Mendocino County Biographies

Henry T. Powell

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Was born in Iowa, February 2, 1834. When he was eight years of 
age, his parents moved to Iowa. March 8, 1854, he started across the plains for 
California, arriving September 15th of that year. He located in Alameda county, 
and began farming. In 1856, he went to Olema, Marin county, where he engaged in 
dairying. He then went to the mines, where he remained two years. In 1861, he 
entered the United States service. He then returned to Marin county; thence to 
Sonoma county; then returned to Marin county, being engaged in farming and 
dairying in all those places. In 1868, he was Deputy Assessor of Marin county. 
In 1869, he came to Mendocino county, and was Deputy-Assessor for the northern 
portion of the county for several years. He located at Kibesilla in 1878, and 
has been Justice of the Peace for the past two years. He was married in 1869 to 
Miss Georgia C. Foster. Their children are Alexander, Clara, Hattie, Nye, and 
Frank.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 622