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…
The letters below were written to Mary Fee of Ft. Worth Texas. Three of her correspondents, Guy Davis, Joe Johnson, and James Daniel were known to each other as well as Mary. The fourth W.C. Cummings, whom she met at Camp Bowie. The majority of the surviving letters to Mary were from her cousin James Daniel. James Roland Daniel was born on November 26, 1896 in Harrisburg, Texas. He enlisted as a private on December…
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…
