River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-08-25
MRS. Lucinda E. POWELL

MRS. LUCINDA E. POWELL
Mrs. Lucinda E. Powell passed
away at her home in this city Thurs
day evening, August Is, 1910.
Lucinda E. Taylor was born at
Norfolk, New York, April 4, 1928. !
Her father was Adolphus Taylor, a
Congregational minister of rare gen
Jus and a profound teacher of the
gospel. Mrs. Powell was the eldest
of family of seven children, five of
whom emigrated to the ST, Croix |
Valley between 1854 and 1860, viz:
Mrs. Powell, David Taylor, Lutte A.
Taylor, Horace A. Taylor, and Har
riet Taylor, who subsequently mar
ried John Green of River Falls. Al |
though Mrs. Powell was the eldest
of the family, she survived them all.
She married Lyman N. Powell of |
Madrid, New York, in 1871, being |
hen but eighteen years of age. ToI
them were born seven children. OIL
these, William died at the age of
nineteen years, and Frances, wife of
Charles A Mckee, died in January,
1890, few days after her husband
had passed away. The remaining
children, Mrs. Alice P. Weld, Mrs. |
Ada Stone, Mrs. Ida Gould, Mrs.
Harriet Ensign and WILDER F. Powell,
survived her and were all present at
her funeral. $3.50
The Powell family emigrated to
Wisconsin in 1855, and from that
date became fully identified with
the history Of the growing town OF
River Falls. About 1858 Mr.. Powell
purchased from his brother Nathan
lei the house still standing at the
corner of Elm and Third streets in
the village of River Falls, which was
the first two-story house erected in
the village. In this house Mrs.
Powell lived until her death, a
period of more than fifty years.
Her husband died in 1872, leaving
to her care her aged mother and five
children, the eldest being William,
who died within few weeks of his
fathers death. The trust thus COM
mitted to her was filled in a manner
beyond all praise. To her children
and TO those around her she was a
veritable Mother in Israel. The
calls of suffering or sorrow always
found in her ready response, and
she seemed to feel deep and abid-
ing sense of responsibility for the
happiness and comfort Of others.
Her family cares were necessarily
exacting, but she always found time
for going about and doing good.
She did not possess that social in
stinct which seems to compel those
who possess it to take much time in
visiting. 1t was the call of duty
which summoned her from her home
circle which she always loved.
There was in her disposition none
of that spirit of detection of evil
which makes it's possessor suspi-
cious. She was, on the contrary, sim
gularly innocent as TO many things
which arouse the covert smile, even
in those of tender age. She was a
deyout Christian. Next to her home,
her church received her loves and
prayers. One of the severest trials
of her life came when her advancing
age and physical weakness forbade
her attendance upon the services of
the church of which she was mem
Der for fifty-fve years.
She was blessed in having fam
lily devoted TO her, who loved her
and in whose affection and loving
care she had perfect confidence. No
doubt was ever felt by her as to the
love of her children and their devo-
ton to her welfare, and this conf
dence was fully reciprocated by each
one of them, Her house was the
home for all of her brothers and
sister as we'll as for her children. 1t
seemed to them all more like an old
ancestral mansion, than one of later
growth.
The funeral services were held at
her home on Saturday last, Rev.
William Gray, whom she had known
from boyhood, and who had been a
member of her Sunday school class
in his younger days, officiating
Many friends came to show their re-
spect for her memory, and beautiful
floral tributes attested to their affec-
ton. She was gently laid to rest by
the side of her husband, after
widowhood of thirty-eight years.
Among those from out of town
who attended the funeral, were
Mrs. Nathan Stone of Crookston,
Mimi, Mrs. C. NJ. Gould of Milwau-
kee, Wilbur Powell, Wheaton, Mimi,
Mrs. Harvey Powell of Weyburn,
Canada, and Mrs. Clara Green and
Mrs. David Taylor of Minneapolis.
MRS. SVEN NJ. BROLANDER
Mrs. Sven NJ. Brolander died of
cancer of the stomach at her home
| in this CITY. Monday morning. Au-.