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Eceard, Adolph
Friska, John R.
Elton, Wm. C.
Frederick. Harry
Grime, Bert L. Grime, Herschel
Eieher, Eldon S.
Franklin. Glen B.
Grime, Lawrence W.
Elton, Ray E.
Furney, Howard
Grime, Lawrence P.
Eicher, Samuel E.
Funhouser. Otto E.
Griffith, John A.
Ely, Glen
Gardiner, H.
Griffin, Ceeil O.
Elton, Floyd E.
Galbraith, Jas.
Green, Audley A.
Elliott, Geo. R.
Graham, Ross G.
Elton, Homer H.
Galbraith, Fred Galbraith, Clarenee
Greisinger, Chauncey
Dowling, Harold J.
Flory, Delor C.
Gibbs, Clifford D.
Doren, Jesse L.
Flory, Leo. F.
Duff, Cleo
Flogus, Otis
Goodwin, Leroy
Dricett, Geo. W.
Ford, Leo A.
Gorsuch, Henry H.
Drevdopple, Geo. Duskell. Sherman .1.
Fonty, Hy. G.
Gorsuch, Clarence H.
Gorsuch, Ernest D.
Dunbar, John J.
Forrest Sanford
Goodwin, Leon D.
Gortner, Vern D.
Gnagey, James Gnagey, Elmer J.
Eisel, Frank
Frantz. Kenneth P.
Ford, Furman F.
Gingrich, Carl M.
Gigax, Otto S.
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Greisinger, Lawr. O.
Hayman, Frank W. Jakopeca, Paul
Greisinger, James M. Griffin, Horace Graner, Arthur O.
Hendershot, Ralph W. Jaske, Herman Herold, William Jepson, Harry D.
Heise, Bryan
Johnson, Otis
Gray, Howard T.
Helmick, Anthony
Johnson, Arthur C.
Greenfield M. L.
Hemsoth, Paul H. Johnson, William B.
Gresman, Roy H. George, Clair E.
Heffron, Harold
Judson, Thurlow G.
Gray, Milan S.
Heffron, Harold H.
Kaulkins, Earl Kahle, Edison P.
Graf, Lloyd
Hertzberg, Martin Heffron, - (Lt.)
Kastner, Earl Kahle, Nelson A.
Gunter, Troy A.
Heer, Nelson V.
Kaiser, Fred
Gunter, Lester C.
Herr, Louie A.
Kaiser, Mike
Gunn, Floyd
Hetzel, Roy C.
Kaiser, Daniel
Gunn, Willard A.
Heupel, Raymond
Keafer, Robert
Gunsaullus, Francis E.
Kelm, Henry F.
Gype, Otto C.
Hine, Ralph W. Hine, Homer C.
Keaser, Harry F.
Haas, Jacob
Hines, Frank W.
Keller, Clarence J.
Harris, Henry
Hines, Edward
Keller, Fred
Harris, Harley
Hirsch, Harry
Keller, Clyde H.
Harris, Carl
Haskell, Irvin
Kemp, Grant
Harris, Stanley
Hitts, Wm. M.
Kenyon, J. Darbey
Harrison, Fern D.
Higley, Earl L. Hill, Pearl
. Kinney, Joseph Kinney, Guy C.
Harrington, C. M.
Hill, Donald W. Hibbert, Geo. W.
King, Wm. V.
Hayes, Paul J.
Hilleary, Chas. F.
Kinsman, Chas H.
Harsh, John W.
Horn, Simon F.
Kinerini, George
Harms, Ralph M.
Howard, Francis M.
King, Samuel, Jr.
Haag, Merritt D.
Howard, Ralph A.
King, Roy Kluepfel, Fred'k H.
Ham, Howard, R. Harmon, Lloyd B.
Hoover, Thomas B.
Kling, Kenneth
Harmon, Arthur D.
Hoffman, M. P.
Kline, Homer J.
Hanna, Dewey
Hoffmire, C. H .
Kloka, Mike
Hartman, Earl
Hoffmire, K.
Kosier, Howard C.
Hartman, Roswell G. Hartman, Carl F.
Holland, Floyd V.
Kreiger, Geo. C.
Harding, Meryl
Horfer, W. D. Huber, Frank L.
Kreiger, Ora S.
Kuney, Burr L.
Kuney, Sterling W.
Kutzli Alfred
Kutzli, Reuel
Hall, Price Hall, Geo. W. Hassen, Leo.
Hassen, Louis E.
Hamp, Benjamin F.
Hawley, Garrett
Hatfield, Arthur N.
Huber, Emil A. Howard, Walter Hudson, C. A. Hubbard, Leighton R. Humphrey, Omar W. Huebscher, William Hurd, James Iffland, Conrad
Kurth, Hugo H. Kuhn, Louis Kujanski, C. C.
Krause, Ora
Knight, Arthur E.
LaBounty, Dale LaBarr, Clell. D.
Haas, Vern
Holler, John J.
Hoyt, Rollo D.
Klopfenstein, Ed.
Hoodless, Otto
Knierin, George H.
Krueg, Peter A.
Harding, R. Harrington, Floyd H.
Hawkins, John H. Hawkins, Orville Halderman, Sidney
Ingraham, Ellsworth Irwin, Howard Jacquot, Leo. R.
Kindy, Ward B.
Harrington, Clyde A
Hepfinger, Clyde
Guilford, Ralph P.
Henderer, Emile C.
Johnson, Frank L.
Grodi, Israel A.
Harrington, Clarence
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Lenalıan, Jolın
Malone, Charles J.
Moore, Rudolph
Leu, Howard E.
Mantzer, Arnold
Morrison, Guy
Laurie, Chas M.
Marmeros, Mike C.
Murphy, Arthur E.
Laver, Elmer L.
Mason, Abram
Munsell, Clifton
Laidel, Elnier L.
Maddox, William H.
Lauber, Clarence E.
Lan, Edward P.
Lantz, Edwin
Mastin, Ray Martin, Elen B.
Murbach, Herbert C.
Langenderfer, M.
Marshall, Garford
Murbach, E. A.
Layman, Albert D.
MeLaughlin, Ralph
Myriek, Merrill D.
Langenderfer, Leo
Merrilatt. Lloyd R.
Myers, Austin G.
Lathrop, - (Lt.)
Merrill, Franeis C.
Myers, Herman
Lauber, E. J.
Mead, Clyde
Myers, Walter B.
Leu, Clarence HI. Lehman, Frank
Meister, Ralph W.
Nichel, Jos. M.
Lee. Howard E.
Meister, John B., Jr.
Nofziger, Harley M.
Leavy, Lawrence F.
Meister, Geo. E.
Nofziger, Clarence
Leininger, Gustave F.
Meyer, Albert
Nofziger, Lester D.
Leu. Willard B.
Miley, Frank K.
Nofziger, Lloyd
Leggett, John J.
Miller, Levi W.
Nofziger, Ora
Lear, William B.
Miller, Kenneth A.
O'Brien, Cornelius
Liechty, Noah
Miller, Clarence T.
Olney, Glen E.
Link, Fremont
Miller, Maurice J.
Omber, John C.
Livingston, Frank J.
Miller, Frank H.
Ondrejke, John
Liedel. Herbert J.
Miller, Geo. W.
Onweller, Ralph W.
Lochbihler, Harold R.
Miller, Eugene
Miller, Forrest C.
Outealt, J. F.
Lackman, Geo.
Miller, Earl E.
Palmer, Guy B.
Loar, Leighton E.
Miller, Myron
Probert, Clyde
Loar, Roland D.
Miller, Ray A.
Parsonage, Albert
Lutton, Rollie J.
Miller, Edward F.
Patterson, Frank L.
Levy Emile
Miller, Theophilus
Patterson, Lloyd M.
McLaughlin, Ralph
Mills, Daniel C.
Parks, E. W.
McConkey, Ralph J.
Mills, Harold C.
Parker, Wm. K.
McLaughlin, Floyd A.
Mills, Robert D.
Partridge, Ross B.
McLain, Walter S.
Mitchell, Arthur E.
Paxson, Edwin
McKean, Fred G.
Mitchell, Hazel E.
Pennington, Guy
McQuillen, Albert J.
Mitchell, Fred E.
Peterson, J. A.
McQuillen, W. R.
Miserny, John
Perry, Lowell D.
McClarren, Howard
Michaels, Elmer
Pelton, Gordon E.
McClarren, Robert L.
Mohr, Verne C. Morse, Robert Morse, Bernard
Pfund, Will
Marks, Claude
Morse, Joseph A.
Pfund, Chas.
Marks, James R.
Morningstar, W. E.
Pfeiffer, Fred W.
Marks, Roseoe
Moyer, Arthur D.
Pittman, Gordon E.
Mack. Elmer
Moyer, Joe D. Moekler Floyd
Pilliod, Lawrence M.
Mahler, Lawrence M.
Phillips, Geo. P.
Marley, John P.
Platt, James
Plummer, Percy G.
Mann, Charles L.
Morton, Jesse J. Monroe, Herman G. Moodby, Osear
Pilliod, Harry G.
May. Floyd O.
Peach, Harry L.
Perkins, Ralph
MeMahon, -- Mack. Leon
Miller Edwin
O'Neill, Fred T. Ottgen, Samuel
Lochbihler, P. L.
Loeffler, Ollie
Mead, Claude
Newbrander, Carl J.
Mazema, John
Mull, E. Murphy, Earl W.
Murbach, Clarence F.
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Potter, Ray L.
Rupp, Walter
Simon, Raymond L. Stiriz, Wm. P.
Potes, Charles I.
Rupp, Moses
Powers, John P.
Rupp, Ira H.
Siegel, Mckinley
Poorman, Edgar A.
Ruth, Geo. E.
Simms, Willard E.
Poorman, Oliver F.
Rychener, Ralph O.
Simon, Nicholas A.
r'oorman, Roy
Proudfoot, Forest E. Proudfoot, Howard
Rychener, R. R. Rychener, Wm. H. Rychenghern, - Sams, Everett E.
Simpson, Geo. Siefert, Albert Siefert, John
Punchas, Leo S.
Sipe, Rowley
Pearney, Alfonzo
Sattler, Wm. G.
Skeels, Walter D.
Richardson, A. D.
Sattler, Paul
Skeels, Dudley K.
Robinson, Mckinley
Sagert, Roy J.
Skeels, Howard P.
Radway, Wm. R.
Schultz, Wm. H.
Slupman, Clarence
Rawlev. Leo C.
Schultz, Ross E.
Sharples, O. L. Smith, Fred W.
Reichner, Clyde G.
Schamp, Harold D.
Smith, Newton E.
Reichner, Roy
Schlegel, Henry
Smith, Clyde
Reckner, Clem W.
Schroeder, Carl F.
Smith, Leland D.
Reighard, Claude L.
Schnaffner, Ollie
Smith, Forest L.
Rebuca, Edwin
Schuster, Clayton E.
Smith, Robert F.
Reynolds, Ralph W. Reese, Chas E.
Schaechterle, Fred D. Schwyn, Albert
Smith, Rueben E. Smart, Seth J.
Rees, Robert Jr.
Schaffner, Earl V.
Snider, Chas. D.
Regenold, Geo. O.
Schaber, Harvey
Snyder, Roy F.
Regenold, Neville
Schmitz, Leo
Snyder, Geo. H.
Riticher, Harry J.
Rhodes, Harvey L.
Schwalley, Alpheus Schlapper, John F. Schrag, Solomon
Schlatter, Floyd
Sower, Geo. W.
Richardson, Clark A. Roddy, Bert
Segrist, Ralph J.
Snellbaker, Clyde
Roddy, Henry H.
Seaman, Harry A.
Sommers, Jay
Rochte, Corwin C.
Seiffert, Harry
Sperling, Harry E.
Rochte, Carroll O.
Shibler, Eli
Sperling, Lawrence L. Spoerle, Gerald E. Spade, Glen
Reichert, Fred
Short, Eddie A.
Spade, Paul
Reichert, Alfred
Short, Seth J.
Spade, Chris. P. Sharples, Leslie
Robinson, Myrl E.
Sharp, Lloyd H.
Smallman, Ralph
Robinson, Wm. M.
Showater, Lawr. G.
Smallman, Lloyd Struble, Burton O.
Robinson, Orrin R.
Shaffer Clyde H.
Stebbins, Harry W.
Rorick, E. H.
Sheffer, Clyde M. Shaffer, Lawrence J.
Shaffer, Leslie
Roberts, Howard F.
Ruihley, E. F. Ruihley, Aaron
Ruffer, Harold H. Rupp, Ora
Shelt, Daniel V. Shiepfer, John F. Sherrif, Foy K.
Stevens, Wm. S.
Stewart, Chester A. Stillwater, Ulrich G.
Rice, Albert
Snow, Roy W.
Rice, Fern O. Ries, Richard
Schantz, Lloyd C.
Sower, Whitley
Segrist, Walter A.
Snyder, Eli A.
Rosebrook, Ralph R.
Short, Jesse, Jr.
Reith, George S.
Short, Joseph L.
Rowe, Ernest C.
Scott, Leroy H.
Robinson, James T.
Shibler, Elmer
Spengler, Jacob H. Stewart, Neville E. Steinbrecher, Hy Steinbrecher, John Stevens, Irving R.
Rowe, Elmer Roth, Joseph
Shoemaker, Ralph Shults, James
Sharpe, Walter
Siefert, Fred
Reed, Fred'k O.
Schamp, Glen
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Strong, Ross Upp Clarence R.
Welling, Howard
Standish, Clement
Van Volkenburg, L.
Wentz, Melvin R.
Stadler, Wm.
Van Wagner, C. H.
Welch, Fred
Stine, Frank Van Dyke, James
Werder, Iran W.
Stuckey, Simon
Vanghn, Kenneth
Weott, John
Stamm, Alvin
Vernier, Roscoe F.
Weickesser, Albert A.
Stamm, Albert
Vernier, A. J.
Walters, Russell L.
Stine, Emmett W.
Vernier, Hazens
Whetstone, Millard P.
Stotzer, Harold F.
Vermilyea, V. W.
Whitcomb, Chas. E.
Stalens, Theophilus
Verlinde, Emil
Whiton, John M.
Stoner, Clyde E.
Vermeulea, Alfonzo
Whitcomb, Ora
Stemen, Earl
Vershein, Francis S.
Wilson, Chas. O.
Swisher, Clark O.
Verbair, William
Wilson, Howard B.
Swisher, Wm. B.
Viers, William
Williams, Lawr. S.
Sweeney, Harry J.
Viers, Frank L.
Wisner, Vern A.
Sweeney, Harold E.
Vonier, Lloyd
Winterfield, Walter J.
Stratton, Odell
Vonier, Joseph
Wiley, Ralph
Skeels, Sheldon
Vonier, Otto
Wilkins, Arch. M.
Tester, James H.
Vollmer, Walter C.
Winslow. Glenn
Textor, Bert
Wales, William W.
Worthington, Peter E.
Thomas. Parker E.
Walters, George
Wolf. Adolph
Thomas, Jolin
Walter, Lynn
Wright, Frank A.
Theobald, Paul
Waters, George
Wyse, Chauncey E.
Thompson, Fred G.
Watkins, Ross
Wyse, William H.
Thierry, Uriah
Watkins, Ora A.
Yeager, Clarence H.
Toms. Henry O.
Ward, Leslie S.
Yeager, Robert B.
Trumbull, Ray W.
Wagoner, Roy W.
Yaney, Harry
Trumbull, Allen R.
Weber, Harry C.
Yahlke, Robert
Trumbull, Clayton
Weber. Edward
Yahlke, Herman . Zeck, Emile
Trowbridge. Rav M.
Weber, Joseph C.
Trowbridge, F. H.
Weber, Andrew
Zeigler, Earl
Treadway, Harry R.
Weber Aurelius C.
Ziegler, Frank
Trumppower, G. E.
Weihl, Edgar H.
Zimmerman, George
Tyler, Harry S.
Whipple, Basil
Zimmerman, Lloyd J.
Thomas, Elery E.
Wales, Robert
Woodard, Donald C.
Thomas, Ray
Walters, Harry O.
Woodward, Loren T.
The following men had commissioned grade: Carl F. Hartman, major; Arch. M. Wilkins, L. C. Cosgrove, captains or majors; C. F. Murbach. E. A. Murbach. Colenzo H. Hoffmire, H. T. Gray, J. F. Outealt, C. S. Campbell, Ralph Reynolds, W. O. V. Evers, Wm. H. Maddox. captains; Lathrop, Heffron, Hudson, H. E. Brailey, A. D. Moyer, Ralph Bushey, Fern Harrison, Otis Johnson, L. G. Andrews, Darby Kenyon, Glenn Schamp, Ross Strong, lieutenants.
It is not possible to state who was the first Fulton County boy to enter the service, and the credit should be given to those who left peaceful homes and prosperous country to go into the vortex of war, as volunteers. in the Canadian or British armies. The first Wauseon man to qualify for entry to one of the United States officers' training camps was Otis Johnson, on May 4, 1917. Some, during April, May, or June, of 1917, drifted away. almost unnoticed, to enlist at Toledo, and other places in the Army or Navy, but on June 5th came the registra-
FULTON COUNTY'S SECOND DETACHMENT, FIFTY SEVEN MEN, FOR NATIONAL ARMY, PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR CAMP SHERMAN. OHIO. SEPTEMBER 19, 1917.
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tion of all male citizens, declarants, and alien residents, between the ages of twenty-one and thirty one years, so that the Selective Serviee system might take the place of indiscriminate recruitment of volunteers. The first detachment to leave Fulton county, for service in the new National Army, consisted of seven men, Robert J. Bissonette, Albert L. Frey, Otto E. Funkhouser, Fern D. Harrison, Paul H. Hemsoth, Frank H. Miller, and Carl F. Sehroder. They left, for Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, on September 6, 1917. This detachment was followed by a seeond, of fifty-seven men, on September 19th, and a third detach- ment, of forty-eight men, on October 3, 1917. Although their subse- quent movements because of military exigency and the need for seereey as to troop movements, were somewhat drab, the "send-off" given them by their home-folk was worthy of the county, and of their subsequent battle records. The people of the county gathered in thousands at Wauseon, on the days of departure of the detachments. The "Demo- eratie Expositor," of September 21, 1917, stated that "about 2,500 to 3,000 people turned out Wednesday morning, to bid 'God speed' to the boys who are going into training, to defend human rights and eivilized liberty. There were among the boys those who were sad, be- eause they knew that either at home, or in the erowd, was mother with an all-but-broken heart. So the occasion was not the most cheerful one, although the boys bore up bravely." Two weeks later, "about 3,000 people assembled in Wauseon, Wednesday morning, October 3rd," stated the same paper, "to see Fulton County's third eontingent go forth .... Everybody was here, from far and near, throughout the county. The Old Veterans' Fife and Drum Corps, the Boy Scouts Bugle Corps, the Arehbold Band, and the Swanton Band were all present, and helped to swell the patriotism within the hearts of all." There was not an extravagant voicing of effusive and fulsome words, but the hand-grips that returned those of the boys were expressive of the feelings that in many eases made words impossible. And, as a whole, the boys left cheerfully. As the war proceeded and detachment after detachment left Fulton County, the gathering of those who longed to give the departing boys. a last hand-shake seemed to inerease with each departure. On May 29, 1918, when a detachment left for Camp Taylor, one of the local newspapers reported that "more than eight thousand people gathered at Wauseon to extend greetings to the departing boys" adding that "it was a sad great day when our boys marehed away ; sad beeause of the vacant places in the homes, great beeause of the man- hood, bravery and patriotism of the people, and these sons of ours, who are ready to fight, and die if need be, that Old Glory might con- tinue to stand as the banner of liberty, justiee and equality; great because of the womanhood, which gave us these sons, and, in the name of America, bade them go .... for Humanity's sake."
And when, having passed through the vortex, having had more than one glimpse of the hell war is, and of the extra-ordinary heinousness of this war, with its poison gases, its high explosives, and its almost- subterranean life, the boys returned home, in twos and threes, or small groups at best, the citizens named a day upon which they would form- ally welcome the heroes back to the home-fold. October 1, 1919, was the day decided upon, and then "hundreds of soldiers, sailors and marines of all wars, their wives, sweethearts, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters and friends, were the guests of the county in this
FULTON COUNTY'S THIRD DETACHMENT, FORTY-EIGHT MEN, PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR CAMP SHERMAN, OHIO, OCTOBER 3, 1917. (Photo by Dangler, Wauseon.)
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vicinity, and town folks of Wauscon" stated the Wauseon "Republiean." "It was a day of rejoicing and good fellowship. About 500 serviee men were registered, and their guests swelled the number to nearly 800 who were given a magnificent dinner by men and women of this community." Continuing the paper reported :
"The farmers brought in chickens, and the very best that the soil could produce of the things that were good to eat, while the town folks joined in supplying pies, cakes, bread, etc., and the business men raised and spent about $1,100 for supplies and entertainment. Nothing was left undone to add to the pleasure of the day: So, let it rain. What do we care, so long as all went merry as a marriage bell, when our boys and their friends were having a good time. The free attractions were of high character. The Archbold, Defiance, and Boy Scout bands kept the air filled with good music, while the Merry-go-round con- tributed its share to the entertainment. It was a great community meeting, the farmer folks joining with the town folks in the cele- bration."
Some of the boys who went away in 1917, or 1918, did not gather for the 1919 celebration. They could not attend, excepting in spirit. They had made
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had had their names entered in national annals among those of other patriots who had laid down their lives in defence of their country. Fulton County's list is an honorable and honored one, and well might the grief of those mothers who bore such valiant sons be tempered by the pride they must feel in realizing 'that their offsprings have plaee upon the greatest, the supreme Roll of Honor of this great nation. Those Fulton County patriots who were killed in action, who died of wounds, or from other causes, in France, or who suceumbed to the hardships or rigorous military training in this country, were:
Agsten, Charles C. Gardiner, H.
Murbach, Herbert C.
Brehm. Harvey
Graham, Ross
Nofziger, Lloyd
Becker, August
Gibbs, Clifford
Pearney, Alfonzo
Bixler, William Hall, Geo. W.
Robinson, MeKinley
Buehrer, Clayton O. Hine, Homer
Richardson, A. D.
Camp, Ignatius Howard, Walter
Cook, Edward Lane
Hoover, George Hurd, James
Sharpe, Walter
Curtis, Clifton Dale, John
Kleupfel, Fred H.
Siefert, Fred
DeHavens, John
Knight, Arthur E.
Skeels, Walter
Diekerson, Vern Kaulkins, Earl
Skeels, Sheldon
Dunn, Russell
Keller, Clyde
Stratton, Odell
Eckhart, Wm.
Lauber, Clarence C.
Weekesser, Albert A.
Elmwood, Lawrence D. MeLaughlin, Ralph
Wright, Frank
Elton, Clifford Mastin, Ray
Flory, Leo. E. Michael, Elmer A.
Rupp, Moses Schwyn, Albert
Durant, William Lenahan, John
Steinbrecker, Henry
The first Wauseon boy to give his life was Walter M. Howard, son of former County Treasurer George W. Howard, and nephew of
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Colonel D. W. H. Howard, of Winameg. He died of pneumonia, at Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., on January 14, 1918. Probably the first to make the supreme sacrifice on the battlefields of France was McKinley Robinson. Regarding some of Fulton County's heroes who were killed, or who died in the service, there is much biographical material avail- able, while of others there is little or no information, unfortunately. In consequence, it will be impossible to give them the notice here that their service merits.
CHARLES C. AGSTEN, of Delta, son of John E. Agsten, was in the army in the earliest days of the war. He was a member of Company A, of the Twenty-Eighth Infantry; and was buried in France.
HARVEY BREHM, son of Michael Brehm, of Fayette, died on the Field of Glory, in France.
AUGUST BECKER, "a kind and loving boy," only son of Mr. and Mrs. August Becker, Sr., of Dover Township, died of pneumonia, following influenza, at Camp Sherman, Ohio, on October 9, 1918, aged 21 years. He was buried at Norwalk, Ohio. "He was a farmer lad, and had spent his life with his parents, aiding them in their farm work."
WILLIAM NICHOLAS BIXLER, son of S. H. and Lizzie Bixler, was born near Swanton, in 1890. Entering the service in 1918, he had infantry training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana, and was subsequently transferred to an Artillery unit, at Camp Custer, Michigan. He had received overseas equipment and expected to sail overseas shortly, when he was stricken with influenza, which developed into pneumonia, from which he died on October 19, 1918, at Camp Custer. He was buried in Centreville Cemetery, Swanton.
CLAYTON O. BUEHRER, son of Mrs. Conrad Ziegler, by her first marriage, was well-known and much respected in Archbold. He was mortally wounded in action in France.
IGNATIUS CAMP, of Swanton, was probably the first in the County to die while in the service of his country in this war. He died of spinal meningitis at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, on November 11, 1917. Two of his brothers went to the camp immediately, and returned with his body, and funeral services were held at St. Richard's Roman Catholic Church, Swanton, "the village flag flying at half-mast in his honor." He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Camp, formerly of, near, Sandusky, but since 1915 of Swanton.
EDWARD LANE COOK was a patriot who left home and wife volun- tarily to fight for his country. He crossed the seas, and his body lies in consecrated ground in France.
CLIFTON CURTIS, of the well-known pioneer Swanton family, also lies "somewhere in France;" paying with his life some of the debt this country owed to Lafayette.
JOHN DALE, of Fayette, died, facing the enemy in a front-line trench in France.
JOHN DEHAVENS, of Delta, was also killed in action on the French front.
VERN DICKERSON, son of James and Hattie Dickerson, of near Wauseon, died at the Base Hospital, Camp Sherman, Ohio, on October 9, 1918. Influenza was the cause. Vern was a worthy son; a young man "of upright life and exemplary habits." He was buried in Wauseon Cemetery.
RUSSELL DUNN, of Fayette, husband of Mildred Dunn, died while
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in training in this country, at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio.
WILLIAM E. DURANT, son of Elizabeth and Elisha Durant, and husband of Opal May Emmerling, of Wauseon, went into service in August, 1918, and at the time of his death, October 15, 1918, was a member of Headquarters Company, Sixty-Seventh Field Artillery, at Camp Knox, West Point, Ky. He was buried in Wauseon Cemetery. WILLIAM ECKHART, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eckhart, of York township. He died in training camp, and was buried at Dutch Ridge.
LAWRENCE D. ELMWOOD was in one of the most dangerous and glorious arms of the service. He was a member of Company A., of the Fourth Auto Air Craft Battalion.
CLIFFORD ELTON, of Delta, and of a well-known family long resi- dent in Fulton County, died while in Vancouver Barracks, Washington, an American camp. His body was brought home, and interred eventu- ally in Raker Cemetery.
LEO E. FLORY, "one of the Wauseon boys who, from the moment that the United States declared war on Germany was anxious to get into the service," died of pneumonia, at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, October 24, 1918. He volunteered for service five times, but each time was rejected. He passed the sixth examination however, and left for camp happy. He was the son of Bert and Mary Flory; was a popular student of Wauseon schools, and as a youth belonged to the Boy Scout troop. His remains were placed in the Catholic Cemetery, north of Arehbold.
H. GARDNER, son of Mrs. Alice Gardner, of Delta, was a member of Company E., One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Infantry, one of the regiments early sent to France. His body lies in sacred ground in that country.
Ross GRAHAM, a promising young mechanical engineer, for nine years connected with the Pilliod Company, at Swanton, died of spinal meningitis in France. He held a commission, in the grade of lieuten- ant, and "was a fine young man in every respect." He married, in 1914, Maybelle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frogley, of Swanton.
CLIFFORD GIBBS, of Wauseon, son of Jay W. Gibbs, was reported "Missing in action" in France, and his father eventually received the Memorial Certificate sent from France by the French Government, for presentation to him.
GEORGE W. HALL, son of William Hall, of Lyons, was in Battery C., of the 341st Field Artillery, and was buried in France.
HOMER CARL HINE, son of C. B. and Mary I. Hine, and grandson of M. N. Worley, of Clinton Township, died at Base Hospital, Camp Sherman, Ohio, October 7, 1918, aged 21 years. "He died as a soldier on duty, faithful to his country." He was "universally liked" in Wauseon. He was buried in Wauseon Cemetery, mourned by his wife, Elizabeth Shelt, of Napoleon, by his mother, Mrs. Irving Eck, of Wauseon, and by very many friends .
WALTER M. HOWARD, of the pioneer Fulton County family, and the first Wauseon boy to succumb to the rigors of military training, had very many friends in Wauseon, and throughout the county.
GEORGE HOOVER, son of J. E. Hoover, of Archbold, was one of those who helped with his body, to bloek the road to Paris. He was killed in action in France, and the French Government Memorial Certificate was eventually tendered to his father.
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JAMES HURD, of Fayette, was another of those who sought to stem the tide; to stop the onward rush of the Germans toward World domination. He was killed in the attempt.
FREDERICK H. KLEUPFEL, of an Archbold family, died as the result of the rigors of military service in war time. He died after he had returned from France.
ARTHUR E. KNIGHT, of Wauseon, died in France of wounds received in action. His wife proudly treasures the French Government Memorial Certificate.
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