"History of Fayette County, Indiana" published by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, In 1917. Submitted by Brenda Black Watson.
Isaac Powell was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and was about fifteen years of age when his parents Zenas and Charity (Baker) Powell came up into Indiana with their family in 1825 and settled in this county, where their last days were spent. Zenas Powell, was a well-to-do farmer of the Carlisle neighborhood in Kentucky, but when the settlement up here in this part of Indiana began to expand so promisingly in the twenties he determined to put in his lot with that of the settlers here and in 1825 he and his wife and all of their children, save their eldest son, Nathan, came here seeking a permanent location. Zenas Powell entered the southeast quarter of section 34 in Harrison township, a little more than a mile northeast of Harrisburg, and there established his home in the then wilderness. Not long afterward his wife, Charity, died and he married again and for a time thereafter lived at Milton, but moved to a farm two miles west of his old home and there he spent his last days, his death occurring on April 27, 1857. His son, Zenas Powell, Jr., was born near Carlisle, Kentucky, October 12, 1805, and was twenty years of age when he came to this county with his parents. Here he married Lydia Caldwell, who was born on the farm now owned by Scott Caldwell, northwest of Harrisburg, the southwest quarter of section 34, adjoining the old Powell home, a daughter of Joseph and Miriam (Chadwick) Caldwell, the former of whom, a native of Maryland, was one of the earliest settlers in this county, having been one of the occupants of the old blockhouse back in the days when the Indians were troublesome. Miriam Chadwick was born in North Carolina and also was among the early arrivals in Fayette county, her parents having come here in pioneer days. Zenas Powell, Jr., died on September 17, 1883, and his widow survived him until January 23, 1899. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Lewis F., long since deceased; Mary Jane, who married Horace H. Elwell and is now deceased; Emmaline who married I. Zeller and is now deceased; Charity, also deceased, who was the second wife of I. Zeller; Eliza who died when two years of age; Malinda, who died unmarried; James, who died in childhood; Margaret, who is still living on the old home farm, and Sarah Catherine, wife of L. L. Broadus, of Connersville.
When twenty years of age, about five years after his arrival in this county, Isaac Powell married Elizabeth Dale, who was born on a pioneer farm one mile west and one mile north of Harrisburg, a daughter of Alexander Dale and wife, pioneers of Fayette county who later moved to Wabash county, and to that union seven children were born, namely: Squire, who went to Philadelphia and married there, but came home with consumption and here died; Harriet, who married Hugh A. Dickey and now lives in Grant county, this state; Enos, who moved to Wabash county and died in the city of Wabash; Nancy, who married James Ross, of Wabash county, and died there; Alfred, who died in childhood; William Joseph, and another who died in infancy.
The mother of these children died in 1846 and in 1847 Isaac Powell married Mary Viola Ginn, who was born in 1821 on a pioneer farm in the Nulltown neighborhood in Columbia township, this county, a daughter of Gabriel and Hannah (Wood) Ginn, early settlers in that community, who had come up here from Kentucky. Hannah Wood was born near Havre de Grace, Maryland, and was but four years of age when her parents moved to Kentucky, where she grew to womanhood and where she married Gabriel Ginn, later coming up into Indiana and settling in this county. About 1836 Gabriel Ginn moved from the Nulltown settlement to Connersville and established his home at the point now occupied by the Big Four freight depot and was living there during canal days. His wife taught school for some time in their home there. Gabriel Ginn took an active part in public affairs in those days and for seven years served as clerk of the court.
To Isaac and Mary Viola (Ginn) Powell were born five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first-born, the others being Thomas Jefferson, Mary Elizabeth, Samuel K. and Sarah Desdemona, all of whom are living save the two last named. Thomas Jefferson Powell is a well-known farmer of this county, who lives in the Dan Lewis farm, a mile east of Fairview. Mary Elizabeth Powell married George Looney and is now living at Rushville. Sarah D. Powell married John Matthews of Arlington, and died about two years ago. In 1880 Samuel K. Powell married Ida Murphy and began farming in the north edge of Fairview township. He was killed in an accident on Christmas night in 1891, and left a widow and three children, Mary Estella, Donald G. and Homer. Mary Estella Powell married Oliver Manlove, a farmer in Posey township, and has two children, Elsie Louise and Robert G. Donald G. Powell lives on the farm just west of the old Powell homestead in the north edge of Fairview township. He married Meta Chance and has two children, Lowell C. and Helen Lorene. Homer Powell, who married Ruby Dickey, is farming the old Powell farm and lives in a separate house on that farm. For eight years or more during the days of his young manhood, Samuel K. Powell was a school teacher, teaching in the schools at Fairview and at Falmouth and the Baker school at "Yankeetown." He was an active Republican, was interested in the Patriotic Order of the Soils of America and in the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a member of the Christian church, as is his widow, who is now living on the old Isaac Powell farm, keeping house for her brother-in-law, Gabriel Ginn Powell. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1860, daughter of Cornelius and Katherine (Mason) Murphy, both of whom also were born in that city, and who came to this county when their daughter, Ida, was about four years of age and settled in the Bentonville neighborhood. There Cornelius Murphy died in 1879. His widow is now living in Cincinnati.
Isaac Powell became one of the most substantial farmers in the western part of the county and had a wide acquaintance throughout the county, this acquaintance being enlarged by his years of activity as an auctioneer and particularly as a crier at live-stock sales, he thus coming to know nearly everybody in the county. For some time he served as county assessor and in other ways contributed to the public service. After his marriage in 1830 he and his wife started keeping house in a cabin on his father's farm, but shortly afterward bought the farm in the northeastern corner of Fairview township, where he spent the remainder of his life and where his son, Gabriel Ginn Powell, is now living. Very little, if any, of that land was cleared at the time he bought it and he had a difficult task in clearing the place and bringing it under cultivation. One field near the house he cleared while the timber was still green and the fertility of that particular field was permanently impaired thereby.
Gabriel G. Powell, has always lived on the farm where he was born and is a lifelong farmer. For years he has given close attention to the raising of high-grade horses and hogs, and has a fine lot of draft horses and purebred Duroc-Jersey hogs. He is the owner of two hundred and forty acres of excellent land and is accounted one of the most substantial farmers in the part of the county. Like his father, Mr. Powell is genial and hospitable in his demeanor and is widely known throughout the county. Though he has never married he is not wanting in natural affection, for he remained with his parents in their old age and ever since the death of his brother, Samuel K. Powell, has been like a father to the latter's children.
Isaac Powell was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and was about fifteen years of age when his parents Zenas and Charity (Baker) Powell came up into Indiana with their family in 1825 and settled in this county, where their last days were spent. Zenas Powell, was a well-to-do farmer of the Carlisle neighborhood in Kentucky, but when the settlement up here in this part of Indiana began to expand so promisingly in the twenties he determined to put in his lot with that of the settlers here and in 1825 he and his wife and all of their children, save their eldest son, Nathan, came here seeking a permanent location. Zenas Powell entered the southeast quarter of section 34 in Harrison township, a little more than a mile northeast of Harrisburg, and there established his home in the then wilderness. Not long afterward his wife, Charity, died and he married again and for a time thereafter lived at Milton, but moved to a farm two miles west of his old home and there he spent his last days, his death occurring on April 27, 1857. His son, Zenas Powell, Jr., was born near Carlisle, Kentucky, October 12, 1805, and was twenty years of age when he came to this county with his parents. Here he married Lydia Caldwell, who was born on the farm now owned by Scott Caldwell, northwest of Harrisburg, the southwest quarter of section 34, adjoining the old Powell home, a daughter of Joseph and Miriam (Chadwick) Caldwell, the former of whom, a native of Maryland, was one of the earliest settlers in this county, having been one of the occupants of the old blockhouse back in the days when the Indians were troublesome. Miriam Chadwick was born in North Carolina and also was among the early arrivals in Fayette county, her parents having come here in pioneer days. Zenas Powell, Jr., died on September 17, 1883, and his widow survived him until January 23, 1899. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Lewis F., long since deceased; Mary Jane, who married Horace H. Elwell and is now deceased; Emmaline who married I. Zeller and is now deceased; Charity, also deceased, who was the second wife of I. Zeller; Eliza who died when two years of age; Malinda, who died unmarried; James, who died in childhood; Margaret, who is still living on the old home farm, and Sarah Catherine, wife of L. L. Broadus, of Connersville.
When twenty years of age, about five years after his arrival in this county, Isaac Powell married Elizabeth Dale, who was born on a pioneer farm one mile west and one mile north of Harrisburg, a daughter of Alexander Dale and wife, pioneers of Fayette county who later moved to Wabash county, and to that union seven children were born, namely: Squire, who went to Philadelphia and married there, but came home with consumption and here died; Harriet, who married Hugh A. Dickey and now lives in Grant county, this state; Enos, who moved to Wabash county and died in the city of Wabash; Nancy, who married James Ross, of Wabash county, and died there; Alfred, who died in childhood; William Joseph, and another who died in infancy.
The mother of these children died in 1846 and in 1847 Isaac Powell married Mary Viola Ginn, who was born in 1821 on a pioneer farm in the Nulltown neighborhood in Columbia township, this county, a daughter of Gabriel and Hannah (Wood) Ginn, early settlers in that community, who had come up here from Kentucky. Hannah Wood was born near Havre de Grace, Maryland, and was but four years of age when her parents moved to Kentucky, where she grew to womanhood and where she married Gabriel Ginn, later coming up into Indiana and settling in this county. About 1836 Gabriel Ginn moved from the Nulltown settlement to Connersville and established his home at the point now occupied by the Big Four freight depot and was living there during canal days. His wife taught school for some time in their home there. Gabriel Ginn took an active part in public affairs in those days and for seven years served as clerk of the court.
To Isaac and Mary Viola (Ginn) Powell were born five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first-born, the others being Thomas Jefferson, Mary Elizabeth, Samuel K. and Sarah Desdemona, all of whom are living save the two last named. Thomas Jefferson Powell is a well-known farmer of this county, who lives in the Dan Lewis farm, a mile east of Fairview. Mary Elizabeth Powell married George Looney and is now living at Rushville. Sarah D. Powell married John Matthews of Arlington, and died about two years ago. In 1880 Samuel K. Powell married Ida Murphy and began farming in the north edge of Fairview township. He was killed in an accident on Christmas night in 1891, and left a widow and three children, Mary Estella, Donald G. and Homer. Mary Estella Powell married Oliver Manlove, a farmer in Posey township, and has two children, Elsie Louise and Robert G. Donald G. Powell lives on the farm just west of the old Powell homestead in the north edge of Fairview township. He married Meta Chance and has two children, Lowell C. and Helen Lorene. Homer Powell, who married Ruby Dickey, is farming the old Powell farm and lives in a separate house on that farm. For eight years or more during the days of his young manhood, Samuel K. Powell was a school teacher, teaching in the schools at Fairview and at Falmouth and the Baker school at "Yankeetown." He was an active Republican, was interested in the Patriotic Order of the Soils of America and in the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a member of the Christian church, as is his widow, who is now living on the old Isaac Powell farm, keeping house for her brother-in-law, Gabriel Ginn Powell. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1860, daughter of Cornelius and Katherine (Mason) Murphy, both of whom also were born in that city, and who came to this county when their daughter, Ida, was about four years of age and settled in the Bentonville neighborhood. There Cornelius Murphy died in 1879. His widow is now living in Cincinnati.
Isaac Powell became one of the most substantial farmers in the western part of the county and had a wide acquaintance throughout the county, this acquaintance being enlarged by his years of activity as an auctioneer and particularly as a crier at live-stock sales, he thus coming to know nearly everybody in the county. For some time he served as county assessor and in other ways contributed to the public service. After his marriage in 1830 he and his wife started keeping house in a cabin on his father's farm, but shortly afterward bought the farm in the northeastern corner of Fairview township, where he spent the remainder of his life and where his son, Gabriel Ginn Powell, is now living. Very little, if any, of that land was cleared at the time he bought it and he had a difficult task in clearing the place and bringing it under cultivation. One field near the house he cleared while the timber was still green and the fertility of that particular field was permanently impaired thereby.
Gabriel G. Powell, has always lived on the farm where he was born and is a lifelong farmer. For years he has given close attention to the raising of high-grade horses and hogs, and has a fine lot of draft horses and purebred Duroc-Jersey hogs. He is the owner of two hundred and forty acres of excellent land and is accounted one of the most substantial farmers in the part of the county. Like his father, Mr. Powell is genial and hospitable in his demeanor and is widely known throughout the county. Though he has never married he is not wanting in natural affection, for he remained with his parents in their old age and ever since the death of his brother, Samuel K. Powell, has been like a father to the latter's children.
"History of Fayette County, Indiana" published by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, In 1917. Submitted by Brenda Black Watson.
Isaac Powell was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and was about fifteen years of age when his parents Zenas and Charity (Baker) Powell came up into Indiana with their family in 1825 and settled in this county, where their last days were spent. Zenas Powell, was a well-to-do farmer of the Carlisle neighborhood in Kentucky, but when the settlement up here in this part of Indiana began to expand so promisingly in the twenties he determined to put in his lot with that of the settlers here and in 1825 he and his wife and all of their children, save their eldest son, Nathan, came here seeking a permanent location. Zenas Powell entered the southeast quarter of section 34 in Harrison township, a little more than a mile northeast of Harrisburg, and there established his home in the then wilderness. Not long afterward his wife, Charity, died and he married again and for a time thereafter lived at Milton, but moved to a farm two miles west of his old home and there he spent his last days, his death occurring on April 27, 1857. His son, Zenas Powell, Jr., was born near Carlisle, Kentucky, October 12, 1805, and was twenty years of age when he came to this county with his parents. Here he married Lydia Caldwell, who was born on the farm now owned by Scott Caldwell, northwest of Harrisburg, the southwest quarter of section 34, adjoining the old Powell home, a daughter of Joseph and Miriam (Chadwick) Caldwell, the former of whom, a native of Maryland, was one of the earliest settlers in this county, having been one of the occupants of the old blockhouse back in the days when the Indians were troublesome. Miriam Chadwick was born in North Carolina and also was among the early arrivals in Fayette county, her parents having come here in pioneer days. Zenas Powell, Jr., died on September 17, 1883, and his widow survived him until January 23, 1899. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Lewis F., long since deceased; Mary Jane, who married Horace H. Elwell and is now deceased; Emmaline who married I. Zeller and is now deceased; Charity, also deceased, who was the second wife of I. Zeller; Eliza who died when two years of age; Malinda, who died unmarried; James, who died in childhood; Margaret, who is still living on the old home farm, and Sarah Catherine, wife of L. L. Broadus, of Connersville.
When twenty years of age, about five years after his arrival in this county, Isaac Powell married Elizabeth Dale, who was born on a pioneer farm one mile west and one mile north of Harrisburg, a daughter of Alexander Dale and wife, pioneers of Fayette county who later moved to Wabash county, and to that union seven children were born, namely: Squire, who went to Philadelphia and married there, but came home with consumption and here died; Harriet, who married Hugh A. Dickey and now lives in Grant county, this state; Enos, who moved to Wabash county and died in the city of Wabash; Nancy, who married James Ross, of Wabash county, and died there; Alfred, who died in childhood; William Joseph, and another who died in infancy.
The mother of these children died in 1846 and in 1847 Isaac Powell married Mary Viola Ginn, who was born in 1821 on a pioneer farm in the Nulltown neighborhood in Columbia township, this county, a daughter of Gabriel and Hannah (Wood) Ginn, early settlers in that community, who had come up here from Kentucky. Hannah Wood was born near Havre de Grace, Maryland, and was but four years of age when her parents moved to Kentucky, where she grew to womanhood and where she married Gabriel Ginn, later coming up into Indiana and settling in this county. About 1836 Gabriel Ginn moved from the Nulltown settlement to Connersville and established his home at the point now occupied by the Big Four freight depot and was living there during canal days. His wife taught school for some time in their home there. Gabriel Ginn took an active part in public affairs in those days and for seven years served as clerk of the court.
To Isaac and Mary Viola (Ginn) Powell were born five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first-born, the others being Thomas Jefferson, Mary Elizabeth, Samuel K. and Sarah Desdemona, all of whom are living save the two last named. Thomas Jefferson Powell is a well-known farmer of this county, who lives in the Dan Lewis farm, a mile east of Fairview. Mary Elizabeth Powell married George Looney and is now living at Rushville. Sarah D. Powell married John Matthews of Arlington, and died about two years ago. In 1880 Samuel K. Powell married Ida Murphy and began farming in the north edge of Fairview township. He was killed in an accident on Christmas night in 1891, and left a widow and three children, Mary Estella, Donald G. and Homer. Mary Estella Powell married Oliver Manlove, a farmer in Posey township, and has two children, Elsie Louise and Robert G. Donald G. Powell lives on the farm just west of the old Powell homestead in the north edge of Fairview township. He married Meta Chance and has two children, Lowell C. and Helen Lorene. Homer Powell, who married Ruby Dickey, is farming the old Powell farm and lives in a separate house on that farm. For eight years or more during the days of his young manhood, Samuel K. Powell was a school teacher, teaching in the schools at Fairview and at Falmouth and the Baker school at "Yankeetown." He was an active Republican, was interested in the Patriotic Order of the Soils of America and in the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a member of the Christian church, as is his widow, who is now living on the old Isaac Powell farm, keeping house for her brother-in-law, Gabriel Ginn Powell. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1860, daughter of Cornelius and Katherine (Mason) Murphy, both of whom also were born in that city, and who came to this county when their daughter, Ida, was about four years of age and settled in the Bentonville neighborhood. There Cornelius Murphy died in 1879. His widow is now living in Cincinnati.
Isaac Powell became one of the most substantial farmers in the western part of the county and had a wide acquaintance throughout the county, this acquaintance being enlarged by his years of activity as an auctioneer and particularly as a crier at live-stock sales, he thus coming to know nearly everybody in the county. For some time he served as county assessor and in other ways contributed to the public service. After his marriage in 1830 he and his wife started keeping house in a cabin on his father's farm, but shortly afterward bought the farm in the northeastern corner of Fairview township, where he spent the remainder of his life and where his son, Gabriel Ginn Powell, is now living. Very little, if any, of that land was cleared at the time he bought it and he had a difficult task in clearing the place and bringing it under cultivation. One field near the house he cleared while the timber was still green and the fertility of that particular field was permanently impaired thereby.
Gabriel G. Powell, has always lived on the farm where he was born and is a lifelong farmer. For years he has given close attention to the raising of high-grade horses and hogs, and has a fine lot of draft horses and purebred Duroc-Jersey hogs. He is the owner of two hundred and forty acres of excellent land and is accounted one of the most substantial farmers in the part of the county. Like his father, Mr. Powell is genial and hospitable in his demeanor and is widely known throughout the county. Though he has never married he is not wanting in natural affection, for he remained with his parents in their old age and ever since the death of his brother, Samuel K. Powell, has been like a father to the latter's children.
Isaac Powell was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and was about fifteen years of age when his parents Zenas and Charity (Baker) Powell came up into Indiana with their family in 1825 and settled in this county, where their last days were spent. Zenas Powell, was a well-to-do farmer of the Carlisle neighborhood in Kentucky, but when the settlement up here in this part of Indiana began to expand so promisingly in the twenties he determined to put in his lot with that of the settlers here and in 1825 he and his wife and all of their children, save their eldest son, Nathan, came here seeking a permanent location. Zenas Powell entered the southeast quarter of section 34 in Harrison township, a little more than a mile northeast of Harrisburg, and there established his home in the then wilderness. Not long afterward his wife, Charity, died and he married again and for a time thereafter lived at Milton, but moved to a farm two miles west of his old home and there he spent his last days, his death occurring on April 27, 1857. His son, Zenas Powell, Jr., was born near Carlisle, Kentucky, October 12, 1805, and was twenty years of age when he came to this county with his parents. Here he married Lydia Caldwell, who was born on the farm now owned by Scott Caldwell, northwest of Harrisburg, the southwest quarter of section 34, adjoining the old Powell home, a daughter of Joseph and Miriam (Chadwick) Caldwell, the former of whom, a native of Maryland, was one of the earliest settlers in this county, having been one of the occupants of the old blockhouse back in the days when the Indians were troublesome. Miriam Chadwick was born in North Carolina and also was among the early arrivals in Fayette county, her parents having come here in pioneer days. Zenas Powell, Jr., died on September 17, 1883, and his widow survived him until January 23, 1899. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Lewis F., long since deceased; Mary Jane, who married Horace H. Elwell and is now deceased; Emmaline who married I. Zeller and is now deceased; Charity, also deceased, who was the second wife of I. Zeller; Eliza who died when two years of age; Malinda, who died unmarried; James, who died in childhood; Margaret, who is still living on the old home farm, and Sarah Catherine, wife of L. L. Broadus, of Connersville.
When twenty years of age, about five years after his arrival in this county, Isaac Powell married Elizabeth Dale, who was born on a pioneer farm one mile west and one mile north of Harrisburg, a daughter of Alexander Dale and wife, pioneers of Fayette county who later moved to Wabash county, and to that union seven children were born, namely: Squire, who went to Philadelphia and married there, but came home with consumption and here died; Harriet, who married Hugh A. Dickey and now lives in Grant county, this state; Enos, who moved to Wabash county and died in the city of Wabash; Nancy, who married James Ross, of Wabash county, and died there; Alfred, who died in childhood; William Joseph, and another who died in infancy.
The mother of these children died in 1846 and in 1847 Isaac Powell married Mary Viola Ginn, who was born in 1821 on a pioneer farm in the Nulltown neighborhood in Columbia township, this county, a daughter of Gabriel and Hannah (Wood) Ginn, early settlers in that community, who had come up here from Kentucky. Hannah Wood was born near Havre de Grace, Maryland, and was but four years of age when her parents moved to Kentucky, where she grew to womanhood and where she married Gabriel Ginn, later coming up into Indiana and settling in this county. About 1836 Gabriel Ginn moved from the Nulltown settlement to Connersville and established his home at the point now occupied by the Big Four freight depot and was living there during canal days. His wife taught school for some time in their home there. Gabriel Ginn took an active part in public affairs in those days and for seven years served as clerk of the court.
To Isaac and Mary Viola (Ginn) Powell were born five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first-born, the others being Thomas Jefferson, Mary Elizabeth, Samuel K. and Sarah Desdemona, all of whom are living save the two last named. Thomas Jefferson Powell is a well-known farmer of this county, who lives in the Dan Lewis farm, a mile east of Fairview. Mary Elizabeth Powell married George Looney and is now living at Rushville. Sarah D. Powell married John Matthews of Arlington, and died about two years ago. In 1880 Samuel K. Powell married Ida Murphy and began farming in the north edge of Fairview township. He was killed in an accident on Christmas night in 1891, and left a widow and three children, Mary Estella, Donald G. and Homer. Mary Estella Powell married Oliver Manlove, a farmer in Posey township, and has two children, Elsie Louise and Robert G. Donald G. Powell lives on the farm just west of the old Powell homestead in the north edge of Fairview township. He married Meta Chance and has two children, Lowell C. and Helen Lorene. Homer Powell, who married Ruby Dickey, is farming the old Powell farm and lives in a separate house on that farm. For eight years or more during the days of his young manhood, Samuel K. Powell was a school teacher, teaching in the schools at Fairview and at Falmouth and the Baker school at "Yankeetown." He was an active Republican, was interested in the Patriotic Order of the Soils of America and in the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a member of the Christian church, as is his widow, who is now living on the old Isaac Powell farm, keeping house for her brother-in-law, Gabriel Ginn Powell. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1860, daughter of Cornelius and Katherine (Mason) Murphy, both of whom also were born in that city, and who came to this county when their daughter, Ida, was about four years of age and settled in the Bentonville neighborhood. There Cornelius Murphy died in 1879. His widow is now living in Cincinnati.
Isaac Powell became one of the most substantial farmers in the western part of the county and had a wide acquaintance throughout the county, this acquaintance being enlarged by his years of activity as an auctioneer and particularly as a crier at live-stock sales, he thus coming to know nearly everybody in the county. For some time he served as county assessor and in other ways contributed to the public service. After his marriage in 1830 he and his wife started keeping house in a cabin on his father's farm, but shortly afterward bought the farm in the northeastern corner of Fairview township, where he spent the remainder of his life and where his son, Gabriel Ginn Powell, is now living. Very little, if any, of that land was cleared at the time he bought it and he had a difficult task in clearing the place and bringing it under cultivation. One field near the house he cleared while the timber was still green and the fertility of that particular field was permanently impaired thereby.
Gabriel G. Powell, has always lived on the farm where he was born and is a lifelong farmer. For years he has given close attention to the raising of high-grade horses and hogs, and has a fine lot of draft horses and purebred Duroc-Jersey hogs. He is the owner of two hundred and forty acres of excellent land and is accounted one of the most substantial farmers in the part of the county. Like his father, Mr. Powell is genial and hospitable in his demeanor and is widely known throughout the county. Though he has never married he is not wanting in natural affection, for he remained with his parents in their old age and ever since the death of his brother, Samuel K. Powell, has been like a father to the latter's children.
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