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.…
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…
Born February 6, 1896, John C Roberts was eldest of six children of Alva Button Roberts and John Taylor Roberts. Both of John’s parents were pastors in The Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the founders of Indiana Central College (now the University of Indianapolis.) John and his brother William followed in their parent’s footsteps and became ministers in the United Brethren, while his sister Irene would marry a minister of the church. According to…
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…
Biography Royle Raymond Stafford was born on January 14, 1897 in Altoona, Kansas. His father C.A. Stafford was a successful businessman owning a fruit ranch in Washington, and Stafford’s Dry Goods & Grocery Store in Altoona, which he had established in 1888. In 1915, he and his friend Merill Gerkin would travel to San Francisco to as members of the Student’s Military Encampment. From San Francisco they would travel to Portland, Oregon by ship. In…
