https://www.vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/c6275cdc31d8a5b4de2207b873cdc023.jpg 9c4341545141bfe290eb1c4aeec6e2de https://www.vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/dd979243e77d312bd31e8de5b7a21075.jpg 6c1b14c02ca632b84717559fba7f4845 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 1908 Person An individual. Last Name Powell First and Middle Name John Dalrymple, Sr. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1908 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Coast Artillery Nicknames or Other Names John D. Hometown Portsmouth Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes County and/or State Norfolk County, Virginia Birth Date July 25, 1886 Birthplace Portsmouth, Virginia Death Date January 1, 1971 Place of Death Fort Myers, Florida Parents Legh Richmond Powell and Cora Eastwood Powell Siblings Legh Richmond Powell Jr. and Carroll Whidbee Powell Spouse(s) Virginia Phillips Powell and Katherine Wilson Powell Children Virginia Houghton Powell, Cora Legh Powell, John Dalrymple Powell Jr. (children of Virginia Phillips Powell), Richmond Hepburn Powell and Robert W. Powell (children of Katherine Wilson Powell) Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Second Lieutenant Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Registered for the WWI draft on June 6, 1916 Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? John D. Powell’s first wife, Virginia, died of pneumonia in 1920 at the age of 33, leaving him as a widower with three children. He moved to Fort Myers, Florida in 1925 where he began working for the Seaboard Railroad as a civil engineer and contractor. He later married Katherine Wilson Powell in 1933, and they had three more children. When he died in 1971, he had six children, twenty-one grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Was working for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as a civil engineer in Texas at the time of his registration for the WWI draft in 1916, worked for Seaboard Railroad as a civil engineer and contractor in Fort Myers, Florida in 1925 and beyond Occupation Civil Engineer and Contractor Bibliography - Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 - 1900 United States Federal Census - 1910 United States Federal Census - 1920 United States Federal Census - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current 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 Powell, John Dalrymple Sr.