Cincinnatus Dickson Powell, M. D.; Issaquena, MS., then Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller

Sept 2001





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Cincinnatus Dickson Powell, M. D.  One of the most successful and highly esteemed members of

the medical profession.  Dr. Cincinnatus Dickson Powell has been engaged in the practice of his

profession at Delhi, Franklin Parish, for the past decade, and owns and operates a fine

plantation in the Fifth Ward of this parish.  He was born at Issaquena, Mississippi, August 15,

1883, a son of John and Cynthia (Hutchins) Powell.



John Powell was a merchant and planter of Issaquena County, Mississippi, and died when Doctor

Powell was an infant.  For the next few years the family lived at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and

then moved to Utica.  The surviving children of the family are:  William B., who is a merchant

of Utica;  J. M., who is a business man of Belzoni, Mississippi;  C. D. Powell, and  Mrs. J. C.

Winters, of Utica, Mississippi.



Carefully educated, Doctor Powell was first a student at Jefferson Military College, and later

of the University of Kentucky. and his medical training was taken at the Memphis, Tennessee,

Hospital School, from which he was graduated in 1908, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

In 1911 and 1912 he took up post-graduate work at Tulane University.  Following the securing of

his degree, Doctor Powell located at Folsom, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana.  From there he

went into the cattle district of Ashland, Montana, and upon his return did some special work at

Tulane University.  He then established himself in the Fifth Ward of Franklin Parish. When

Doctor Powell entered upon his professional duties he made his rounds on horseback or with a

horse and buggy.  Now he travels in a high-powered car.  Other changes quite as remarkable have

taken place during the period he has been in practice.  He has followed with zealous interest

the wonderful discoveries in medical and surgical science, and kept himself abreast of all of

them, not only by means of his post-graduate work, but also by reading and study.  His success

in his profession is not to be wondered at, for he is well fitted by nature for his work, and

his kindly, sympathetic manner wins hini warm friends at the same time that his undoubted skill

commands respect and inspires confidence.



In 1921 Doctor Powell was married to Jessie Red. field, a daughter of James Redfield, of

Winnsboro Doctor Powell finds congenial relaxation in hunting and fishing, and is a great lover

of nature.  His time and attention are so fully occupied with his professional duties and the

cares of his plantation that he has never cared to enter public life, but he is interested in

having the right men put into office, and willing to work to bring about this end.  Although

not a native son of the parish, he is enthusiastic with reference to its possibilities, and

feels that its natural resources are almost inexhaustible, and if they are properly developed,

practically no limit can be placed upon the advancement of this section of the state.  He is a

Knight of Pythias and a Mason.



NOTE:  The referenced source contains a black and white photograph of the subject with his/her

autograph.



A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 234, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by The American

Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.