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John Henry Powell, Solider and World Traveler
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In 1926 information came to light about John Henry Powell, a Pitt County native, sailor, soldier, railroader and adventurer who was a soldier for Queen Victoria in India. Powell was from Bell’s Ferry (Grifton) and ran away from home and worked on American and British ships for many years. He had many unique and frightening stories. Powell ended his globe-trotting in India following a mutiny aboard a British ship in the Indian Ocean. He joined the British Army in Calcutta and fought in several campaigns in the Himalayas and western Pakistan. He then worked as a railway engineer on lines across India. Powell then returned to North Carolina for a visit in July 1927 and went to Hopewell, VA to see his elderly mother and brother who were still alive. Powell was planning to move back to North Carolina from India with his children.
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