebree, and engaged in merchandising and dealing in tobacco. In the store he does a business of $30,00 annually, and in 1884 he did a tobacco business of $41,000, handling 565,000 pounds of tobacco. In this article he has traded extensively for fourteen years. In 1879 Mr. Powell erected his present residence, one of the finest in Sebree. He was married, in 1858, to Miss Paulina D. Williams, of Jefferson County, Ky. They have three children, viz.: Florence, Samuel F. and Henry. Mr. Powell has been successful and is worth about $50,000. He is a Democrat; he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Married Paulina D. Williams on March 11th, 1858, in Henderson County, Kentucky.∼John Alexander Powell, son of Thomas Whitehead Powell and Elizabeth E. Dorsey Powell was married to Paulina Daug Williams. They had seven children: Florence, Phonda E. Fred, Thomas Benjamin, John N., Nellie and Henry.
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,1885,
Webster Co.
J.A. POWELL, Webster County, was born in Henderson County, Ky., May 8, 1835, son of Thomas W. and Elizabeth (Dorsey) Powell. He is the eldest in a family of twelve children, and is of English descent. His paternal grandfather, Harrison Powell, emigrated from the Carolinas to Kentucky in a very early day. The Powells have been long and extensively known in Kentucky, and have held the first official positions in the State. When J.A. attained his majority he engaged in the mercantile business in Corydon, Henderson Co., Ky., remained there four years, and then for eleven years followed farming. In 1879 he came to Sebree, and engaged in merchandising and dealing in tobacco. In the store he does a business of $30,00 annually, and in 1884 he did a tobacco business of $41,000, handling 565,000 pounds of tobacco. In this article he has traded extensively for fourteen years. In 1879 Mr. Powell erected his present residence, one of the finest in Sebree. He was married, in 1858, to Miss Paulina D. Williams, of Jefferson County, Ky. They have three children, viz.: Florence, Samuel F. and Henry. Mr. Powell has been successful and is worth about $50,000. He is a Democrat; he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Family Members
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Mary Frances Powell Rayman
1836–1910
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Samuel Harrison Powell
1839–1880
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William S. Powell
1839–1894
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James Frederick Powell
1841–1910
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Elizabeth Evaline Powell
1843–1903
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Margaret Ann Powell Nicholson
1845–1899
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Thomas Marshall Powell
1847–1938
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Edwin Reese Powell
1849–1881
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R A Powell
1851–1853
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Patsey Amanda "Pattie" Powell Nicholson
1854–1899
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Olivia Powell Conn
1859–1935
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