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Cincinnatus Dickson Powell, M. D. One of the most successful and highly esteemed
members of the medical profession. Dr. Cincinnatus Dickson Powell has been
engaged in the practice of his profession at Delhi, Franklin Parish, for the
past decade, and owns and operates a fine plantation in the Fifth Ward of this
parish. He was born at Issaquena, Mississippi, August 15, 1883, a son of John
and Cynthia (Hutchins) Powell.
John Powell was a merchant and planter of
Issaquena County, Mississippi, and died when Doctor Powell was an infant. For
the next few years the family lived at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and then moved to
Utica. The surviving children of the family are: William B., who is a merchant
of Utica; J. M., who is a business man of Belzoni, Mississippi; C. D. Powell,
and Mrs. J. C. Winters, of Utica, Mississippi.
Carefully educated, Doctor
Powell was first a student at Jefferson Military College, and later of the
University of Kentucky. and his medical training was taken at the Memphis,
Tennessee, Hospital School, from which he was graduated in 1908, with the degree
of Doctor of Medicine. In 1911 and 1912 he took up post-graduate work at Tulane
University. Following the securing of his degree, Doctor Powell located at
Folsom, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. From there he went into the cattle
district of Ashland, Montana, and upon his return did some special work at
Tulane University. He then established himself in the Fifth Ward of Franklin
Parish. When Doctor Powell entered upon his professional duties he made his
rounds on horseback or with a horse and buggy. Now he travels in a high-powered
car. Other changes quite as remarkable have taken place during the period he has
been in practice. He has followed with zealous interest the wonderful
discoveries in medical and surgical science, and kept himself abreast of all of
them, not only by means of his post-graduate work, but also by reading and
study. His success in his profession is not to be wondered at, for he is well
fitted by nature for his work, and his kindly, sympathetic manner wins hini warm
friends at the same time that his undoubted skill commands respect and inspires
confidence.
In 1921 Doctor Powell was married to Jessie Redfield, a
daughter of James Redfield, of Winnsboro Doctor Powell finds congenial
relaxation in hunting and fishing, and is a great lover of nature. His time and
attention are so fully occupied with his professional duties and the cares of
his plantation that he has never cared to enter public life, but he is
interested in having the right men put into office, and willing to work to bring
about this end. Although not a native son of the parish, he is enthusiastic with
reference to its possibilities, and feels that its natural resources are almost
inexhaustible, and if they are properly developed, practically no limit can be
placed upon the advancement of this section of the state. He is a Knight of
Pythias and a Mason.
Note: The referenced source contains an autographed portrait of the subject.
Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from A History of Louisiana, by Henry E. Chambers, published in 1925, volume 2, page 234.
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