Ruel B. Powell

GOFF, POWELL

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/11/2004 at 17:44:53

R. B. Powell, Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. De Soto; owns 245 acres; born in Marion county, Indiana, in 1845; moved from there to Madison county, Iowa, in 1854; has made this his home since; married in 1865 to M.T.J. Goff, of Indiana; has five children living and three deceased; Mr. P. is one of Madison’s best farmers, an affable, intelligent man who carries brains as well as muscle into his work, and is respected by all who know him as a rising man; has served for three years as town clerk and an expired term of constable.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 648