Excerpts from letter by daughter Ola Powell Hogue said:
"Mrs. Hogue's father, James L. Powell has told us many tmes that hisgr andmother Emily Mahan was one-half Cherokee Indian, and a nurseand He rb Doctor, known by everyone by "Aunt Milly"."
"Mrs. Hogue's father, James Lewis Powell and his brother Leander (orLe e Andrew) went to Texas about 1880. Her father settled in LanarCo., n ear Paris Texas. Uncle Lee ANDREW settled in Bowie Co. nearTexarkan a, Tex. Uncle Lee is buried in Texarkana, Texas. In Red LickCemetery. "
