Powers, John Temple Jr.

Title

Last Name

Powers

First and Middle Name

John Temple, Jr.

Nicknames or Other Names

Hometown

Richmond

County and/or State

Henrico County, Virginia

Birth Date

April 4, 1897

Birthplace

Richmond, Virginia

Death Date

December 26, 1980

Cause of Death

Stroke

Place of Death

Richmond, Virginia

Parents

John Temple Powers and Lillie Virginia Cavedo Powers Gruner

Siblings

Margaret Virginia Powers, Russell Ross Powers, and Lemuel Meredith Powers

Spouse(s)

Gertrude Brooking Powers

Children

Nancy C. Powers

VPI Graduating Class

1920

Undergraduate Major

Agriculture

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

National Army

Unit

N/a

Rank

N/a

Military Events

Registered for World War I draft on June 4, 1918 and World War II draft in 1942

Postwar Life

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

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

Files

John Temple Powers portrait from the 1920 VPI Bugle.jpg

John Temple Powers picture from the 1920 VPI Bugle.jpg

John Temple Powers from the 1920 VPI Bugle.jpg

Collection

VPI Class of 1920

Citation

“Powers, John Temple Jr.,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 4, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/857.

Output Formats

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