Hassell

A Genealogy of the Lake Family

Ancestor Register of Esther Steelman Adams

A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey : descended from John Lade of Gravesend, Long Island; with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family. This volume of nearly 400 pages includes a coat-of-arms in colors, two charts, and nearly fifty full page illustrations – portraits, old homes, samplers, etc. The coat-of-arms shown in the frontspiece is an unusually good example of the heraldic art!

Kansas Registrations of Enemy Aliens, 1917 – 1921

Enemy Alien Registration Affidavit for Bernhardt Vick - Cropped Photo

The series contains original affidavits of registration that record personal information about each registrant, their photograph affixed to the majority of documents, and the registrants fingerprints. All of these are specific to Kansas, and most have the actual documents attached.

John Walton Hassell

John Walton Hassell, born on November 1, 1886, in Martin County, N.C., was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Company, 59th Infantry, 4th Division. He began military service in 1917, training at various camps before deploying to France on May 29, 1918. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in November 1917, he fought in the Second Battle of the Marne and was wounded on July 18, 1918, ultimately succumbing to his injuries the same day in Chevilon, France, where he was buried at Aisne Cemetery.

Julian W. Hassell

Julian W. Hassell, a wagoner with Aumbulance Co. in the 80th Division’s 305th Sanitary Train, hails from Lenoir County. He was born to E. K. and Mary Hassell and entered military service on September 17, 1917, in Kinston, North Carolina. After training at Camp Lee, Virginia, he was deployed to Bordeaux, France, on June 11, 1918, and participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He returned to the United States on May 31, 1919, and was mustered out at Camp Lee on June 12, 1919.

Herman L. Hassell

Wagoner, serving in the 80th Division, 317th Ambulance Company, was the son of E.K. and Mary Hassell from Lenoir County. He entered military service on September 18, 1918, in Kinston, North Carolina, and was stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia. He sailed for France on May 25, 1918, and participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Following the war, he returned to the United States on June 1, 1919, and was mustered out at Camp Lee on June 13, 1919.