Powell, William John, d. 1848.

Stephen Cambreleng Powell was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on July 20, 1843. He was the son of William John Powell (d. 1848), a surgeon in the United States Navy. The younger Powell attended Yale School of Medicine between 1861 and 1863, during which time he was an assistant at a local hospital for wounded soldiers. He then transferred to Columbia University and seems to have received M.D. degrees from both institutions in 1864. For three decades following graduation, Powell travelled extensively. When he settled in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1895, he began to practice medicine, specializing in diseases of the ears, nose, and throat. He continued this occupation until 1925. He was married to Henrietta King on June 15, 1871, and had no children. Powell died on October 7, 1930, in Newport, Rhode Island.

Stephen Cambreleng Powell, M.D. 1864.

Born July 20, 1843, in Charlestown, Mass.

Died October 7, 1930, in Newport, R. I.

Father, William John Powell (graduate Dublin University; M.D. Columbia 1831); assistant surgeon and surgeon in United States Navy, serving on the Experiment, Porpoise, St. Louis, Falmouth, and Warren, and at Boston and New York Navy yards; son of Rev. Dr. William Powell (born in Dublin, Ireland, probably educated at Trinity College) and Olivia (Guiness) Powell, of New York City. Mother, Angelica Talcott (Devens) Powell; daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Noble) Devens, of Charlestown, Mass. Brother: William D. Powell ex-'60 S.

General Russell's Collegiate and Commercial Institute, New Haven; studied medicine at Yale School of Medicine 1861-63, during which period served as an assistant in care of wounded soldiers at the Knight United States Army General Hospital (New Haven); continued medical studies at Columbia 1863-64 (also M.D. 1864); traveled extensively between 1864 and 1894; postgraduate work at New York Polyclinic 1894-95; practiced medicine in Newport 1895-1925; specialized in diseases of the ear, nose, and throat; member of staff of Newport Hospital since 1896; member American, Rhode Island, and Newport Medical societies, American Laryngological Rhinological, and Otological Society, Electro Therapeutical Society, and Trinity Episcopal Church, Newport; former commodore of Newport Yacht Club.

Married June 15, 1871, in New Haven, Henrietta King, daughter of Henry and Mary Webster (Southgate) Trowbridge, and half sister of Courtland H. Trowbridge, ex-'90 Special S. No children.

Death due to infirmities of age and chronic myocarditis. Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Portsmouth, R. I. Survived by wife and two half sisters, Mrs. J. Clarkson Hill and Miss Lita Angelica Rice, both of Springdale, Conn.

(Taken from Yale University Obituary Record, 1928-31, p. 269).

From the guide to the William J. and Stephen C. Powell Papers, 1829-1863, (Manuscripts and Archives)