Biographical Sketch of William T. Powell, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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William T. Powell, who takes rank with the successful farmers of Craw-
ford County, is a native of Christian County, Ill., and is the seventh
of the twelve children of Joseph E. and Cynthia A. (Elliott) Powell,
natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Alabama, who settled in
Crawford County, MO., in 1848.  William T. received a good education
in the graded schools of Steelville, MO., and subsequently followed 
the vocation of a teacher in the public schools for several terms.  He
afterward studied law, and was a practitioner of the legal profession
in the courts of justice for a while.  At the time of his marriage,
which occurred in 1871, he was engaged as a clerk in a general store
at Cuba, MO., but soon afterward began farming, to which occupation he
has since devoted the greater part of his attention.  His wife was
Phoebe A., daughter of John and Cyrena Taylor, early settlers of Craw-
ford County.  Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Powell, five
died in early childhood.  Those living are Joseph W., Lena H. and 
Minnie F.  During the war Mr. Powell enlisted in the Union army, State
Militia, serving ninety days, but participating in no hard fought 
battles.  He now owns 163 acres of land and a comfortable home.  A 
Democrat, politically, he has served five years as justice of the 
peace, and has also filled the office of notary public.  He and wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and command the
respect of friends and neighbors.

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