Cook, A. G. Dept. Lives in Forsyth County and son of Jeremiah and Alony Pappas. Entered the service at Winston-Salem, N.C., August 21, 1918, and sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Mills and from there to Camp Merritt. Promoted cook January, 1919. Mustered out of the service at Camp Lee, Va., Aug. …
1st Class Private, Marine Corps, 67th Co., 2nd Regt.; of Forsyth County; son of Baxter and Mrs. Eoka Knight. Husband of Mrs. Verna Knight, Livingston, Montana. Entered service March 3, 1917, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Port Royal, S. C. Transferred to St. Michel, Haiti, then to Madame Jain Harb at Cape Haitien, Haiti, June …
Capt. Med.; of Forsyth County; son of Alfred and Malinda Moore. Entered service Sept. 2, 1917, at New York, N. Y. Sent to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., then back to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. Sailed for France, Brest, March 30, 1918. Promoted to rank of Capt. Feb. 27, 1919. Entered as …
Mrs. Bertha Pearl Lee, 58, wife of Harvey Lee, for more than 50 years a resident of the Diamond and Colfax communities, died at 12:45 a.m. Thursday [October 26, 1939] at her home, N210 Mill Street, following an illness of 19 months. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church …
1st Class Private, Co. F, 81st Div., 321st Regt. Born in Forsyth County Sept. 2, 1895; son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. E. Holleman. Husband of Mrs. Edith B. Holleman. Entered the service May 26, 1918, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., May 27, 1918. From there was transferred to Camp …
1st Class Private, Co. F, 81st Div., 321st Regt. Born in Forsyth County Sept. 2, 1895; son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. E. Holleman. Husband of Mrs. Edith B. Holleman. Entered the service May 26, 1918, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., May 27, 1918. From there was transferred to Camp …
Private 1st Class, Co. E, 30th Div., 105th Engineers. Son of C. E. and Alice Carter, of Forsyth County. Entered service Sept. 1, 1917, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier. Transferred to Camp Mills. Sailed for France May 26, 1918. Was in all engagements with 105th Engineers. Returned to USA April 18, 1919. Mustered …
1st Class Private, Co. H, 81st Div., 321st Inf.; son of L. D. and Sarah Wood, of Forsyth County. Entered service May 25, 1918, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., then to Camp Upton, N. Y. Was sent to France Aug. 11, 1918. Fought at …
Private 1st Class, 25th Co. Inf.; of Forsyth County; son of David and Mattie Seampulos. Husband of Ruth McClendon Seampulos. Entered service August 24, 1918, at Hampton, Va. Sent to Camp Lee, Va. Transferred to Camp Dix, N. J. Mustered out at Camp Greene, N.C., Jan. 7, 1919.
Interviewer: Miriam Logan Person Interviewed: Wade Glenn Location: Lebanon, Ohio Date of Birth: October 30th Miriam Logan, Reporter Lebanon, Ohio Warren County, District 21 Story of WADE GLENN from Winston-Salem North Carolina: (doesn’t know his age) “Yes Madam, I were a slave-I’m old enough to have been born into slavery, but I was only a …
Interviewer: Esther S. Pinnix Person Interviewed: Betty Cofer Location: North Carolina Date of Birth: 1856 Age: 81 Negro Folk Lore Of The Piedmont. Sources of Information: Aunt Betty Cofer–ex-slave of Dr. Beverly Jones The ranks of negro ex-slaves are rapidly thinning out, but, scattered here and there among the ante-bellum families of the South, may …
Private 1st Class, 6th Inf., Hdqrs. Co., 5th Div.; of Forsyth County; son of J. J. and Mrs. Chloe Emmaline Tucker. Entered service Sept. 18, 1917, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, transferred to Camp Greenleaf, Ga. Sailed for France April 23, 1918. Fought at Sector of the Lakes (Lac Novr) June 21 to …
Sergt. Exp. Mechanic, 1st Corps Atty. Park, Co. 3; of Forsyth County; son of R. A. and R. R. Tally. Husband of Lillie Tally. Entered service March 21, 1918, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Merritt, N. J. Sailed for France May 30, 1918. Promoted to Sergt. Aug. 8, …
(See Cordery and Daniel) Henry Curtis Rogers, born in 1825. Married Louisa Jane Thompson nee Blackburn, born in 1823. She died November 30, 1883 and he died February 3, 1896. They were the parents of: Mary Kinney; Catherine who married Isaac Newton Strickland; Lucy P. who married William Ridge Rogers; Eugene Overby who married William …
Private, 1st Class, Medical Corps, B. H. 65; of Forsyth County; born March 31, 1898; son of W. B. and Elizabeth Pierce. Entered service April, 1918, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Ft. McPherson, Ga. Transferred to Camp Upton, N. Y. Sailed for France, Sept. 13, 1918. Returned to USA July 25, 1919. Mustered out at …
Pvt., Inf., Co. D, 81st Div., 121st Reg. Born Aug. 12, 1890; son of George and Maria Caravasios, of Forsyth County. Entered service May 25, 1918, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., May, 1918. Transferred to Camp Sevier, then to Camp Upton, N. Y., Aug., 1918. Mustered out at Camp Willard, Macon, …
Pvt., Med. Corps, Am. 321, 81st Div.; of Forsyth County; son of J. W. and Ellen Grubbs. Entered service June 25, 1917, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Ft. Oglethorps. Transferred to Camp Jackson, then to Camp Sevier, to Camp Mills, to France Aug. 7, 1918. Fought at St. Die, Meuse-Argonne. Returned to USA June 16, …
Corpl., M. P. Co., 11th Div. Born in Forsyth County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Konatsotis. Entered service at Albany, N. Y., July 22, 1918. Was promoted to 2nd Lt. in Greek Army. Fought at Pestor, Lahana, Cikis Pegana. Was wounded in left arm and right shoulder. Was awarded liberty medal and three …
Sergt., Co. F, 105th Engineers, 30th Div. Son of J. W. and Mrs. Emma Woollen, of Forsyth County, and husband of Grace Woollen. Entered service June 24, 1916, at Charlotte, N.C. Sent to Camp Greene. Transferred to Camp Sevier, then to Camp Mills. Sailed for France April, 1918. Fought with his regiment in Belgium and …
Sergt., Med. Corps, Base Hospital No. 65; of Forsyth County; son of C. H. and Mrs. Hessie Meadows. Entered service April 1, 1918, at Winston-Salem, N.C. Sent to Ft. McPherson, Ga., April 1, 1918. Transferred to Camp Upton, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1918. Sailed for France. Landed in USA July 11, 1919, at Hoboken, N. …
