This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Powell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/6075 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald, Thur., 27 Aug 1903 Death - John Powell, an ex-Confederate soldier died last Sunday night at the county poor farm in Cameron and was buried Monday afternoon by members of the Confederate camp here. He was found on a river bottom farm some days ago in a destitute condition and was taken to the poor farm by the officers, so he could be given attention.