1882 History of Linn County, Missouri

BIOGRAPHY

BENJAMIN L. POWELL                                                     Lotus Creek Township, page 880

“was born in Lotus Creek township, Linn county, Missouri, July 20, 1838, where he was reared and educated.  September 11,   1861, he enlisted in Company H, Second Regiment Missouri State Guards, where he remained until February, 1862, when he reenlisted in the Confederate service under Captain Flournoy, and served with him until the close of the war.  He then returned to Linn county, and has followed farming principally ever since.  March 1, 1881, he was appointed superintendent of the poor-farm, and still holds said office at this writing.  He was married in this county January 29, 1857, to Miss Elvira Harvey.  They have had seven children, four of whom are living, John P., Edward H., Robert W., and James H.”   

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