Thomas Powell

As printed in 1880

THOMAS H. POWELL, farmer; P. O., Chesterville; is the son of Daniel Powell, born in 1805, and Anna (Ayres) Powell, born in 1808, both in Pennsylvania. They were married in 1827 in Ohio, having emigrated to Welsh Hills at an early day, and made their ! final settlement in this township on what is now the residence of Aquilla Jarvis. Here the father died Dec. 24, 1866. The mother attended a fourth of July celebration at Mt. Gilead, and on the fifth of the month expired, in the year 1876 or 1877. They had seven children — Levi, Eliza J., Sallie A., Maria, Thomas, Diana, Elizabeth M.; the parents were Baptists. Thomas was born July 31, 1838, in what is now Morrow Co., and was named for Rev. Thomas Powell, who gave I him a horse and $25, He attended school some in his younger days, and worked for his father on his farm, and was married in 1857, to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Matilda Gale. Her father was born in Maryland, and her mother in Pennsylvania, and they had eleven children, seven of whom survive — Frederick, Elizabeth, Mary, Abner, Amy A., John and Sarah E. Mrs. Powell was born

Oct. 4, 1839, and she and her husband settled after marriage on a portion of his father’s farm, and in 1870 he bought the hotel in Chesterville, and kept tavern for eighteen months, in which he was successful. Selling there, he came to the present farm in the spring of 1873. He has now 143 acres of finely improved land; was once Constable, and has been township Trustee. He and his wife are members of the Regular Baptist Church. He cast his first Presidential vote for Douglas, and has since been identified with the party. His union blessed him with eight children — Mary E., married William Fogle; Benjamin F., Eliza C., James A., Murray, Millie, Laura and Hannah.

As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio ... a history of Morrow County ... biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.