POWERS, Edward. O, M.D.,  E. Feliciana, then E. Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana



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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 365-366.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Powers, Edward O., M. D., Baton Rouge, La., was born in East Feliciana parish,
La., Oct. 23, 1865; son of John Edward and Sarah Jane (Gordon) Powers.  The
father was a native of Louisiana and the mother of Mississippi, her family
being related to that of Gen. John B. Gordon.  John Edward Powers, the father,
was a grandson of Mark Powers, who came from North Carolina, with 7 sons and 6
daughters, in 1804, and located in East Baton Rouge parish, La.  His son,
Charles Powers, was a Methodist minister, and became the father of John Edward
Powers, father of the subject of this sketch.  John E. Powers, the father,
served for 4 years in the Confederate army and was wounded, losing third and
fourth fingers of the right hand.  He combined the occupations of a building
contractor and singing school teacher, and lived at Amite City, La,, where the
son was reared and educated in private schools.  Later he attended the B. D.
Gullett collegiate institute at Amite City, and following this, entered the
medical department of Tulane university, from which he graduated with the
degree of M. D. in the class of 1896.  Following the completion of his
professional education, Dr. Powers practiced in St. Helena parish until 1907,
when he removed to Baton Rouge, where he has continued in the general
practice.  The doctor is a member of both the parish and state medical
societies and the American Medical association.  He is affiliated with the
democratic party, and during Gov. Blanchard 's administration served as
representative of St. Helena parish in the Louisiana state legislature.  He is
a Knight Templar Mason, and a member of the Baptist church.  In addition to
his professional practice, Dr. Powers is interested in cotton planting.  In
1896 he married Miss Ovilla Nettles, of Grangeville, St. Helena parish, La. 
Five children have been born to their union, as follows:  Laura,  Sadie Jane, 
Edward O.,  John Ray and  Bennett.

NOTE:  Original source includes a photograph of Dr. Powers.