JEFFERSON
COUNTY,
INDIANA
A Record of Indiana Men and Women who Died in the
Service of the United
States
and the Allied Nations in the World War.
1914-1918
BUCKNER, HARRISON
BENJAMIN (Colored)
Private
Son of William and
Winifred Buckner
(Cosby); born October 24, 1893, Cincinnati, Ohio. Employed as laborer,
Madison, Ind., when he entered service August 3, 1918. Sent to Camp
Dodge, Ia.; assigned to 75th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade. Transferred
to Company F, 804th Pioneer Infantry. Overseas in September, 1918, and
died of pneumonia October 3, 1918. (Hospital unknown.) Body
returned to U.S., and buried in Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
BUCKNER, WILLIAM
(Colored) Private
Son of William and
Winifred Buckner
(Cosby); born February 28, 1896, Madison, Ind. Laborer. Entered service
August 22, 1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Camp Dodge, la.; assigned to
69th Company, 18th Training Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade. Transferred
to Company E, 809th Pioneer Infantry. Died of pneumonia October 6,
1918, on transport going to France. Body returned to U.S., and buried
in Springdale Cemetery. Madison, Ind.
COOTS, CARL JOSEPH
Private
Son of Robert and
Mamie Quinn Coots;
born January 8. 1901, Carroll County, Ky. Moved to Jefferson County,
Ind. in 1914. Drug clerk. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army February 28,
1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Columbus Barracks. Ohio. Transferred to
Douglas, Ariz.; assigned to Troop I, 7th Cavalry. Died of pneumonia
April 15, 1918, Douglas, Ariz. Buried in Springdale Cemetery, Madison,
Ind.
GLOVER, EARL
Private
Son of David and
Belle Davis Glover;
born August 27, 1892, Madison, Ind. Laborer. Entered service June 26,
1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Camp Sherman, Ohio; assigned to 19th
Company, 5th Training Battalion, 158th Depot Brigade. Transferred to
Company M, 334th Infantry, 84th Division. Went overseas in September
1918. Died of pneumonia shortly after landing in France October 5,
1918. (Burial place unknown.)
HALL, FREDERICK
JOSEPH Wagoner
Son of James
Douglas and Anne Bowman
Hall; born December 15, 1881, Madison, Ind. Student in Taylor
University, Upland, Ind., when he enlisted in Indiana National Guard,
152nd Ambulance Company, 113th Sanitary Troop, April 2, 1917. Sent to
Camp Shelby, Miss., where he died July 17, 1918, as the result of an
accident, when thrown from ambulance. Buried in Kent Cemetery,
Jefferson County, Ind.
HERNER, RAYMOND D.
Private
Son of Frank and
Emma Herner; born
January 26, 1899, Madison, Ind. Laborer. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army
October 28, 1917, Madison, Ind. Sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky.; assigned to
Battery C, 17th Field Artillery, Overseas in December 1917. Took part
in battles of Verdun Sector, Chateau Thierry, Soissons, and Meuse
Argonne. Died of pneumonia February 13, 1919, Coblenz, Germany. Body
returned to U.S., and buried in Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
HOUSEFIELD, ALFRED
Private
Son of John B. and
Sophia Snarrenberg
Housefield; born December 10, 1895, Belleview, Jefferson County, Ind.
Farmer. Entered service in March 1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Camp
Greene, N. C.; assigned to Company L, 59th Infantry, 4th Division. Went
overseas in May 1918. Killed in action August 9, 1918, in the Chateau
Thierry Sector. (Burial place unknown.)
JACKSON, PAUL
STANLEY Private
Son of Edward and
Nancy Jackson; born
May 3, 1898, Versailles, Ind. Family moved to Madison, Ind. in 1911.
Clerk. Enlisted in Company I, 4th Regiment, Indiana National Guard,
July 28, 1917, Madison, Ind. Sent to Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to
Battery E, 139th Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia February 14, 1918,
Camp Shelby, Miss. Buried at Fairmount, near Madison, Ind.
LAND, CHAUNCEY
Private
Son of W. H. and
Edna F. Land; born
September 2, 1886, Bryantsburg, Ind., near the Ripley-Jefferson County
Line. Laborer. Entered service September 2, 1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to
Camp Grant, 1ll.; assigned to Company C, 1st Training Battalion, 5th
Limited Service Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade, Died of pneumonia
October 9, 1918, Camp Grant, Ill. Buried in West Fork Cemetery, near
Bryantsburg, Jefferson County, Ind.
LAND, WALTER H.
Private
Son of W. H. and
Edna F. Land; born
April 10, 1894, Bryantsburg, Ind., near the Ripley-Jefferson County
line. Farmer. Entered service May 1, 1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Camp
Taylor, Ky.; assigned to 35th Ambulance Company. Went overseas in
August, 1918. Died November 15, 1918, (place not known), from wounds
received in an accident. (Burial place unknown.)
LEWIS, ELZIE
Private
Son of Michael and
Nora McVey Lewis;
born December 10, 1888, Madison, Ind. Tinner. Entered service December
19, 1917, Elk City, Okla. Sent to Camp Travis, Tex. Went overseas in
February 1918; assigned to Company L, 9th Infantry 2nd Division. Killed
in action May 23, 1918. (Place not known.) Buried in American Cemetery
No. 636, Row 7, Plot 4, Grave 179, Bony, Aisne, France.
LITTRELL,
CLARENCE Fireman, 1st
Class
Son of James David
(deceased) and
Hannah Littrell; born August 29, 1896, Lancaster, Jefferson County,
Ind. Laborer. Enlisted in U.S. Navy December 1, 1917. Sent to Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago, Ill.; assigned to duty as First
Class Fireman. Died of pneumonia January 31, 1918, Base Hospital, Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, Ill. Buried in College Hill Cemetery,
Lancaster, Jefferson County, Ind.
LITTRELL, LOUIS
Private
Son of James David
(deceased) and
Jemima Arnold Littrell; born (date not given) near Brooksburg,
Jefferson County, Ind. Laborer. Entered the Canadian Army (date and
place not given). Sent to London, Ontario, for training. Went overseas
(date not known), and was killed in action June 13, 1916, near Mont
Sorell. Survived by widow, Alice Littrell, and one child, Marion
Littrell.
MORGAN, FRANK
Private
Son of William H.
and Charity Gibbons
Morgan; born January 18, 1891, Milton, Adair County, Ky. Moved to
Jefferson County, Ind. in 1901. Laborer. Volunteered for service after
the outbreak of the war, but was rejected. Entered service March 6,
1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio; assigned to Coast
Artillery Corps. Died of pneumonia March 26, 1918, Columbus Barracks,
Ohio. Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Jefferson County, Ind.
NICHOLS, WM.
SCHMIDLAPP 1st
Lieutenant
Son of Rev. and
Mrs. George D.
Nichols; born June 29, 1890, New Paris, Ohio. Moved to Jefferson
County, Ind., when a mere child. Attended Hanover College, Madison,
Ind., and graduated from Western Reserve Medical College in 1915.
Practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, at time of enlistment, August
15, 1917. Sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; commissioned First Lieutenant
in the Medical Corps. Died as a result of an accident June 21, 1918.
Buried in Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
RITCHEY, CHARLES
HENRY Private
Son of Charles F.
and Hattie M.
Ritchey; born February 22, 1895, Canaan, Jefferson County, Ind.
Educated in Hanover College, Madison, Ind. Teacher. Enlisted in U.S.
Regular Army November 20, 1917. Sent to Fort Thomas, Ky. Transferred to
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; assigned to 22nd Ambulance Company, Medical
Detachment. Died of scarlet fever and pneumonia, January 24, 1918.
Buried in Bayless Cemetery near Wirt, Ind. Reported as the first
Jefferson County soldier to die in the World War.
SAPPINGTON, MORRIS
P. Private
Son of Charles S.
and Julia Smith
Sappington; born January 2, 1896, Madison, Ind. Hotel employee. Entered
service May 6, 1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind.; assigned to Company F, 22nd Engineers. Overseas in September
1918; assigned to Company D, 357th Infantry. Died from effects of blood
poisoning following foot amputation, March 29, 1919, Hospital, Brest,
France. Buried at Brest, France. Survived by widow, Gladys Sappington,
and one son, Donald Allen Sappington, Madison, Ind.
SELIG, MERRILL
NORWOOD Private
Son of George L.
and Margaret Selig;
born March 9, 1895, Madison, Ind. Employee of munition plant, Carnegie,
Pa., where he was called into service in February 1918. Sent to Camp
Lee, Va.; assigned to Company I, 145th Infantry. Went overseas (date
not known). Died November 1, 1918, from wounds received in action.
Buried, "Somewhere in Belgium."
SHEPHERD, ROBERT
Private
Son of Henry
(deceased) and Ollie
Shepherd; born March 15, 1895. North Madison, Jefferson County, Ind.
Farmer. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army June 22, 1916, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio; assigned to Troop B, 4th Cavalry.
Transferred to Schofield Barracks, Honolulu; then back to Fort Clark,
Tex. Served on the Mexican Border. Later transferred to Battery B, 50th
Field Artillery, Camp Bowie, Tex., where he died of influenza November
1, 1918. Buried near West Fork, Bryantsburg, Jefferson County, Ind.
SMITH, WILLIAM
GEORGE Private
Son of Matthew W.
and Elizabeth Mack
Smith; born January 14, 1894, Madison, Ind. Shipping clerk. Enlisted in
U.S. Regular Army in August 1917, Louisville, Ky. Sent to Camp Taylor,
Ky.; assigned to 336th Infantry. Stricken with pneumonia he was
confined to the hospital the date his regiment left for overseas. Died
of pneumonia March 29, 1918, Camp Taylor, Ky. Buried in St. Patrick's
Cemetery, North Madison, Ind.
STEPHENSON, EZRA
GALE Sergeant
Son of Mr. and
Mrs. William H.
Stephenson; born January 11, 1881, Patriot, Ind. Moved to Jefferson
County in 1897. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army in 1907. Served two years
in the Philippine Islands. Serving on Mexican Border, when ordered
overseas in June 1917, with the 102nd Motor Truck Company. In active
service during campaign of 1918. Died of pneumonia February 21, 1919.
(Place unknown). Survived b" widow, Hattie Stephenson, Stockton, Cal.
WARNER, WILLIAM
CURTIS Bugler
Son of A. L. and
Belle Bare Warner;
born April 6, 1892, Stark County, Ill. Family moved to Jefferson County
in June, 1892. Farmer. Entered service July 21, 1918, Madison, Ind.
Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. Transferred to Camp McClellan, Ala.; assigned
to 12th Trench Mortar Battery as Bugler. Died of pneumonia January 22,
1919, Camp McClellan, Ala. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Saluda
Township, Jefferson County, Ind.
WARREN, JOHN
Private
Son of William and
Amanda Jones
Warren; born November 22, 1881, Jefferson County, Ind. Laborer. Entered
service in February 1918. Sent to Fort Thomas, Ky. Transferred to Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind.; assigned to Company H, 28th Infantry. Went
overseas, and was killed in action May 30, 1918. (Place unknown).
Reported by the newspapers as the first man from Madison to fall in
battle.
WEBER, NICHOLAS
JOHN Private
Son of Frank and
Annie Weber; born
January 24, 1900, Madison, Ind. Spinner in cotton mil1. Enlisted in
U.S. Regular Army March 28, 1917. Madison, Ind. Sent to Fort Thomas,
Ky.; assigned to 28th Infantry. Went overseas in June, 1917.
Participated in battle of Cantigny, and was killed in action June 14,
1918. Body to be returned to U.S., for burial in Spring- dale Cemetery,
Madison, Ind.
WHITHAM, BENJAMIN
DILLARD Private
Son of Morgan F.
and Emma L. Whitham;
born May 11, 1899, near Hicks, Jefferson County, Ind. Farmer. Entered
service June 24, 1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Camp Sherman, Ohio; then
to Camp Mills, N.Y.; assigned to Headquarters Company, 334th Infantry,
84th Division. Sent overseas in September, 1918. Died of pneumonia
October 11, 1918, Base Hospital No. 10, France. Body to be returned to
U.S., for burial in cemetery near his home in Jefferson County, Ind.
WYNE, EVERETT
CORBETT Private
Son of James M.
and Flora Wyne; born
March 13, 1894, Deputy, Jefferson County, Ind. Farmer. Entered service
June 29, 1918, Madison, Ind. Sent to Valparaiso University for special
training. Transferred to Camp Colt, Pa.; assigned to Tank Corps. Died
of pneumonia October 6, 1918, Camp Colt. Buried with military honors,
at Deputy, Jefferson County, Ind.
WYNE, JOHN W.
Private
Son of Nicholas
and Emma Wyne; born
July 28, 1895, Wirt, Jefferson County, Ind. Saw-mill engineer. Entered
service May 25, 1918. "Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky.; assigned to 18th
Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. Transferred to Camp
Greenleaf, Ga. Embarked for overseas November 10, 1918; assigned to
Evacuation Hospital No. 33, and died February 10, 1919. Buried
"Somewhere in France."
Source: Gold Star
Honor Roll: A
Record of Indiana Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United
States and the Allied Nations in the World War. 1914-1918 Published by
Indiana Historical Commission., 1921
