From the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Sept. 24, 1901, p. 1:
Col. J. L. Power, secretary of state of Mississippi, died at his residence in this city at 12:30 o’clock this morning after an illness of two weeks with ythopneumonia. The end was not unexpected. . . . Col. Power became ill immediately after his return from an extended trip to Louisville, Buffalo and other cities in the East and North. . . .
The services will take place at the First Presbyterian church commencing at four o’clock Wednesday afternoon. . . . The funeral will be under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity in which Col. Power held high rank as Grand Secretary and Grand Recorder. . . . Other secret fraternities, including the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and societies in which Col. Power was a valued member, will actively participate in the ceremony of laying his remains to rest. The Jackson fire department, State, county and city officials, and various civic bodies will form a part of the pageant. . . . At the request of Governor Longino and the other state officials, the remains of the distinguished dead will lie in state in the rotunda of the capital from 10 o’clock Wednesday until the hour of the funeral. . . .
He was born in Ireland, March 1, 1834, the lady who was afterwards to become his wife being born on the same day, month and year, in the United States. His father dying when the boy was six years old, and his mother marrying again and coming to the United States, he had a hard scuffle for existence. He lived with relatives in Ireland till sixteen years old, when he decided to come to the United States. . . . He arrived in New York in December, 1850. [He traveled to Lockport, New York, where his mother lived, but in a few years made his way to a warmer climate and New Orleans.]
Here he found steady and profitable employment at the printer’s trade, but in 1855, the following year, he decided to come to Jackson, the capital city of Mississippi, then a struggling village with only a few hundred inhabitants. For forty-six years, and up to the hour of his death, he was a citizen of Jackson, and closely identified with its progress and development. . . .
He was married in 1857 to Miss Jane Wilkinson, and they have raised a family of six children, five of whom survive, Miss Kate, Joseph, Annabel, Emmie and George.
When the civil war was declared he was engaged in the publishing business, but on the organization of the Withers’ Light Artillery he joined the regiment as private in Company A, which embraced a number of Jackson’s most prominent citizens. He was appointed orderly sergeant and afterwards became adjutant of the regiment. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, and has since written an interesting account of that memorable event. In 1864 he was commissioned superintendent of army records by the Confederate Congress, holding the rank of Colonel, and hence by this title he was ever since been known. . . .
[He started] a newspaper called the Mississippi Standard, which was merged with the famous old Clarion in 1866. It was the official journal of Mississippi, and so continued until the beginning of the reconstruction period. . . . His associate for many years was the Hon. Ethelbert Barksdale, one of the South’s most famous editors, and who afterwards served two terms in Congress. In 1875 the firm of Power & Barksdale was elected as State printers, and re-elected for five biennial terms.
After the election of Major Barksdale to Congress, the Clarion was, in 1888, consolidated with the State Ledger under the name of the Clarion-Ledger, the firm being R. H. Henry & Co., Col. Power retaining his interest until elected Secretary of State. Col. Power was known as the Nestor of the Press,” and had for many years been the historian of the Mississippi Press Association, being one of the charter members of that organization. . . .
In 1895 Co. Power was elected Secretary of State, and has conducted the affairs of this office with signal ability. In 1899 he was re-elected to the position and was serving the second year of his term at the time of his death. . . .
The contributions of Col. Power to Mississippi history have been many and valuable, and through his efforts much valuable data pertaining to the affairs of the commonwealth would have been lost forever had it not been for his efforts. He has written a large number of articles now on file in the archives of the Mississippi Historical Society, and at the time of his death was at work on a large volume history of the commonwealth he loved so well. . . .
Contributor: Linda Thompson (47749170)
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John Logan Power, a native of Ireland, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 8 April 1862 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was mustered as a Sgt. Major in Company A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.
When he enlisted he was described as: Age 27, Native of Ireland, Occupation Publisher, married, height 5 feet 10 inches, complexion fair, hair black, eyes black. He was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment on 6 August 1862. He resigned on 3 June 1864. (bio by Martha Reid 19 UDC)Thanks to Martha Reid Chapter 19,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Col. J. L. Power, secretary of state of Mississippi, died at his residence in this city at 12:30 o’clock this morning after an illness of two weeks with ythopneumonia. The end was not unexpected. . . . Col. Power became ill immediately after his return from an extended trip to Louisville, Buffalo and other cities in the East and North. . . .
The services will take place at the First Presbyterian church commencing at four o’clock Wednesday afternoon. . . . The funeral will be under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity in which Col. Power held high rank as Grand Secretary and Grand Recorder. . . . Other secret fraternities, including the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and societies in which Col. Power was a valued member, will actively participate in the ceremony of laying his remains to rest. The Jackson fire department, State, county and city officials, and various civic bodies will form a part of the pageant. . . . At the request of Governor Longino and the other state officials, the remains of the distinguished dead will lie in state in the rotunda of the capital from 10 o’clock Wednesday until the hour of the funeral. . . .
He was born in Ireland, March 1, 1834, the lady who was afterwards to become his wife being born on the same day, month and year, in the United States. His father dying when the boy was six years old, and his mother marrying again and coming to the United States, he had a hard scuffle for existence. He lived with relatives in Ireland till sixteen years old, when he decided to come to the United States. . . . He arrived in New York in December, 1850. [He traveled to Lockport, New York, where his mother lived, but in a few years made his way to a warmer climate and New Orleans.]
Here he found steady and profitable employment at the printer’s trade, but in 1855, the following year, he decided to come to Jackson, the capital city of Mississippi, then a struggling village with only a few hundred inhabitants. For forty-six years, and up to the hour of his death, he was a citizen of Jackson, and closely identified with its progress and development. . . .
He was married in 1857 to Miss Jane Wilkinson, and they have raised a family of six children, five of whom survive, Miss Kate, Joseph, Annabel, Emmie and George.
When the civil war was declared he was engaged in the publishing business, but on the organization of the Withers’ Light Artillery he joined the regiment as private in Company A, which embraced a number of Jackson’s most prominent citizens. He was appointed orderly sergeant and afterwards became adjutant of the regiment. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, and has since written an interesting account of that memorable event. In 1864 he was commissioned superintendent of army records by the Confederate Congress, holding the rank of Colonel, and hence by this title he was ever since been known. . . .
[He started] a newspaper called the Mississippi Standard, which was merged with the famous old Clarion in 1866. It was the official journal of Mississippi, and so continued until the beginning of the reconstruction period. . . . His associate for many years was the Hon. Ethelbert Barksdale, one of the South’s most famous editors, and who afterwards served two terms in Congress. In 1875 the firm of Power & Barksdale was elected as State printers, and re-elected for five biennial terms.
After the election of Major Barksdale to Congress, the Clarion was, in 1888, consolidated with the State Ledger under the name of the Clarion-Ledger, the firm being R. H. Henry & Co., Col. Power retaining his interest until elected Secretary of State. Col. Power was known as the Nestor of the Press,” and had for many years been the historian of the Mississippi Press Association, being one of the charter members of that organization. . . .
In 1895 Co. Power was elected Secretary of State, and has conducted the affairs of this office with signal ability. In 1899 he was re-elected to the position and was serving the second year of his term at the time of his death. . . .
The contributions of Col. Power to Mississippi history have been many and valuable, and through his efforts much valuable data pertaining to the affairs of the commonwealth would have been lost forever had it not been for his efforts. He has written a large number of articles now on file in the archives of the Mississippi Historical Society, and at the time of his death was at work on a large volume history of the commonwealth he loved so well. . . .
Contributor: Linda Thompson (47749170)
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John Logan Power, a native of Ireland, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 8 April 1862 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was mustered as a Sgt. Major in Company A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.
When he enlisted he was described as: Age 27, Native of Ireland, Occupation Publisher, married, height 5 feet 10 inches, complexion fair, hair black, eyes black. He was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment on 6 August 1862. He resigned on 3 June 1864. (bio by Martha Reid 19 UDC)Thanks to Martha Reid Chapter 19,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
From the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Sept. 24, 1901, p. 1:
Col. J. L. Power, secretary of state of Mississippi, died at his residence in this city at 12:30 o’clock this morning after an illness of two weeks with ythopneumonia. The end was not unexpected. . . . Col. Power became ill immediately after his return from an extended trip to Louisville, Buffalo and other cities in the East and North. . . .
The services will take place at the First Presbyterian church commencing at four o’clock Wednesday afternoon. . . . The funeral will be under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity in which Col. Power held high rank as Grand Secretary and Grand Recorder. . . . Other secret fraternities, including the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and societies in which Col. Power was a valued member, will actively participate in the ceremony of laying his remains to rest. The Jackson fire department, State, county and city officials, and various civic bodies will form a part of the pageant. . . . At the request of Governor Longino and the other state officials, the remains of the distinguished dead will lie in state in the rotunda of the capital from 10 o’clock Wednesday until the hour of the funeral. . . .
He was born in Ireland, March 1, 1834, the lady who was afterwards to become his wife being born on the same day, month and year, in the United States. His father dying when the boy was six years old, and his mother marrying again and coming to the United States, he had a hard scuffle for existence. He lived with relatives in Ireland till sixteen years old, when he decided to come to the United States. . . . He arrived in New York in December, 1850. [He traveled to Lockport, New York, where his mother lived, but in a few years made his way to a warmer climate and New Orleans.]
Here he found steady and profitable employment at the printer’s trade, but in 1855, the following year, he decided to come to Jackson, the capital city of Mississippi, then a struggling village with only a few hundred inhabitants. For forty-six years, and up to the hour of his death, he was a citizen of Jackson, and closely identified with its progress and development. . . .
He was married in 1857 to Miss Jane Wilkinson, and they have raised a family of six children, five of whom survive, Miss Kate, Joseph, Annabel, Emmie and George.
When the civil war was declared he was engaged in the publishing business, but on the organization of the Withers’ Light Artillery he joined the regiment as private in Company A, which embraced a number of Jackson’s most prominent citizens. He was appointed orderly sergeant and afterwards became adjutant of the regiment. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, and has since written an interesting account of that memorable event. In 1864 he was commissioned superintendent of army records by the Confederate Congress, holding the rank of Colonel, and hence by this title he was ever since been known. . . .
[He started] a newspaper called the Mississippi Standard, which was merged with the famous old Clarion in 1866. It was the official journal of Mississippi, and so continued until the beginning of the reconstruction period. . . . His associate for many years was the Hon. Ethelbert Barksdale, one of the South’s most famous editors, and who afterwards served two terms in Congress. In 1875 the firm of Power & Barksdale was elected as State printers, and re-elected for five biennial terms.
After the election of Major Barksdale to Congress, the Clarion was, in 1888, consolidated with the State Ledger under the name of the Clarion-Ledger, the firm being R. H. Henry & Co., Col. Power retaining his interest until elected Secretary of State. Col. Power was known as the Nestor of the Press,” and had for many years been the historian of the Mississippi Press Association, being one of the charter members of that organization. . . .
In 1895 Co. Power was elected Secretary of State, and has conducted the affairs of this office with signal ability. In 1899 he was re-elected to the position and was serving the second year of his term at the time of his death. . . .
The contributions of Col. Power to Mississippi history have been many and valuable, and through his efforts much valuable data pertaining to the affairs of the commonwealth would have been lost forever had it not been for his efforts. He has written a large number of articles now on file in the archives of the Mississippi Historical Society, and at the time of his death was at work on a large volume history of the commonwealth he loved so well. . . .
Contributor: Linda Thompson (47749170)
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John Logan Power, a native of Ireland, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 8 April 1862 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was mustered as a Sgt. Major in Company A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.
When he enlisted he was described as: Age 27, Native of Ireland, Occupation Publisher, married, height 5 feet 10 inches, complexion fair, hair black, eyes black. He was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment on 6 August 1862. He resigned on 3 June 1864. (bio by Martha Reid 19 UDC)Thanks to Martha Reid Chapter 19,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Col. J. L. Power, secretary of state of Mississippi, died at his residence in this city at 12:30 o’clock this morning after an illness of two weeks with ythopneumonia. The end was not unexpected. . . . Col. Power became ill immediately after his return from an extended trip to Louisville, Buffalo and other cities in the East and North. . . .
The services will take place at the First Presbyterian church commencing at four o’clock Wednesday afternoon. . . . The funeral will be under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity in which Col. Power held high rank as Grand Secretary and Grand Recorder. . . . Other secret fraternities, including the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and societies in which Col. Power was a valued member, will actively participate in the ceremony of laying his remains to rest. The Jackson fire department, State, county and city officials, and various civic bodies will form a part of the pageant. . . . At the request of Governor Longino and the other state officials, the remains of the distinguished dead will lie in state in the rotunda of the capital from 10 o’clock Wednesday until the hour of the funeral. . . .
He was born in Ireland, March 1, 1834, the lady who was afterwards to become his wife being born on the same day, month and year, in the United States. His father dying when the boy was six years old, and his mother marrying again and coming to the United States, he had a hard scuffle for existence. He lived with relatives in Ireland till sixteen years old, when he decided to come to the United States. . . . He arrived in New York in December, 1850. [He traveled to Lockport, New York, where his mother lived, but in a few years made his way to a warmer climate and New Orleans.]
Here he found steady and profitable employment at the printer’s trade, but in 1855, the following year, he decided to come to Jackson, the capital city of Mississippi, then a struggling village with only a few hundred inhabitants. For forty-six years, and up to the hour of his death, he was a citizen of Jackson, and closely identified with its progress and development. . . .
He was married in 1857 to Miss Jane Wilkinson, and they have raised a family of six children, five of whom survive, Miss Kate, Joseph, Annabel, Emmie and George.
When the civil war was declared he was engaged in the publishing business, but on the organization of the Withers’ Light Artillery he joined the regiment as private in Company A, which embraced a number of Jackson’s most prominent citizens. He was appointed orderly sergeant and afterwards became adjutant of the regiment. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, and has since written an interesting account of that memorable event. In 1864 he was commissioned superintendent of army records by the Confederate Congress, holding the rank of Colonel, and hence by this title he was ever since been known. . . .
[He started] a newspaper called the Mississippi Standard, which was merged with the famous old Clarion in 1866. It was the official journal of Mississippi, and so continued until the beginning of the reconstruction period. . . . His associate for many years was the Hon. Ethelbert Barksdale, one of the South’s most famous editors, and who afterwards served two terms in Congress. In 1875 the firm of Power & Barksdale was elected as State printers, and re-elected for five biennial terms.
After the election of Major Barksdale to Congress, the Clarion was, in 1888, consolidated with the State Ledger under the name of the Clarion-Ledger, the firm being R. H. Henry & Co., Col. Power retaining his interest until elected Secretary of State. Col. Power was known as the Nestor of the Press,” and had for many years been the historian of the Mississippi Press Association, being one of the charter members of that organization. . . .
In 1895 Co. Power was elected Secretary of State, and has conducted the affairs of this office with signal ability. In 1899 he was re-elected to the position and was serving the second year of his term at the time of his death. . . .
The contributions of Col. Power to Mississippi history have been many and valuable, and through his efforts much valuable data pertaining to the affairs of the commonwealth would have been lost forever had it not been for his efforts. He has written a large number of articles now on file in the archives of the Mississippi Historical Society, and at the time of his death was at work on a large volume history of the commonwealth he loved so well. . . .
Contributor: Linda Thompson (47749170)
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John Logan Power, a native of Ireland, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 8 April 1862 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was mustered as a Sgt. Major in Company A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.
When he enlisted he was described as: Age 27, Native of Ireland, Occupation Publisher, married, height 5 feet 10 inches, complexion fair, hair black, eyes black. He was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment on 6 August 1862. He resigned on 3 June 1864. (bio by Martha Reid 19 UDC)Thanks to Martha Reid Chapter 19,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
