Feature: Albert Elvie Hankins
101 Years Ago: Albert Elvie Hankins was discharged from the U.S. Army on 11 July 1919. He enlisted on 20 March 1918. Elvie served as a Private with Company B in the 62nd Regiment and spent part of his time in service with American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I.1Albert E. Hankins; Applications for Headstones; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; digital images, “U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 December 2012). (*Great-uncle, Hankins)
July 7
45 Years Ago: William Robert Taylor died on 7 July 1975 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. He was buried there in Memorial Park Cemetery. Bill was the son of John Cook Taylor and Margaret Frances Warren. (*Half Great-uncle, Taylor)
July 8
190 Years Ago: James Francis Taylor was born on 8 July 1830 in Garrard County, Kentucky. He was the son of William Taylor and Martha Ramsey. (*2nd Great-grandfather, Taylor)
July 11
73 Years Ago: William Columbus Hopkins died on 11 July 1947 in Gratis, Preble County, Ohio. He was buried in Germantown Cemetery in Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio. Lum was the son of Eliza Hopkins. (*2nd Great-uncle, Hopkins)
*Each person’s relationship to me and the surname of the grandparent through which the relationship falls are in parentheses at the end of each item. Please email me for additional information. Additional sources available upon request.
Sources
| 1. | ↩ | Albert E. Hankins; Applications for Headstones; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; digital images, “U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 December 2012). |
