BIO: A. J. POWELL, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 463.
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  A. J. POWELL, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Woodland, Pa., was 
born here in 1862, in an old log house which has been standing for more than 
100 years, and is a son of William and Hannah (Young) Powell.  William Powell 
was a farmer and a miller by trade and in 1859 came to Clearfield County and 
located at Woodland, where he lived until the time of his death in 1904.  His 
wife died here in 1890.
  A. J. Powell grew to man's estate in Woodland, and after obtaining an 
education in the common schools of Clearfield, worked in the clay mines and in 
the timbers near Woodland.  Mr. Powell is fraternally a member of the Red Men, 
No. 407, of Clearfield, the Knights of Pythias, the Maccabees, and was a 
charter member of the order of Golden Eagles.
  Mr. Powell was married in 1904 to Katherine Waite, who was born and reared in 
Clearfield County, Pa., and whose parents are both now deceased.