City: Johnson City
POWELL, Ferdinard, business man; born Columbia, Va., Aug. 16, 1880; son of J. J. A. and Annie S. (Jones) POWELL; father’s occupation lawyer; paternal grandparents Dr. Norment and Mary C. (Wright) POWELL; maternal grandparents, Ferdinand and Mildred B. (Goodwin) JONES; graduated from Va. Polytechnic Institute with degree C. E. June 1901; early business occupation claim adjuster S. A. L. Ry., and Gen. Claim Agent C. C. & O., Ry.; now interested in investments of bonds, timber lands, coal lands, and farms; member of B. P. O. E. No. 825; Democrat.