Biography:

Writer. Born– February 19, 1860, Montgomery. Parents– James R. and Mary (Smythe) Powell.  (James R. Powell was one of the founders of the City of Birmingham and its first elected mayor, 1873-75.) Education:  taught at home by her mother, formerly a teacher at St. Wilfrid’s Episcopal School in Marion.  Lived in Europe for several years; studied music and languages with tutors in Paris, Dresden. Returned to the U.S.  and lived in the Northeast; was living in New Jersey when the book was published in 1930.

Source:

Encyclopedia of Alabama (online).

The Life of James R. Powell.

Publication(s):

The Life of James R. Powell, and Early History of Alabama and Birmingham. Brooklyn, N.Y.; Braunworth & Co., 1930.