The letters below were written by Andrew and Halvor Jensen to their sisters Kriste and Martha (letter of June 23, 1919) and their parents. Andrew Jensen was born April 21, 1887, one of five children born to Halvard and Jacobina Jensen, of Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The family emigrated from Norway to North Dakota where Halvor was born May 21, 1891 in the town of Milnor. In total, Halvard and Jacobina had 14 children.…
Charles Mack in uniform and later in life with nephew Elbridge.Charles Arthur Mack was born June 11, 1887 in Little Marsh Pennsylvania to Daniel Mack andUrania Jane (Bradley) Mack. He worked as a laborer at Eberle Tanning Company. At the age of17, Charles married Sadie Irene Harris on April 26, 1905 in Lindley, New York. Charles’ brotherWilliam Mack would marry Sadie’s sister Birdie Harris, while a second brother, James Mack,would marry another sister of Sadie’s,…
Frederick Tilton Hamer was born on October 12, 1882 in New Brunswick New Jersey. He was the eldest of seven children of William Hamer and Mary Tilton. In July of 1908 he married Sophia Florence Banker of New Brunswick. They would have two daughters, Mercedes and Alma. In 1910 he was a plumber residing in New Brunswick with Sophia and their daughter Mercedes. He was employed as a plumber. In the 1940’s he would be…
George William Christopher Pearson was born December 15, 1891 in Cullison, Kansas. Heworked as a grocery clerk at Farnsworth Mercantile in Cullison, and was described as being ofmedium height and build with gray eyes and black hair. He would enter Camp Funston, Kansason September 19, 1917 and become a member of Co H of the 353 regiment, which had beenorganized at Funston on September 5, 1917. On February 18, 1918 he would marry LaveniaIsabel Burns,…
John E. Hogan was born in Chicopee, MA on February 4, 1896. Katherine Carney, the daughterof John and Katherine (Collins) Carney was born in Peabody, MA around 1899. John served inCo B of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry. He would be recommended for discharge due to eyeproblems in October of 1917. However, his discharge papers would be misplaced and wouldstill be with the regiment when they moved to North Carolina in November. Sometime afterDecember 17th (his…
Mary Fee, one of three children of Charles and Belle Fee of Cisco, Texas was born in 1901 or 1902. Her was a merchant and City Commissioner and Mary often appeared on the social pages of Fort Worth newspapers. On November 9, 1936, she married William Wender. They resided in Shreveport, Louisiana where William died in 1988. Mary died on May 13, 2002 at the age of 100. The letters below were written to Mary…
