Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886

M. M. Powell was born in Lawrence County, Tenn., December 5, 1843, son of J. M. and Sarah L. (Pullen) Powell, who were born in South Carolina and Tennessee, in 1819 and 1824, respectively. The former died May 26, 1876, but the latter is still living in Lawrence County. Our subject’s grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812, under Gen. Jackson. M.M. was reared in Lawrence County, and began doing for himself at the age of twenty-five. His principal occupation has been farming, in which he has been fairly successful, owning at the present time 687 acres of land. November 14, 1867, he married Hannah P. Comer, daughter of Jessee and Margaret (Springer) Comer, and by her is the father of two children: John D., born September 30, 1869, and Calvin T., born October 25, 1873. Mr. Powell served in the Federal Army in the late war, enlisting at Nashville, November 3, 1863, and was mustered our May 16, 1865. He was elected justice of the peace in August, 1876, was re-elected in 1882 and is now serving in that capacity. He is a Democrat, and not a member of any church, but is in sympathy with the Methodist.

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This biographical sketch was transcribed by Reita Jones Burress and posted on-line by Jane N. Powell on September 10, 1998, with the following caveat:

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