Henry Powell, proprietor of the Carroll Dairy, which was established in 1882, is a native of Shropshire, England, the date of his birth being December 5, 1836. His parents, Henry and Elizabeth Powell, had a family of three children — Henry, George and Ann Elizabeth. The father was a son of Sir George Powell, the Powell family tracing their ancestry back to the time of William the Conqueror, and the mother of our subject was the daughter of a landed proprietor. Henry Powell, the subject of this sketch, made his home in England until attaining the age of twenty-eight years. When fourteen years old he went to sea and for years followed a sailor’s life. On coming to America, about the year 1864, he located in New Jersey, where he resided until 1867. He then came to Iowa, locating in Sac County near the Carroll County line, twelve miles north of Carroll, where he resided some two years. March 29, 1868, he was married to Miss Frances Elizabeth Bannister, who was born at Mandley, in Staffordshire, England, but at the time of her marriage was living in Carroll, Iowa. They are the parents of five children — W. Henry, born in Sac County, March 26, 1869; Annie Elizabeth, born May 5, 1871; Frederick J., born October 1, 1873; Clara May, March 19,1876, and Alice Louisa, born March 1, 1878. Mr. Powell has been a resident of Carroll County since 1869. He is the owner of 106 acres of choice land, all well improved and under a high state of cultivation, a good, commodious residence, and fine out-buildings for the accommodation of his stock. In politics Mr. Powell affiliates with the Republican party. Both he and his wife are worthy and earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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