Background
POWER, John Logan was born on March 1, 1834 in Tipperary County, Ireland, United States. His father died in 1840, and his mother remarried in the United States, where he was reared in poverty.
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John Logan POWER
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Education
Public school.
Career
Little is known of his early life or even where he lived. He was a Presbyterian. He married Jane Wilkinson in December 1857 and had a large family.
Power moved to New Orleans in 1854 and to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1855. He was a printer in the office of Flag of Our Union and the Presbyterian paper True Witness, both in New Orleans, and he was co-owner and manager of Ethelbert Barksdale’s Mississippian in Jackson, from 1855 to 1860. In January 1860, he published the Jackson Daily News, and the following year he was the official reporter of the state secession convention, for which he published the proceedings.
After the Civil War began, he continued to edit his newspaper, and he actively supported the war effort. In 1864, he was named Mississippi superintendent of Army records and clerk of the state House. The following year he was secretary of the state constitutional convention.
His services to the state during the war were largely in recording events of the war and providing printed information upon which other leaders could take action. After the war, he started the Mississippi Standard in Jackson, which later became the Clarion. In 1875, he was state printer, and in 1895 and 1899, he was elected secretary of state in Mississippi.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
Connections
Spouse Jane Wilkinson.
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Nationality
United States -
Religion
Presbyterian