Biographical Sketch of W. H. Powers, M. D., Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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W. H. Powers, M. D., is a native of Monroe County, W. Va., and was born
May 16, 1823.  He was the second in a family of five children, and re-
ceived his education in the common schools of his native county.  When
seventeen years of age he moved to Prince Edward County, Va., and in 
the fall of 1849 located near Gray's Summit, Franklin Co., Mo., making
his home with Dr. John A. Powers, with whom he studied medicine.  In 
1852 he settled in the neighborhood of Catawissa, practiced medicine a
short time, and in the winter of 1852-53 attended a course of lectures
at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio.  He then return-
ed to Franklin County, Mo., resumed practice near Catawissa until the
winter of 1858-59, when he attended another course of lectures at the
same school.  He has met with unusual success in his chosen profession,
and enjoys a large and lucrative practice, from which he is retiring.
He owns 640 acres of cultivated land, well stocked.  In 1859 he married
Miss Julia Ann Colbern, a native of Miller County, Mo., and a daughter
of James and Jane (Templin) Colbern, natives of Tennessee, and of Fren-
ch and Pennsylvania-German descent. Dr. and Mrs. Powers are the parents
of six children: Cora (now Mrs. George H. Kempker), Fannie, James R.
(deceased), Julia (deceased), Virona and William A. Mr. and Mrs. Powers
are members of the Christian Church.  In politics the Doctor is a Demo-
crat.  He is a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Francis) Powers, natives,
respectively, of Hanover and Monroe Counties, Va., and of Irish and
German descent.  Richard Powers, a shoemaker and farmer, and soldier of
the War of 1812, was a son of Michael Powers, a native of Ireland; the
latter was a tanner by trade.  Mrs. Elizabeth Powers was a daughter of
John and Isabelle (Erskin) Francis.


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