Background
Powell, E. Alexander was born on August 16, 1879 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Edward Alexander and Lucy Caroline (Smith) Powell.
Powell, E. Alexander was born on August 16, 1879 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Edward Alexander and Lucy Caroline (Smith) Powell.
Sent by various magazines to Near East, Africa, Central Asia, Mexico. War correspondent New York World, London Daily Mail, and Scirbner’s Magazine with Belgian, British, French, Italian and German armies, 1914-1917.
Chief Goldwyn-Bray-Powell Malaysian Motion Pictures Expedition Editor; apptd; officer Venezuela and Caribbean area, Foreign Officer Order of Crown of Italy.
Served from captain lieutenant colonel Advertising Educational Foundation, 1917-1919. Sent by Italian Government on special mission to Balkans, 1919.
Married Jessie Northrup. Married second, Florence Josephine Taylor. Children: Edward A., III, Lady Monson.