History of Posey County Indiana, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago,
1886. Reprinted by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, IN 1967
[Henderson Co]

JOHN W. POWELL, M.D., of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Henderson County,
Ky., June 16, 1844, and is the only son of eleven children born to James
M. and Matilda (Greene) Powell who were born in Kentucky and Virginia
respectively.  The father was a farmer and resided in the county of his
nativity all his life with the exception of two years' residence in 
Indiana, in 1841-42.  John W. secured a good literary education, 
attending the Asbury University at Greencastle, Ind., in 1864-65, and
the Washington College of Lexington, Va., in 1866-67-68.  In 1870 he
began the study of medicine entering the medical department of the 
university of Louisville, Ky., and graduated from that institution in
March, 1872.  He then began practicing his profession in his native
county, continuing there with good success until 1880.  In December of
that year, he came to Indiana and located at Mount Vernon where he has
since resided and now controls a large and remunerative practice.  In
1882 he was appointed county physician and is serving in that capacity
at the present time.  In 1870 he was married to Belle Dorsey.  They
became the parents of six children, three of whom are living: Lila R.,
Wesley Dorsey and Clyde E.  The Doctor is a Democrat and Mason and he
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Powell Greene Dorsey
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Posey-IN VA

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