Pottle, Abel Warren – Powell, Levin
Pottle, Abel Warren
clergyman, was born Sept. 23, 1834, in Salem, Maine.
He received his education at the Farmington academy, the Maine Wesleyan seminary, and the Boston Theological school. He has attained eminence as a successful methodist episcopal clergyman, and has filled pastorates in Bethel, Oxford, Westbrook, Portland, Kittery, Waterville, Saco, Bath and Bowdoinham.
Pottle, Emory B
lawyer, state legislator, congressman. He served one term in the legislature of New York. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-fifth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress.
Potts, Benjamin F
governor. He was governor of the territory of Montana from 1870 to 1883.
Potts, David
congressman, was born in 1793 in Chester county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1831 to 1839. He died in 1863.
Potts, James Henry
clergyman, journalist, author, was born June 12, 1848, in Canada. He is a methodist clergyman; and editor of The Michigan Christian Advocate from 1877. He is the author of Methodism in the Field; Golden Dawn; Spiritual Life; Our Thorns and Crowns; and Faith Made Easy.
Potts, Richard
state senator, congressman, governor, was born in July, 1753, in Upper Marlborough, Md. He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1781 and 1782; and was governor of Maryland during the same years. He was a senator in congress from that state from 1792 to 1796. He died Nov. 26, 1808, in Frederick county, Md.
Potts, Stacey Gardner
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Nov. 9, 1799, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was a jurist of Trenton, N. J.; and the author of Village Tales; and Precedents and Notes of Practice in the New Jersey Chancery Court. He died April 9, 1865, in Trenton, N. J.
Potts, William Stephens
clergyman, college president, author, was born Oct. 13, 1802, in Northumberland county, Pa. He was pastor of the First Presbyterian church of St. Louis, Mo., in 1828-35, president of Marion college for the subsequent four years; founded the Second Presbyterian church of St. Louis in 1838, and was its pastor till his death.
He published several sermons. He died March 27, 1852, in St. Louis, Mo.
Poujade, Joseph
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 6, 1852, in Marion county, Ore. In 1873 he settled in Nevada and served as state senator during 1885- 87; assemblyman in 1889; and lieutenantgovernor in 1891-94. During those four years he was also adjutant-general, state librarian and president of the senate.
Poulson, Zachariah
journalist, was born Sept. 5, 1761, in Philadelphia, Pa. For many years he was printer to the senate of Pennsylvania. In 1800 he began the publication of the American Daily Advertiser, the first daily in the United States; and he continued as its editor and proprietor till its discontinuance in 1839. He issued Poulson's Town and Country Almanac and other works.
He died July 31, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Pound, Cuthbert W
lawyer, educator, was born June 20, 1864, in Lockport, N. Y. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar, and was city attorney of Lockport, N. Y., during 1888-90. In 1893 he was elected to the state senate. In 1895 he accepted the law professorship at Cornell university.
Pound, Roscoe
educator, author, was born Oct. 27, 1870, in Lincoln, Neb.
Since 1892 he has been director of the botanical survey of Nebraska. He is the author of numerous botanical papers and monographs, mostly on the fungi.
Pound, Thaddeus C
educator, legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1832, in Pennsylvania. For a number of years he taught school, and then was a bookkeeper. It was through his efforts that the city of Chippewa Falls was developed; and he was instrumental in securing its railroad facilities and in causing its river and other improvements to be made. He served four terms in the Wisconsin legislature; one term as lieutenant-governor; and has represented his district in the forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.
In 1876 he was commissioner from Wisconsin to the Philadelphia exposition; and has always supported measures designed to promote internal commerce.
Poundstone, Alexander M
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born Feb. 26, 1835, in Fayette county, Pa. He served as a captain in the United States army during the civil war. For fourteen years he was prosecuting attorney of Buckhannon, W. Va.; and for two terms served as a member of the legislature of that state.
Powderly, Terence Vincent
labor advocate, author, was born Jan. 22, 1849, in Carbondale, Pa. Since 1869 he has lived in Scranton, Pa. In 1879 he was elected general master-workman of the Knights of Labor; and has since been re-elected nearly a dozen times. In 1878 he was elected mayor of Scranton by the labor vote; and was several times reelected as a democrat to that office. He has been connected with several labor publications; and is the author of A History of the Origin and Principles of the Knights of Labor.
Powell, Aaron Macy
journalist, reformer, lecturer, author, was born March 26, 1832, in Clinton, N. Y. Since 1872 he has been secretary of the National Temperance society and editor of the National Temperance Advocate in New York. In 1886 he also took charge of the Philanthropist. He is the author of State Regulation of Vice.
Powell, Alfred H
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1781, in Loudoun county, Va. He served in the Virginia state legislature, and one or two state conventions; and was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1825 to 1827. He died in 1831 in Winchester, Va.
Powell, Charles Granson
journalist, politician, was born Dec. 1, 1829, in Monroe county, N. Y. He was a delegate to the national republican conventions in 1868 and in 1872; and postmaster at La Porte, Ind., during 1877-82. He is the editor and owner of The Herald, and also of The Republican, of La Porte, Ind. He has contributed extensively to current literature on various topics; and has filled numerous public positions of honor in his city, county and state.
Powell, Cuthbert
state legislator, congressman. He was at one time mayor of Alexandria in Virginia; and on his removal to Loudoun county was elected to the legislature. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1841 to 1843. He died May 8, 1849, in Langollen, Va.
Powell, D. Frank
physician, surgeon, scientist, was born May 25, 1847, in Sullivan county, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the common district schools; at the Columbia college; the Louisville Medical college; and the Kentucky School of Medicine. He is a prominent physician and surgeon of La Crosse, Wis.; has served four times as mayor of that city; has twice been an independent candidate for governor of Wisconsin; and twice a candidate for congress from the seventh congressional district on the people's party ticket. He is a scientist of note, and an investigator of prehistoric and aboriginal race history.
Powell, Edward Payson
clergyman, author, was born in 1833 in New York. He is a clergyman who has held pastorates in congregational and unitarian churches successively, and has long been a resident in Clinton, N. Y. He is the author of Our Heredity from God; and Liberty and Life.
Powell, Evan
railroad president, was born June 2, 1834, in Wales. Since 1891 he has been president of the Powellton and Pocahontas railway.
Powell, James L
soldier, farmer, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 24, 1834, in Plentifull, Va. In 1860 he was state's attorney for Roane county; in 1861 was a captain in the Wise legion; and during 1877-85 was a member of the Virginia state legislature; in both the house and the senate. During 1879-82 he was state's attorney for Spottsylvania county, Va.; and has filled various other public positions of trust. He was the only son (of four) that survived the war. He has been eminently successful as a farmer, lawyer and statesman; and still resides in the place of his nativity.
Powell, John Wesley
geologist, author, was born March 24, 1834, in Mount Morris, N. Y. He is an eminent geologist, director of the United States geological survey in 1879-94; and the author of Exploration of the Uinta Mountains; The Arid Regions of the United States; Introduction to the Study of the Indian Languages; Studies in Sociology; and Canyons of the Colorado.
Powell, Joseph
merchant, banker, congressman, was born June 23, 1848, in Towanda, Pa. He became president of the First National bank of Towanda, and engaged in other business enterprises. He was a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Powell, Lazarus Whitehead
lawyer, state legislator, governor, United States senator, was born Oct. 6, 1812, in Henderson county, Ky. In 1836 he was elected to the Kentucky legislature; was a presidential elector in 1844; and was governor of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855.
He was chosen a senator in congress for the long term commencing in 1859. He died July 3, 1867, in Henderson county, Ky.
Powell, Levin
soldier, congressman, was born in 1738 in Loudoun county, Va. He served through the war of the revolution in the Virginia line of the continental army, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He resided in Loudoun county, Va.; and was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1799 to 1801.
He died Aug. 6, 1810, at Bedford, Pa.