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Title	Clipping of World War I Veterans from Waynesville Township, DeWitt County, Illinois
Creator	DeWitt County War Records Committee
Subject- LOC	Veterans -- Illinois; World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography; United States -- Illinois -- DeWitt County -- Biography
Subject [IDA]	Military Veterans World War I
Description	Typed list of men from Waynesville Township, DeWitt County, Illinois, who served in the United States armed forces during World War I. This list was compiled by the DeWitt County War Records Committee as part of its effort to collect service records from all DeWitt County World War I veterans. This list, along with some information about the Committee, was published in the Clinton Morning Journal.
Contributing Institution	Vespasian Warner Public Library District
Date	27 Jun 1920
Type	text
Format	1 typed page + 1 handwritten page
Identifier	6-4_WWI-6-wr-2010-88_003
Language	English
Transcript	Journal June 27 20 THE CLINTO WAYNESVILLE SERVICE MEN Thirty-Nine Eight Men on List Compiled for Waynesville Township by War Records Committee Thirty-nine young men from Waynesville township were members of the United States forces during the World War, according to statistics compiled Saturday by the war service records committee. The committee has been unable to get lists from all of the townships in the county, but are asking various people and committees in those townships to report as soon as possible. According to an announcement Saturday night, the people of the various townships have responded with alacrity in corrections in the lists. It is just as important that all of the lists be recorded as the corrections. The following is the list compiled for Waynesville township: O Herbert Arnfeldt. + [check] Louis Broomfield. Walter Bayless. Karl S. Buck. Jesse Dillon. O Lennis Durbin. + Lester Finfrock. Wilbur Finfrock. O John Garr. + E.A. Gelsthorpe. O Vernon Basil Jones. + L.B. King. Clyde King. George Roy Longbrake. Tullis Dick Longbrake. Geofrey LaDew. Oscar Misner. Dr. J.E. Marvel. O John Matson. + Tibis Ogg. Charles Organ. Herschel Page. Clyde Selby Powers (deceased). Harry Ruble. Homer Rick. Jay Shaffer. Ralph Sprague. O Arthur Spellbring. O John Wesley Skelly. John Starkey. Jesse Scott. O C.R. Sanderson. + Albert Spencer. O Arthur Swan. + Louis Tudor. O A.E. Winnebrinner. + O Frank Wilson. + Kirby Yeakel. Please notify committee of all omissions and mistakes by phoning 610 or the Clinton Public library. Waynesville Township. Questionnaires sent 38 Letters written to James Powers – Father of Clyde Selby Powers.
Coverage- Geographical	United States -- Illinois -- DeWitt County -- Waynesville Township
Coverage-- Temporal	1910s (1910-1919) 1920s (1920-1929)
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Collection Name	DeWitt County World War I Collection