https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/8196316c68f666cb069ecbcddbf841d1.jpg f404040f12b5f301074b0e0345c14547 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/835a40b83e4de67807b865af9e79fdae.jpg 504c1166ad805856487b0fe5f79aa600 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 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Roller First and Middle Name John Baker Hometown South Boston, Virginia County and/or State Halifax Nicknames or Other Names Cornbin Mouse Birth Date May 8, 1895 Birthplace Oxford, Granville, North Carolina Death Date August 8, 1971 Cause of Death Intestinal Hemorrhage Place of Death Perrisburg, Giles County, Virginia Parents John Baker Roller and Sallie E Roller Siblings Josie R Roller, Earley C Roller, Hallie H Roller Spouse(s) Margaret A Roller Children John B Roller, Soelia J Roller VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes 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 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Liutenant Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Worked as a teacher for many years. Occupation Teacher, Principal Biographical Text Was stated in the Bugle to have an interest in education, later in his life he became a school principal. He is the second of his name, after his father John B Roller I who died in his childhood, leaving his mother to take care of him and his three other siblings. He had one son named John B Roller as well. Bibliography Ancestry,.com, Virginia Death Records 1912-2014, Census of 1940, Census of 1930 Contributing Researchers Jason Steven Pixley 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 Roller, John Baker