Powell, John Wesley

Life Span
to
    Full name
    John Wesley Powell
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    1
    Family
    Joseph Powell (father), Mary Powell (mother), Emma Dean (wife) 
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Wheaton College (IL) Oberlin College (OH)
    Occupation
    Military
    Educator
    Scientist or Inventor
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Methodist
    Government
    Hayes Administration (1877-81)
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Powell, John Wesley," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/40737.