Life After the Great War
Clifford Wilson Hubbard
VPI Class of 1913
November 17, 1891 - November 30, 1951
After the war ended, Clifford Hubbard returned home to Forest, Virginia and resumed farming. He married in 1921 and when his second son was born he named his son Samuel, after his brother who had died during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Charles Tell Lawson
VPI Class of 1916
November 13, 1893 - May 9, 1979
Immediately after the war, Charles Lawson trained fellow Marines at the Quantico Marine Corps Base. Upon being discharged on January 30, 1919, Lawson returned to civilian life as a sales engineer with a company in Pennsylvania. Lawson married Marion L. Cundiff and raised one daughter.
Walton Marshall Elingsworth
VPI Class of 1917
June 21, 1894 - April 7, 1982
Walton Ellingsworth returned to the United States and married Margaret Parker, with whom he had a son in 1920. Ellingsworth moved to Alabama where he worked as a civil engineer. He died on April 7, 1982.
Earle Davis Gregory
VPI Class of 1923
October 18, 1897 - January 6, 1972
Earle Gregory enrolled in VPI after the war and graduated in 1923. He studied Electrical Engineering. Gregory was twice elected class president and president of the Corps of Cadets. He retired as the Administrative Assistant to the Tuscaloosa Hospital's Chief of Staff. He died on January 6, 1972.
James Wayne France
VPI Class of 1915
May 7, 1890 - October 11, 1918
James France was killed by German shellfire on October 11, 1918 while fighting in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He was 28 years old.
Leonard Myrton Gaines
VPI Class of 1917
April 12, 1895 - December 4, 1947
Leonard Gaines recovered from his wound and returned to the United States. After recovering, Gaines found work as a land appraiser. He married Anna Marion Brand, and raised two sons.
John Waller Faulconer, Jr.
VPI Class of 1912
September 11, 1892 - September 18, 1972
John Faulconer married Sylvia Dornche and moved to Southern Pines, North Carolina, where he died on September 18, 1971.
Withrow Reynolds Legge
VPI Class of 1913
January 29, 1893 - February 8, 1955
Withrow Legge returned to his home in Winchester, Virginia and became a teacher. He married Katrina Baumgardner and had a son, Withrow Legge, Jr. Legge died on February 8, 1955.
John Alexander Tebbs
VPI Class of 1916
March 9, 1893 - June 11, 1945
John Tebbs returned to the United States and continued to serve in the Marine Corps, during which time he rose to the rank of Major. While in the Marine Corps Tebbs was sent to Haiti in 1922 and then to China in 1934. When he died on June 11, 1945, he was survived by his wife Lillian.