David J. Powell

As printed in 1910

DAVID J. POWELL, JR.

A well known farmer and influential citizen of the vicinity of Odessa and an honored representative of one of the best families of Lafayette county, is David J. Powell, Jr., who was born in Washington township, this county, on May 2, 1866. He is the son of Thomas J. and Dorinda (Hatton) Powell, the former born in Missouri, being the son of Richard Powell, who came to this state from Tennessee in the early thirties, he being one of three of the first settlers in Washington township, and here he spent the rest of his life. He was a typical pioneer, fearless and a man who never quailed at obstacles, thus from the early days to the present the Powell family has been well known and influential here. Thomas J. Powell was a very successful farmer. He started with forty acres and at one time owned six hundred and ten acres. He became very "well-to-do and was a man of many fine traits of character. During the war he was in the state militia. His death occurred at Odessa, Missouri, August 24, 1907. He was a member of the Baptist church, while his wife belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was a Republican and he made the race for county judge several times. He was a member of the Ancient

Order of United Workmen. Seven of the thirteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Powell are living, David J., of this review, being the fourth in order of birth.

David J. Powell, Jr., received a good education in the local schools and grew to maturity on the home farm. On February 22, 1888, he married Nannie L. Scott, daughter of Albert and Fannie (Mauzey) Scott. The father was born in Logan county, Kentucky, in 1839, and was the son of Archibald Scott, "who brought the family to Missouri in an early day. The Mauzey family were also early settlers in Missouri, having come here from Virginia. They were French Huguenots and emigrated to the Carolinas in colonial days. William Mauzey, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Powell, came to Lafayette county, Missouri, from Virginia, spending the rest of his life here, dying in 1887.

Mr. Powell has been very successful as a farmer and stock raiser, owning one of the best farms in this township, consisting of two hundred and ten acres. It is well improved and yields abundant harvests under its owner's skillful management. In 1905 he built a modern and attractive residence, a large, substantial barn and made other valuable improvements about his place which, all in all, is one of the most desirable in this vicinity.

Mr. Powell's family consists of four children, namely: Raymond, born September 29, 1889, died when three months old; Ernest Scott, born December 9, 1891; Elsie Alice, born March 7, 1894; Dorothy E., born September 4,

Mr. and Mrs. Powell and children are members of the Baptist church. Politically, Mr. Powell is a Republican, and in fraternal matters belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen.

As printed in Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.