When Holsten Green Powell was born on 24 February 1892, in Arkansas, United States, his father, William F Powell, was 41 and his mother, Essie A Burnett, was 28. He married Argie Mildred West in August 1908. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Falls, Texas, United States in 1900. He died on 15 April 1970, in Groves, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States.