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Born 1845
From Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910), History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, cities, towns and villages, together with a (1881)
J. H. POWELL.
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As printed in History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, cities, towns and villages, together with a (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JOHN H. POWELL.
The genial agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad at Concordia is a well-known man, having in his extraordinarily long term of service become familiar with most people of the neighborhood, and has witnessed great development in the country and town, as well as in the methods and equipment of railroad service.
John H. Powell was born in Findlay, Ohio, October 26, 1845, " there grew up. In March, 1870, he came to Warrensburg, Missouri, and in January, 1872, went into the Pacific office at Concordia, Missouri, learned telegraphy in 1871, and in January, 1872, took charge of the office at Concordia. The railroad had just reached the town, so he opened the office for the company. There was no depot, but the road was built on farther, and shortly afterward the depot was completed. Mr. Powell has since remained in Concordia, has just completed thirty-eight years of service, being the only person in the employ of the Missouri Pacific road to have held one position so long. Mr. Millspagh, the late agent at Kansas City; Mr. Pennington, late of Warrensburg, and J. C. Church, of Jefferson City, all began with the Missouri Pacific the same year as Mr. Powell. He has seen the entire development of Concordia.
In December, 1872, Mr. Powell was married at Concordia to Fannie L. Smith, daughter of John Smith, a merchant here for many years and Concordia's first mayor. He had started a store here in 1870 and continued in it until his death, in 1878. John H. Powell succeeded him as mayor for a term and a half. Mr. and Mrs. Powell are the parents of the following children, three sons and five daughters: Lillian, who married H. L. Thieman, of Kansas City, Missouri; Smith, agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad at Holden, Missouri; Gertrude, who married Eugene Miller, wholesale merchant at Oklahoma City; Mabel, at home; Ervin L., ticket agent at Tower Grove station, on the Missouri Pacific line, near St. Louis; Annetta, who married Theodore O. Smith, of Oklahoma City; Lawrence, assistant to his father, and Maud, at home.
Mr. Powell's life has been entirely devoted to railroad work. He is a Republican, but no politician. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He has given very efficient service during his long term at Concordia and has by the affability of his disposition made many friends. The railroad county him among its most dependable employes.
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.
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