https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0bd84940207335ed1fd21612a1754119.jpg 9d2160ae0c3face6c4b3745aa0cfc151 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/04f8eacd95362f6ef8a2efcbeb4941fb.jpg 8a3e8f55c8e9cd1c62fdcdd7c85c462a https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/22311567eeabf113945306ccb350ac85.jpg 95e139ea5862ce99dd3724d1bf08b190 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Powers First and Middle Name John Temple, Jr. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? National Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Nicknames or Other Names JT Hometown Richmond Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Birth Date April 4, 1897 Death Date December 26, 1980 Cause of Death Stroke Place of Death Richmond, Virginia Spouse(s) Gertrude Brooking Powers Children Nancy C. Powers Parents John Temple Powers and Lillie Virginia Cavedo Powers Gruner Siblings Margaret Virginia Powers, Russell Ross Powers, and Lemuel Meredith Powers County and/or State Henrico County, Virginia Birthplace Richmond, Virginia Bibliography - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 - Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 - 1900 United States Federal Census - 1910 United States Federal Census - 1930 United States Federal Census - 1940 United States Federal Census Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Registered for World War I draft on June 4, 1918 and World War II draft in 1942 Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Powers father John Temple Powers Sr. died in 1904, leaving his mother a widow and him and his three siblings fatherless. He then attended Virginia Tech from 1916 to 1920 when he graduated. His mother Lillie remarried Louis Gruner prior to 1920. However, in 1928 Louis Gruner died, leaving Lillie a widow yet again. John and his wife Gertrude along with their daughter Nancy moved in with Lillie into the same house John grew up in. They remained there with Lillie until she died in 1954. Occupation Worked in the Federal Reserve Bank after the war Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Powers, John Temple Jr.