Corpl., Engineers, Co. E, 306th Regt., 81st Div.; from Green County, N.C.; son of Joseph and Martha J. Jones. Husband of Etta Hardison Jones. Entered the service at Snow Hill, N.C., Nov. 5, 1917. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., and then to Camp Upton. Sailed for France Aug. 1, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. Sept., 1918. Fought at Vosges Mts., Meuse-Argonne. Mustered out of the service at Camp Jackson, S. C., June 21, 1919.
Arty., Baty. 5, 8th Reg. Born January, 1897; son of T. R. and Mrs. May Christman, of Green County. Entered service Aug. 25, 1918, at Snow Hill, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Stuart, Va. Sailed for France Oct. 28, 1918. Returned to USA April 21, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., May 14, 1919.
Private, 1st Class, M. G., Co. C, 115th Regt., 30th Div.; from Green County, N.C.; son of R. D. S. and Frances Dixon. Entered the service at Snow Hill, N.C., Oct. 10, 1917, and sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., and then transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., and then to Camp Merritt. Sailed for France May 27, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Somme, Bellicourt, Nauroy, Busigny. Wounded at Busigny Oct. 18th by shrapnel and sent to hospital at Trouville. Mustered out of the service at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 2, 1919.
MAJOR W.F. HOOKER. – This leading citizen of Eastern Washington, whose capacity for public affairs, and whose independence in politics, have become proverbial, is a native of the Palmetto state, having been born at Hookerton, Green county, North Carolina, in 1835. Like all true Southerners, he is proud of his ancestry, his father having been a captain in the war of 1812 and twice a member of the legislature of North Carolina, and a member of the convention which formed the constitution of that state. Young Hooker was educated at Wake-forest College in his native state, and at the age … Read more