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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, 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, 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, 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.

Powell, Levin Myne

naval officer, was born in 1800 in Loudoun county, Va.

He was appointed midshipman in the United States navy in 1817; became lieutenant in 1826; and received the thanks of congress for his services during that campaign. He died Jan. 15, 1885, in Washington, D. C.

Powell, Nathan

pioneer, merchant, banker, was born Oct. 18, 1814, in Frederick county, Md. In 1848 he assisted in reorganizing the old Madison Life, Fire and Marine Insurance company, in Madison, Ind. He became one of its largest stockholders, and has been its president since 1851.

Powell, Paulus

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative in congress from that state in 1849; and continued in that capacity to the close of the thirty-fifth congress.

Powell, Samuel

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1815 to 1817.