Bertie County NcArchives Photo Person.....Powell, Jack ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Street VPStreet@aol.com November 6, 2014, 5:23 pm Source: Unavailable Name: Jack Powell Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/photos/powell2755gph.jpg Image file size: 163.7 Kb Jack Powell on his honeymoon in 1929 from a recent biography of his wife, Janet Travell, M.D., by his daughter, Virginia P. Street. The book, "Janet Travell, M.D. White House Physician and Trigger Point Pioneer," is available at Blurb.com at: http://blur.by/1n4FLdY Jack was born in Roxobel, Bertie County, NC, on Dec. 26, 1897 and died in Washington, DC, on July 10, 1973. Below is some information about him from Sally's Family Place. www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Neighbors/bishop1.htm Children of Edgar Powell and Isa Cornelia Gordon: 1. Edgar Gordon Powell Nov 1894 - Oct 1911 Kelford NC Gordon, had been killed by a train at the Kelford railroad crossing one night in October 1911. It was never clear if he was crawling under or making his way between the cars when the train started. 2. Junius Bishop [Frenchy] Powell Apr 1896 - 15 Dec 1958 Raleigh NC married Julia Manning a. Julia [Doolie] Powell b. Dorothy [Dot] Powell 3. John William Gordon [Jack] Powell 26 Dec 1897 - 10 July 1973 Washington DC My father was christened John William Powell but, upon the death of his first cousin, John W. "Jack" Gordon, Jr., in Richmond, Virginia, when he was seven years old, he took the name Gordon and became John William Gordon Powell after that.~ Virginia married 1929 Janet G Travell, M.D. 1901 - 1997 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/photos/powell2755gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb