Ph.M., U. S. N. R. F.; of Alamance County; son of M. C. and Mrs. Elvire McBane. Entered service January, 1918, at Graham, N.C. Sent to Opr. Base, Va. Transferred to U. S. S. George Washington, U. S. S. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y. Sailed for Brest, France, June, 1918. Made four complete trips across to France. Released from active service and returned to USA Dec. 1, 1918, Hoboken, N. J. Mustered out at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1919.
The Families of Ancient New Haven compilation includes the families of the ancient town of New Haven, covering the present towns of New Haven, East Haven, North Haven, Hamden, Bethany, Woodbridge and West Haven. These families are brought down to the heads of families in the First Census (1790), and include the generation born about 1790 to 1800. Descendants in the male line who removed from this region are also given, if obtainable, to about 1800, unless they have been adequately set forth in published genealogies.