Powell.John.W.1837.Adair.BIOS
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John W. Powell December 17, 1837 - 
Adair County KyArchives Biography 
Author: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume II, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, Vol. 
V, 4th edition, 1886 
JOHN W. POWELL, a native of Adair County, was born December 17, 1837. His 
father, Kelsoe Powell, also a native of Adair County, was born in 1796, and his 
life-long occupation was milling.  He was married first to a Miss Grider, and 
they were the parents of one child, Harriet, wife of Josiah Sparks. After the 
death of his first wife, Mr. Powell was married to Miss Oney Gilkey, a daughter 
of Jonathan Gilkey, a native of Adair County, and the farmer of a large family 
of children, most of whom now live in Missouri. By his second marriage, Mr. 
Powell became the father of eight children: Polly Ann, wife of Archelaus 
Strange; Rosa E., wife of Robert H. Caldwell; James, John W., Jeptha T., 
Elizabeth M., Frances, wife of Thomas Carter, and Louis C., all of whom are 
living. Kelsoe Powell was owner of a mill on Powell's Creek, a branch of Crocus 
Creek, an besides cultivated a farm of 400 acres, most of which was in timber. 
His death occurred in 1875; that of his wife, August 3, 1882, in the 
seventy-ninth year of her age. John Powell, grandfather of John W. Powell, 
was a Virginian and a farmer, who settled in Adair county while it was yet 
an unbroken wilderness. He cleared, cultivated and owned about 400 acres of 
land in the county, but was never wealthy. He was the father of six 
children, only two of whom remained in Adair County, the rest emigrating to 
other parts of Kentucky. John W. Powell in youth acquired a good business 
education in the county schools, and also attended the high school at 
Campbellsville a few months. He remained on the home farm until he reached 
his majority, and then taught in the common schools about three years, after 
which he commenced purchasing tobacco for a New York firm, which was his 
business for the next three years in connection with farming. Mr. Powell was 
married October 1, 1867, to Miss Laura T. Botts, a daughter of Thompson and 
Elizabeth (Moore) Botts, natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Powell had born 
to them six children: Thompson, Leslie, Birdie, Lillie and Nora; Annie, who 
was the third child, died infancy. Mr. Powell first purchased 160 acres of 
land, which was well improved; three years later he sold and purchased 170 
acres, on which he remained ten years. His present farm of 175 aces, near 
Glenville, he settled in 1880, and this has since been his home; 200 acres 
are cleared and in cultivation. Mr. Powell is purchasing tobacco in the 
Louisville market, and he also buys and raises stock. He began life with no 
inheritance, but has always been a successful trader, and is at present in 
comfortable circumstances. Mr. and Mrs. Powell are both members of the 
Christian Church of Glenville. 


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