According to the Nov. 2013 issue of the "Missouri Times" of the State Historical Society of Missouri, Lizzie Powell was imprisoned as a Southern sympathizer. In early 1862, she and friend Maggie Creath of Palmyra, Mo. were accused of aiding and abetting guerrillas. First she was imprisoned at National Hotel in Palmyra, then solitary confinement in the Railroad House in Hannibal. She was a prisoner for five months before being released.
During this time, she wrote a diary, which included information on the "Palmyra Massacre" Oct. 18, 1862. The diary was transcribed and donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Annabel Johnson, Powell's great granddaughter.
Following her release, Powell earned a teacher's certificate and with brother James moved to Nevada to work in the small mining town of Austin where she met attorney Alfred Hereford whom she married March 16, 1864. She died Nov. 11, 1877 from injuries sustained in a carriage accident.
According to the Nov. 2013 issue of the "Missouri Times" of the State Historical Society of Missouri, Lizzie Powell was imprisoned as a Southern sympathizer. In early 1862, she and friend Maggie Creath of Palmyra, Mo. were accused of aiding and abetting guerrillas. First she was imprisoned at National Hotel in Palmyra, then solitary confinement in the Railroad House in Hannibal. She was a prisoner for five months before being released.
During this time, she wrote a diary, which included information on the "Palmyra Massacre" Oct. 18, 1862. The diary was transcribed and donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Annabel Johnson, Powell's great granddaughter.
Following her release, Powell earned a teacher's certificate and with brother James moved to Nevada to work in the small mining town of Austin where she met attorney Alfred Hereford whom she married March 16, 1864. She died Nov. 11, 1877 from injuries sustained in a carriage accident.
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