Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Powell, Clark R 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Clark R. Powell, farmer and nurseryman, section 23, Sterling Township, was 
born Sept. 12, 1826, in Saratoga Co., N. Y. He is the son of Joseph and Hannah 
(Bowerman) Powell, and his parents were born and passed their entire lives in 
the State of New York. The names of their children were Jacob, Lydia Ann, 
Nathaniel, Martha, Eliza, Henry S., Clark R. and Nelson. Mr. Powell of this 
sketch was educated in the common schools, attended academy at Macedon Center 
four months, and at the age of 23 left home to make his own way in the world. 
He came to Whiteside County in 1849. His first purchase of land was made in 
Lee County and comprised 160 acres, which he afterwards sold, and bought 30 
acres where he has since operated. In 1850 he engaged in the nursery business, 
and he now owns 80 acres, of which about 20 acres is devoted to nursery and 
orchard. His place is known as the Sterling Nurseries, and he is engaged in 
the growth and sale of all kinds of trees common to the trade, besides general 
nursery stock of a miscellaneous character. Mr. Powell is a Republican in 
political sentiments, and supports the issues of that party. He was married in 
Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y., Oct. 17, 1853, to Mary E., daughter of Henry and 
Judith S. (Russell) Quick. Mrs. Powell was born Oct. 12, 1834, in Ulster Co., 
N. Y., and her parents were born in the same State. Their children were named 
James S., Mary E., Rachel J., Susan M., Sidney, Minnie A. and Madison D. The 
names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Powell are Albert, Melissa A., Edwin, 
Theron and Martha.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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