POWELL, JEHU Z.: 1848-1918.
Jehu Z. Powell , son of Jacob and Martha A. Troutman Powell, was born in Cass County, Ind., on Aug. 13, 1848. He attended the Logansport schools and the Presbyterian Academy and was graduated from the literary department of the University of Michigan in 1871 and from the medical department in 1874. He opened an office in Logansport in the same year.
page: 260[View Page 260]Dr. Powell was a member of the city council for four years, a presidential elector in 1896 and postmaster of Logansport from 1892 to 1902. He was chairman of the Cass County Republican Committee from 1892 to 1896.
Dr. Powell was married three times. His first wife, Mary J. Leffel, died in 1877. His second marriage was to Mrs. Louisa F. Ewing (nee Harris) who died in 1899, and Catherine A. Market was his third wife.
Dr. Powell served as secretary of the Cass County Medical Society for 25 years, and in 1903 he was a delegate to the International Medical Congress at Madrid, Spain.
He edited the History of Cass County which was published in 1913. It was a distinctive piece of work. Unlike most compilers of county histories, Dr. Powell took a keen and scholarly interest in the subjects of his biographical sketches. He took a particular interest in those citizens who had written for publication and the information he gives is accurate and complete. His work is the source of most of the Cass County entries in this compilation.
He died on Jan. 8, 1918.
Information from the Logansport Public Library.
- History of Cass County. Chicago,
1913. 2 vols.
