Military Legacy of Wayne County, West Virginia And Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND BEYOND

GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY

Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons

Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917-2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917-1944),
who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France, and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.

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WORLD WAR I, THE GREAT WAR TO END ALL WARS (1917-1918)

WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES

REMEMBER AND NAME, K - Z

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IN 1918 THE WORLD WAS STRICKEN BY AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC

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LESTER

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LESTER, CLYDE L. (1891 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Fort Gay, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Wolf Creek Road, Butler, Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 August 1891 on Draft Registration Card. Born 19 July 1892 on Findagrave.
PARENTS: Zenobia Bloss and Paris Pepper Lester.
GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Christian and Isaac Lester.
GRANDPARENTS: Priscilla and Valentine Bloss.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Jameson and Samuel Ferguson who was born in Ireland, immigrated to Virginia, enlisted in the Virginia Militia and participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
U. S. WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: Clyde L. Lester of Fort Gay, West Virginia, born 17 August 1891, single, student, signed June 5, 1917.
MIRABILIA 1918, MARSHALL COLLEGE YEARBOOK, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA: Clyde L. Lester, President of the 1918 Senior Class of Marshall College, photograph on page 27.
~ “Dedication to the many brave young men, students and graduates of Marshall College, who so nobly have answered The Call of Democracy and Humanity, and whose Patriotism and Devotion merit every Honor that can be bestowed upon them ...”
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 4 October 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2471804.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Headquarters Company, 317th Infantry, 80th Infantry Division, U. S. Army, World War I, American Expeditionary Force.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, MONGOLIA, 1918:
~ Outgoing Ship, MONGOLIA, Departed May 26, 1918 from Norfolk, Virginia, Private Clyde L. Lester, 80th Division. Father, Paris P. Lester of R.F.D. #1, Fort Gay, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Expeditionary Force.
DATE OF DEATH: 4 October 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, 1918:
~ “CLYDE LESTER KILLED IN FRANCE”
~ “Mrs. P. P. Lester received a message the 7th from the War Department that her son, Clyde was killed in action on the 4th of October.
~ “Clyde wrote a letter to his father the 2nd of October in which he enclosed a part of a German newspaper and said the German officer had got in a hurry to leave and had left the paper behind, which goes to prove that he was on the firing line.”
~ “OTIS JACKSON, ANOTHER WAYNE COUNTY BOY, DIES ON BATTLE FRONT.” [Note, Ottus Jackson.]
~ “H. Jackson of near Wayne received a telegram last Sunday that his son, Ottis Jackson died of pneumonia in France Oct. 2.”
Source: Newspaper Clipping posted on Ancestry by JosephBarnett85 on 28 May 2021.
STATUS: Killed In Action, 4 October 1918, France, World War I.
FIRST BURIAL, 1918: European Grave 2644.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP U. S. A. T. WHEATON, 1921:
~ Incoming Ship, U. S. A. T. WHEATON, Departed Antwerp on August 6, 1921; Arrived Hoboken, New Jersey. Private Clyde L Lester, C. R. No. 108, Code No. 22, Service Number 2471804, Headquarters Company, 317th Infantry.
REPATRIATED: Yes.
REINTERRED: 8 September 1921.
CEMETERY: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Mirabilla, 1918 Marshall College Yearbook, Huntington, West Virginia. Newspaper Article. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3, Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists. U. S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms. U. S. World War I Draft Registration. West Virginia Births Index.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s fourth-cousin-twice-removed, Clyde L. Lester on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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MIZE

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MIZE, SAMUEL (1888 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky. Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky. Portsworth and Chillicothe Road, Scioto, Pike County, Ohio. Melvin, Floyd County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 July 1888 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky on the 1900 Census and on his Draft Registration Card. Born 2 July 1891 on the Veterans Administration Master Index.
PARENTS: Florence A. Tartar and John Daniel Mize.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION: Samuel Mize, age 28, single, resides Melvin, Floyd County, Kentucky.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 1 June 1918, Died in France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK: Cook.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company A, 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division, U. S. Army, World War I, American Expeditionary Force.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre, American Expeditionary Force.
DATE OF DEATH: 1 June 1918 in France, World War I.
STATUS: Died, France, World War I.
CEMETERY: Aisne – Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France, Grave 13.
WORLD WAR I MOTHERS’ PILGRIMAGES, 1929:
~ Mrs. Florence A. Mize of Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, mother of Samuel Mize, Cook, Company A, 7th Machine Gun Battalion, Aisne – Marne Cemetery, Belleau, France, Declines Pilgrimage in 1930.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: American Battle Monuments; abmc.gov. Census. U. S. Headstone And Interment Records For U. S. Cemeteries On Foreign Soil. U. S. Veterans Administration Master Index. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U. S. World War I Mothers’ Pilgrimages, 1929.

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NAPIER

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SONS OF MINNIE BELLE FERGUSON AND PATRICK HENRY NAPIER, SR.:
JOHNSON HARVEY NAPIER (1890 – 1965), U. S. MILITARY, WORLD WAR I.
PATRICK HENRY NAPIER, JR. (1898 – 1951), FRANCE, WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. RICHARD HARRISON “DICK” NAPIER (1888 – 1918), DECLARED DEAD, FRANCE, WWI.
WILLIAM SHERMAN NAPIER (1892 – 1918), DIED OF DISEASE, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.

MINNIE BELLE FERGUSON NAPIER (1872 – 1955),
DAUGHTER OF NANCY PENNIX AND JAMES FERGUSON, AND
GRANDDAUGHTER OF NANCY BRYANT AND JAMES H. FERGUSON, JR., UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR.

PATRICK HENRY NAPIER, SR. (1867 – 1928),
SON OF ARMILDA ADKINS & RICHARD MCJOHNSON NAPIER, CONFEDERATE ARMY, CIVIL WAR.
GRANDSON OF PERLINA WATTS AND PATRICK H. NAPIER.
GREAT-GRANDSON OF HENRIETTA SMITH AND THOMAS F. NAPIER, WAR OF 1812.

U. S. WORLD WAR I MOTHERS’ PILGRIMAGE, 1929:
~ Pilgrimages of Gold Star Mothers and Widows, 1930 – 1933, West Virginia List.
~ Mrs. Minnie Bell Napier of 1317 Walnut Street, Kenova, West Virginia, Mother of Deceased, William S. Napier, Private, Company D, 65th Engineers, Suresnes Cemetery, France, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930.

U. S. ARRIVING PASSENGER AND CREW LIST ON SHIP, S. S. AMERICAN:
~ Sailing from Cherbourge, France on September 10, 1930.
~ Arriving at port of New York on September 26, 1930.
~ Minnie B. Napier, age 57, born December 19, 1872 at Hanging Rock, Ohio, resides at 1317 Walnut St., Kenova, WV

WAYNE COUNTY NEWS, 1930 PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES:
~ Minnie Belle Ferguson Napier in France, standing beside the cross headstone of her son.

NAPIER, JOHNSON HARVEY (1890 – 1965), U. S. MILITARY, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Stonewall, Wayne County, West Virginia. 1511 Pine, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 August 1890 in East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Minnie Belle Ferguson and Patrick Henry Napier, Sr.
SPOUSE: Parthenia “Thena” Napier (1898-1931). Bessie Lee Stewart (1912-1979).
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: Military Service, 2 April 1918.
DISCHARGE DATE:
SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK:
BRANCH OF SERVICE:
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: U. S. Military, World War I.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: World War I.
U. S. CENSUS, 1930: Johnson Harvey Napier declared that he was a World War I Veteran.
U. S. WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942: “Finger Off Left Hand.”
DATE OF DEATH: 18 March 1965, Wayne County, West Virginia.
CEMETERY: Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia. The gravesite has a double headstone for Johnson Harvey and Parthenia Napier.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Veterans Administration Master Index. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. West Virginia Archives And History, Birth Index. West Virginia Death Index.
NOTE: I placed Johnson Harvey Napier on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

NAPIER, PATRICK HENRY, JR. (1898 – 1951), U. S. ARMY, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: ~ Stonewall, Wayne County, West Virginia in World War I.
~ Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia in World War II.
OTHER RESIDENCE:
~ In 1920, Henry Napier, age 21, single, resided, Beech Street, Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia.
~ In 1930, Henry Napier, age 30, born in West Virginia, a World War I Veteran, resided at Fourteenth Street, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, with wife, Audrey, age 22, born in Colorado and daughter, Carmalita, age 11 months old, born West Virginia.
~ In 1935, Henry Napier resided in Hillsboro, Oregon.
~ In 1940, Henry Napier, age 41, divorced, resided at 813 15th Street, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 October 1898, East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Minnie Belle Ferguson and Patrick Henry Napier, Sr.
SPOUSE: Audrey L. McFall, born in Colorado. Married 29 October 1925 in Vancover, Washington. Divorced 27 December 1939 in Hillsboro, Oregon.
SON: Cebren Douglas Napier, Born 25 August 1926; Died 31 October 1926 in Oregon.
DAUGHTER: Carmalita Napier. Born 29 April 1929, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia; Died 9 October 2006, Washington County, Oregon. Carmalita married Robert Lamoreaux, a World War II Veteran.
REGISTERED FOR THE DRAFT: 16 February 1942. Patrick Henry Napier, age 43, “Eagle, Shield and Anchor Tattoo Mark on Right Arm.”
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
FIRST ENLISTMENT DATE: World War I.
SECOND ENLISTMENT DATE: World War II. 20 July 1942 in Huntington, West Virginia.
DISCHARGE DATE: 26 March 1943.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35437370.
PENSION NUMBER: C – 3 – 459 – 083.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Military, World War II.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 1570 Service Unit, Headquarters Detachment, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 4 August 1951.
CEMETERY: Catlettsburg Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Oregon Deaths. Oregon State Divorces, 1939. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 – 1946. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Card. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards. Washington Marriage Records. West Virginia Archives & History; wvculture.org. West Virginia Births. West Virginia Deaths.
NOTE: I placed Patrick Henry Napier, Jr. on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

NAPIER, RICHARD HARRISON “DICK” NAPIER (1888 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DECLARED DEAD, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: TUG BOAT ALICE, Seattle, King County, Washington.
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 November 1888 in Springhill, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Minnie Belle Ferguson and Patrick Henry Napier, Sr.
WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD, 1917, SEATTLE CITY, WASHINGTON (STATE): Richard Harrison Napier, single, age 28, born November 24, 1888 in Springhill, West Virginia. Occupation, Marine Fireman. Employed By Chesley Tug & Barge Company on TUG BOAT ALICE Home Address, TUG BOAT ALICE – KING D DOCK, Seattle, Washington, Signed on 5 June 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM:
ENLISTMENT DATE:
SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK:
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: U. S. Army, France, World War I.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
DATE OF DEATH: circa 1918, France, World War I.
STATUS: Declared Dead, France, World War I.
CEMETERY: France.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
PILGRIMAGES OF GOLD STAR MOTHERS AND WIDOWS, 1930 – 1933, WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA:
~ Mrs. Minnie Bell Napier, 1317 Walnut Street, Kenova, Mother of William S. Napier, Private, Company D, 65th Engineers, Suresnes American Cemetery, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930.
WAYNE COUNTY NEWS, 18 DECEMBER 1930 PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES: Presented by the Wayne County Genealogical & Historical Society, Scanned By Howard Osburn, wcghs.com.
~ A photograph of Minnie Belle Ferguson Napier in France, touching the cross headstone of her son, Richard Harrison “Dick” Napier, who had been Declared Dead in World War I.
~ “In the picture above is shown Mrs. Belle Napier, of Kenova and formerly of East Lynn, Wayne County, at the grave of her son, Dick Napier, who died while serving in the U. S. Army in France during the World War. The two flags and the wreath are placed against the grave of the former Wayne County soldier.”
SOURCES: Old Newspaper Articles – 1930; wcghs.com. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org.
NOTE: I placed Richard Harrison “Dick” Napier on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

NAPIER, WILLIAM SHERMAN (1892 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF DISEASE, PNEUMONIA, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 May 1892, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Minnie Belle Ferguson and Patrick Henry Napier, Sr.
OCCUPATION: Blacksmith. Carpenter.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE: Yes, Served 3 years.
FIRST ENLISTMENT DATE: 20 June 1912 by Major Dean.
FIRST DISCHARGE DATE: 21 August 1914.
FIRST SERVICE NUMBER:
FIRST RANK: Private.
FIRST BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army Cavalry. Served for 3 years.
FIRST COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company I and Company G, 14th Infantry, 1st Cavalry, U. S. Army.
U. S. WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: William Sherman Napier, age 25, Carpenter, Previous Military Service, Yes, Rank of Private, U. S. Army Cavalry, Served for 3 years, Signed 5 June 1917.
SECOND ENLISTMENT DATE:
SECOND DISCHARGE DATE: 4 September 1918, Died Non Battle, Died Of Disease, Pneumonia, France, World War I.
SECOND SERVICE NUMBER: 2466156
SECOND RANK: Private First Class.
SECOND BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
SECOND COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company C, 65th Engineers Regiment, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE PASSENGER LISTS, WORLD WAR I:
~ Outgoing, Troop Ship, CASERTA, sailed 10 May 1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey, Private William S. Napier, 2466156, Unit, Camp Lee Replacement Draft February Infantry, father, Patrick H. Napier from East Lynn, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: France, World War I.
DATE OF DEATH: 4 September 1918, Died Non Battle, Died Of Disease, Pneumonia, France, World War I.
STATUS: Died Non Battle, Died Of Disease, Pneumonia, France, World War I.
CEMETERY: Suresnes American Cemetery, France.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
PILGRIMAGES OF GOLD STAR MOTHERS AND WIDOWS, 1930 – 1933, WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA:
~ Mrs. Minnie Bell Napier, 1317 Walnut Street, Kenova, Mother of William S. Napier, Private, Company D, 65th Engineers, Suresnes American Cemetery, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Pilgrimages Of Gold Star Mothers And Widows, 1930 – 1933. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3, Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920. U. S. Army Register Of Enlistments, United States Army, 1909 – 1913. U. S. Army Transport Service Passenger Lists. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia Archives & History. West Virginia Birth Records. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org. West Virginia Vital Research Records; wvculture.org. World War I Honor Roll. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings.
NOTE: I placed William Sherman Napier on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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PAYNE

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PAYNE, WILLIAM HARRISON (1895 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF BATTLE WOUNDS, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Boyd County, Johnson County and Greenup County in Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 March 1895 in Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky on his military draft card. Born June 1892 on the 1900 Census.
PARENTS: Rachel Burt and George William Payne, Jr., married 17 September 1881 in Wayne County, West Virginia.
GRANDPARENTS: Phoebe Ray and George William Payne, Sr..
GRANDPARENTS: Frances ‘Fanny’ Wiley and Charles Burt. Fanny also married John Chatman Stroud and Younger Napier, Sr.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Lucretia Nelson and Hezekiah Wiley.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Thomas Wiley, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Virginia Jane ‘Jenny’ Sellards (1760 – 1831). The Jenny Wiley Kentucky State Park was named in her honor in 1954.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT CARD: (Wm.) William Harrison Payne, age 22, single, born March 25, 1895 in Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky. Employed by Mose Collinsworth in Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia. Signed June 5, 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 19 October 1918, Died of Wounds, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 3169549.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company I, 168th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, U. S. Army, World War I, American Expeditionary Force.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, REGINA DE ITALIA, 1918:
~ Outgoing Ship, REGINA DE ITALIA, departed from Newport News on July 31, 1918, Private William H. Payne, 3169549, 25 th Provisional Company July Infantry Replacement Draft (white), Father, George W. Payne of Ceredo, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre.
DATE OF DEATH: 19 October 1918, Died Of Wounds, France, World War I.
STATUS: Died of Wounds, France, World War I.
FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: Yes.
SECOND BURIAL AND CEMETERY: Lone Pine Cemetery, Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia.
HEADSTONE APPLICATION FORM DATED JUNE 8, 1934.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Appalachia Crossroads Volume I Descendants Of Hezekiah Sellards By Clayton R. Cox, c. 1977. Census. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3, West Virginia Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Veterans Administration Master Index. U. S. World War I Draft Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia Marriage Records. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org.
NOTE: I placed my third-cousin-thrice-removed, William Harrison Payne on my ~ Lowe Stephenson Rose Burchfield Murphy Whitt; Littleton Caudill Salisbury Crace Adams Wiley Webb Boone ~ Paternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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RADER

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SON OF LOUVINA HARMON (1868 - 1942) AND GEORGE WESLEY RADER (1853 - 1902):

CHARLES CLAUDE RADIER (1894 - 1918), KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.

U. S. WORLD WAR I MOTHERS’ PILGRIMAGE, 1929:
Louvinia McComas of Pritchard, Wayne County, West Virginia, mother of Claude C. Rader, Private First Class, Company I, 30th Infantry, Killed In Action, France, Oise – Aisne Cemetery, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930.

RADER, CLAUDE CHARLES (1894 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
NOTE: ALSO LISTED AS CHARLES C. OR CLAUD C. ON CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.
HOMETOWN: Pritchard, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: McComas, Cabell County, West Virginia. White Creek Road, Butler, Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 October 1894 in Dickson, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Louvinia ‘Lou’ Harmon and George Wesley Rader (1853 – 1902). When Claude was about eight years old, he suffered the loss of his father.
GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Callow and William Allen Rader.
GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Jane Dixon and William H. Harmon.
SISTER: Blanch May Rader., born circa March 1897.
SISTER: Isadore H. Rader, born circa 1898 or 1899. SISTER: Belle Rader, born circa 1900.
STEP-FATHER: Walter W. McComas.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS:
~ Claud Rader, age 22, born October 18, 1894 in Wayne County, West Virginia, Employed as a Street Car Conductor by N. O. T. & H. of Akron, Ohio, resides at White Creek, Wayne County, West Virginia, signed May 28, 1917.
~ Also Registered June 5, 1917 in Akron, Ohio as Claude Charles Rader, blue eyes, red hair. Later this card was cancelled by the state of Ohio, after being notified by the state of West Virginia that Rader had first registered in Wayne County, West Virginia.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 24 July 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 547503.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company I, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
DATE OF DEATH: 24 July 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
STATUS: Killed In Action, France, World War I.
FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: NO. Is there a Memorial Memory Marker in the Jack Smith Cemetery in Wayne County, West Virginia?
CEMETERY: Oise – Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes – et – Nesles, France. Cemetery Plot A, Row 2, Grave 36.
MEMORIAL PLAQUE: A Memory Marker was placed in the Jack Smith Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. WORLD WAR I MOTHERS’ PILGRIMAGE, 1929:
~ Louivinia McComas of Pritchard, Wayne County, West Virginia, mother of Claude C. Rader, Private First Class, Company I, 30th Infantry, Oise – Aisne Cemetery, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930.
OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, 1930: Presented by the Wayne County Genealogical & Historical Society, Scanned By Howard Osburn, wcghs.com.
~ “Wayne County News, December 4, 1930. PHOTOGRAPH of Mrs. Walter W. McComas of Wayne County at the grave of her son, CLAUDE RADER in France, taken on her recent Pilgrimage to the World War battlefields and cemeteries. She told the story of her trip in the accompanying interesting story, which she has written exclusively for Wayne County News."
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: American Battle Monuments Commission; abmc.gov. Census. Old Newspaper Articles, 1930; wcghs.com. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3 Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920, photograph on page 399. U. S. Headstone And Interment Records For U. S. Military Cemeteries On Foreign Soil. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U. S. World War I Mothers’ Pilgrimage, 1929. West Virginia Death Records. West Virginia Marriage Index. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org. West Virginia World War I Casualties; usgwarchives.net. World War I Honor Roll. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings.

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SELLARDS

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SELLARDS, WAYNE (1893 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, AFTER SUFFERING GREATLY IN A SEVERE GAS ATTACK BY THE ENEMY, HE DIED OF WOUNDS, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Stonewall, Wayne County, West Virginia. Camp Funston, Kansas.
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 June 1893 in East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Mary Francis Hutchinson and Attison Sellards (1866 – 1955).
GRANDMOTHER: Sarah Ann Ross. She married David Sellards (1826 – 1863), a Confederate States Army, American Civil War Soldier, who died in a Prisoner of War Camp in 1863. Nearly three years later, Attison Sellards was born.
GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Ferguson and John Hutchinson.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Osburn and Samuel Ferguson.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret McKinny and John Ferguson.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Jameson and Samuel Ferguson, an American Revolutionary War Soldier.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 26 September 1918, Died of Wounds, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1559804.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Co. 6 Camp Shelby, June Auto Replacement Draft, 116th Engineers, U. S. Army, Company F, 314th Engineers, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, ANCHISES, 1918:
~ June 12, 1918, Outgoing Ship, ANCHISES sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey.
Private Wayne Sellards, 1559804, U. S. Infantry, Co. 6 Camp Shelby, June Auto Replacement Draft.
SUFFERED A SEVERE GAS ATTACK BY THE ENEMY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1918.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
DATE OF DEATH: 26 September 1918, Suffered Greatly In A Severe Gas Attack By The Enemy, Died of Wounds, France, World War I.
STATUS: Died of Wounds.
FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: Yes, 1921.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, U. S. A. T. WHEATON, 1921:
~ Incoming ship, U. S. A. T. WHEATON sailed from Antwerp on June 19, 1921; arrived Hoboken, New Jersey on July 2, 1921. Private Wayne Sellards, 1559804, Company F, 314 th Engineers, Cable No. 3348, Code No. 1233.
SECOND BUIRAL, CEMETERY: Sellards Family Cemetery, East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Appalachia Crossroads Volume I, Descendants Of Hezekiah Sellards by Clayton R. Cox, c. 1977. Census. Findagrave. Kansas, Camp Funston Military Records, 1914 – 1919. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3 Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists. West Virginia Births Index. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s fourth-cousin-twice-removed, Wayne Sellards on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WELLMAN

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WELLMAN, SMILEY (1894 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF WOUNDS, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Normal, Boyd County, Kentucky. Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: Born 15 October 1894 in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky. Born October 1894 on the 1900 Census.
PARENTS: Mary Belle Walden and John A. Wellman.
GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Garrett and Fleming Wellman.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Julia Ann Randle and Jeremiah M. Wellman.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Mulligan and Bennett Wellman, American Revolutionary War Soldier.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: Smiley Wellman, age 22, Born October 15, 1895 in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky, single, resides in Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, Signed on June 5, 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 15 September 1918, Died of Wounds, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 3169527.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 28th Provisional Company July Infantry Replacement Draft. Company F, 104th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, World War I, American Expeditionary Force.
U. S. ARM TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, TENADORES, 1918:
~ Outgoing Ship, TENADORES sailed from Newport News, Virginia on July 31, 1918.
~ Private Smiley Wellman, 3169527, mother, Mary Wellman of Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: France, American Expeditionary Force.
DATE OF DEATH: 15 September 1918, Died Of Wounds, France, World War I.
FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: Yes, 1921.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICES, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, WHEATON, 1921:
~ Incoming Ship, WHEATON, sailed from Antwerp on June 19, 1921,
~ Remains of Overseas Dead on board, Private Smiley Wellman, 3169527, Company F, 104th Infantry Regiment, Code # 548, REF # 95.
~ Arrived Hoboken, New Jersey on July 2, 1921.
SECOND BURIAL AND CEMETERY, 1921: Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabel County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3 Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia Memory Project.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s third-cousin-twice-removed, Smiley Wellman on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WILLIAMS

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WILLIAMS, JOHN ( – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH:
FATHER: Olie Williams.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: Killed In Action, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 736, 587.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army. COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company I, 11th Infantry, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I. U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, LEVIATHAN 1918:
~ Outgoing, Ship, LEVIATHAN sailed April 24, 1918 from Hoboken New Jersey,
~ No. 736,587, Private John Williams, Company I, 11th Infantry, Father, Olie Williams of Kenova, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Expeditionary Force.
DATE OF DEATH: 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
STATUS: Killed In Action, France, World War I.
CEMETERY:
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3 Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920. U. S. Army Transport Service Arriving And Departing Passenger Lists. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org.

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