1917: John Carew Powell

1917: John Carew Powell

John Carew Powell was a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1917. He was born on 05/16/1893 in Montgomery, Alabama and died in Orlando, Florida on 12/02/1975. He was the youngest child of George Matthews and Rebecca Ann Shackelford Carew Powell, and grandson of Jo...

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Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Auburn University photographs
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/aunumphoto,689
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collection Auburn University Photographs Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Auburn University photographs
spellingShingle Auburn University photographs
1917: John Carew Powell
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Auburn University -- Students; College students -- Alabama; Male college students -- Alabama
Alabama; Auburn University
Education -- Higher Education
description John Carew Powell was a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1917. He was born on 05/16/1893 in Montgomery, Alabama and died in Orlando, Florida on 12/02/1975. He was the youngest child of George Matthews and Rebecca Ann Shackelford Carew Powell, and grandson of John Powell, who was an influential furniture dealer and manufacturer in Montgomery. He was a distant cousin of William "Whitey" Overton, Jr. After graduating from API, John C. Powell became the contract man for an independent oil operator in Kansas. He later moved to Orlando, Florida. He married Lenore Sarah Fox on 07/19/1932 in Wichita, Kansas and had two girls. One daughter, Sondra Powell died at the age of 21 from cancer. The Sondra Lenore Powell Office Building, built by John C. Powell in Orlando, Florida is named in her honor. Anyone with additional information is urged to contact the Auburn University Libraries Cataloging Dept. at caudlda@auburn.edu.
spelling 1917: John Carew PowellJohn Carew Powell was a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1917. He was born on 05/16/1893 in Montgomery, Alabama and died in Orlando, Florida on 12/02/1975. He was the youngest child of George Matthews and Rebecca Ann Shackelford Carew Powell, and grandson of John Powell, who was an influential furniture dealer and manufacturer in Montgomery. He was a distant cousin of William "Whitey" Overton, Jr. After graduating from API, John C. Powell became the contract man for an independent oil operator in Kansas. He later moved to Orlando, Florida. He married Lenore Sarah Fox on 07/19/1932 in Wichita, Kansas and had two girls. One daughter, Sondra Powell died at the age of 21 from cancer. The Sondra Lenore Powell Office Building, built by John C. Powell in Orlando, Florida is named in her honor. Anyone with additional information is urged to contact the Auburn University Libraries Cataloging Dept. at caudlda@auburn.edu.UnknownAuburn University Libraries19171910sAuburn, Lee Co. (Ala.)Auburn University -- Students; College students -- Alabama; Male college students -- AlabamaAlabama; Auburn UniversityEducation -- Higher EducationJPEGImageIVA2310bAuburn University Numbered PhotographsAuburn University. Special Collections and ArchivesengThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.2006-02-15http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/aunumphoto/id/689
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