Powell - Thomas M.
Source: H.W. Beckwith History, Montgomery County, Indiana (HH Hill:
Chicago, 1881)
Thomas
M. POWELL, farmer, Shannondale, was born in Bath County, Kentucky, on March 10,
1834, his parents, John and Elizabeth L. (PATRICK) Powell being natives of the
same state. In 1840, when only six years old, his parents removed to Indiana,
and settled in Scott township, Montgomery County. Here the subject of our
sketch spent his youth, and received his early education at the pioneer
school-house in Parkersburg, his teachers being David A. SHANNON (father of Dr.
Shannon) and Thomas BINGHAM. The latter was considered one of the best teachers
of that period in the County. Mr. Powell was raised on a farm, and followed
agriculture until he reached his twentieth year, when he engaged in clerking
and bookkeeping, serving seven years as deputy auditor of the County, and one
year as deputy treasurer. On the outbreaking of the war he enlisted in the 10th
Ind. reg. and also clerked in the ordnance department of the service at
Nashville. In 1867 he married Miss Elizabeth MILLER, daughter of Henry Miller,
one of the early settlers of the County, and in the following year (1868) owing
to feeble health, returned to his farm, which now comprises 218 acres of
splendid land, well improved, and showing the results of systematic and careful
culture. Mr. Powell is elder of the Christian Church at Providence (Disciples)
and is highly respected all over the County. In politics he is republican. -- typed
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