. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . held the office four years. In 1877 hewas elected county judge, which office he holds at thepresent time. January 17, 1846, he was united in marriage to MissEmma F., daughter of George Marvin, of Albany, and hasthree children, two sons and one daughter. TOWNSEND POWELL,son of James and Martha Powell, was born at Clinton,Dutchess Co., N. Y., August 23, 1807. He lived atthe homestead, early assuming the care of the farm, untilthe year 1845, when he removed to Ghent, Co
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . held the office four years. In 1877 hewas elected county judge, which office he holds at thepresent time. January 17, 1846, he was united in marriage to MissEmma F., daughter of George Marvin, of Albany, and hasthree children, two sons and one daughter. TOWNSEND POWELL,son of James and Martha Powell, was born at Clinton,Dutchess Co., N. Y., August 23, 1807. He lived atthe homestead, early assuming the care of the farm, untilthe year 1845, when he removed to Ghent, Columbia Co.,where he now resides. He has devoted himself to thecareful cultivation and improvement of his farm, and hasalso entered largely into local improvements, for many yearstaking an active interest in the public school. His wife, Catharine Macy, daughter of Abram and Eliza-beth Macy, was of Nantucket ancestry. She was an enthu-siastic lover of flowers, and cultivated them with greatsuccess. She died Feb. 10, 1877, but the home still bearsthe evideuces of her zeal in making it attractive and beau-tiful. ••» >. C¥:y/r7m^<^^<^^^^ HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK. Their oldest son, Aaron M. Powell, was born at Clinton,in 1832. At the age of eighteen he became interested inthe anti-slavery cause, and from that time until the pro-clamation of emancipation gave his best efforts to securethe abolition of slavery in the United States. He waseditor of the National Anti- Slavery Standard from has since devoted himself to the temperance cause,having been for several years the editor of theNational Temperance Advocate, published in New has also been an advocate of womans suffrage, and in1872 went as a delegate to the International Prison Con-gress held in London, and in 1877 attended the Interna-tional Congress held at Geneva, Switzerland, to promotethe abolition of State-regulated vice. In 1864 he marriedAnna Rice, of Worcester, Mass. The
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