Representative, 1874; State Senator 1878; State Auditor of Accounts 11/1878- 
11/1892. He was a member of the Loyal Legion. 
Henry died May 4th 1911, and is buried in Lakeview cemetery, Burlington, 
Vt. 
Ellen Grace Rowell 
Ellen (Nell) was born in 1841 oldest daughter of Adoniram Judson Rowell 
and Lucy A. Richardson. Adoniram was and prominent business man and 
merchant at North Troy [Orleans County], Vermont. Nell received her early 
education in North Troy, Vermont then attended The New Hampton Institute in 
Fairfax, Vermont where she became close friends with Eliza Learned. After 
completing her education in Fairfax Nell went on to become a music teacher in 
Richford, Vermont. Shortly after leaving Fairfax Nell started writing to her best 
friend Eliza authoring most of the letters in this collection. 
On November so" of 1864 Nell married Edwin Henry Powell her former 
classmate in Fairfax and fellow teacher at Richford. The couple was separated by 
the Civil War but was reunited when Henry was discharged on May 17 1866, 
making their home in Richford. Two children were born of the marriage Blanche. 
P., wife of William A. Spring, of Dresden, Germany, a prominent American 
dentist; and Max L., who is a graduate of the University of Vermont and was 
associated with his father in the law and insurance business. 
Nell's obituary follows. 
Obituary 
Died- In Richford, July 9 of consumption, Ellen Rowell, Wife of CoJ. E. Henry 
Powell, aged 34 years and two months. 
Mrs. Powell was a daughter of Hon. A. J. and Lucy A. Rowell of North Troy. 
She was born at North Troy, May 111842. At the age of 18 she graduated from