Emily Browne Powell

Biography

Emily Browne Powell was a long-time California resident whose warmth and steady presence buoyed family and friends during the early years of Mountain View’s growth. She lent her time to neighborhood gatherings and charitable causes, ensuring that those around her felt uplifted and cared for in both triumph and trial.

Her gentle manner and tireless attention to the needs of others made her a beloved figure, and when she passed in 1904 the community remembered her as a source of comfort and quiet strength resting now in Mountain View Cemetery.