PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS

World War I
Honor Roll

With The Colors From Pike County

KNOBLE O. ANDERSON #1 Private, Headquarters Co., 18th Machine Gun Bn. Son of Perry O. and Laura Anderson of Hull. Born at Effingham. Ill., Nov. 14, 1899. Enlisted at Champaign, Ill., Sept. 4, 1917. Was overseas. Saw service in Gerardonier Sector, Vosges, and in Meuse-Argonne. Discharged May 15, 1919.

GEORGE LEO BROWN #2
Private, 163rd Inf. Son of Millard and Bridget Brown of Pittsfield. Born at Pittsfield, March 10, 1890. Enlisted at Camp Shelby, Miss., May 25, 1918. Overseas Sept. 12, 1918. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., March 22, 1919.

LOUIS MERLE BLACKETTER #3
Corporal, 10th Regiment, U. S. Marines. Son of John W. and Eva Blacketter, of New Canton. Born at New Canton, Sept. 19, 1894. Enlisted at St. Louis, Mo., June 5, 1918. Discharged at Quantico, Va., Jan. 11, 1919.

ARTHUR B. CREECH #4
Private, U. S. Army. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Creech of Pittsfield. Born at El Dara, Ill., Jan. 18, 1899. Enlisted at Jacksonville, Ill., April 2, 1917. Transferred from Co. B, 5th Ill Inf. to 33rd Div. Overseas May 23, 1918. Service at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., June 5, 1919.

HOWARD W. COLVIN #5
Sergeant, Co. B, 18th Engineers, 2nd Div. Son of Mrs. Hays Colvin of Pittsfield. Born at Pittsfield, Nov. 8, 1886. Enlisted at San Fran­cisco, Cal., May 26, 1917. Overseas Aug. 9, 1917. Discharged at San Francisco, April 12, 1919.

JAMES THOMAS ERVIN #6
lst Lieutenant Co. D, 12th Engineers. Son of C. J. and Sarah Ervin of Pittsfield. Born at Pittsfield, Aug. 20, 1880. Enlisted at Kansas City, Mo., May 14, 1917. Overseas in June, 1917. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., May 14, 1919.
Buried at Pittsfield Cemetery

LEE A. GOULD #7
Sergeant, 84th Div. Band, Field Artillery. Son of Daniel and Rachael Gould of Griggsville. Born in Kansas, Jan, 12, 1890. Enlisted at Griggsville, Sept., 1917. Overseas in August, 1918. Discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, March 1, 1919.
Buried at Pittsfield West

EARNEST HOOPER
Private, 9th Co. 3rd Bn., 159th D. B. Son of George and Emma Hooper of Barry. Born at Nebo, Oct. 18, 1892. Enlisted at Pittsfield, June 25, 1918. Date of discharge not given.

HARRY E. HARSHMAN #9
Private, Co. I, 37th Inf, Son of Noah and Lydia A. Harshman of Barry. Born at Pitts­field, July 19, 1888. Enlisted at Pittsfield. May 22, 1918. Discharged at Laredo, Texas, March 28, 1919.

CLOYD R. HIVELY # 10
Corporal, Q. M. C. Son of George and Evann Hively of Barry. Born in Fairmount township, Pike County, Sept. 6, 1894. Enlisted at Pitts­field. Sept. 19, 1917. Discharged at Camp Tay­lor, Ky., April 12, 1919.

WILLIAM T. HUNNICUT #11
Private. Co. C, 335th Inf., Son of John and Lilly Hunnicut, of Pearl. Born at Pearl, Jan. 5, 1889. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Feb. 22, 1918. Overseas Sept. 17, 1918. Discharged at Camp Grant, Jan. 20, 1919.
Buried at Green Pond Cemetery

JESSE D. LESTER #12
Private. 151st Field Hospital, 113th Sanitary Train, 38th Div. Son of Frank and Clara Les­ter, of Milton. Born at Milton, Oct. 30, 1893. Enlisted at Camp Shelby, Miss., May 25, 1918. Overseas Oct. 17. 1918. Transferred from In­firmary No. 3 at Selles-sur-Cher to Disability Board No. 1 at St. Aignon-Noyers. Dis­charged at Camp Grant, Ill., July 10, 1919.

FRANK LEWTON #13
Private, 2nd Battery, F. A. C. 0. T. S. Son of Asher and Matilda Lewton of Barry. Born near Barry, April 27, 1893. Enlisted at Pitts­field, June 26, 1918. Discharged at Camp Tay­lor, Ky., Dec. 9, 1918.

GRANT W. MOORE
Sergeant, 1st Class. Q. M. C. Son of Thomas and Lucinda Moore of Hull. Born at Rich­field, Ill., May 2, 1895. Overseas Aug. 4, 1917. Promoted to sergeant Sept. 16, 1918; to ser­geant lst class Jan. 1, 1919. Discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., Sept. 9, 1919.

RILL R. MAIN #15
Private, 2nd Inf. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Main, of Nebo. Born at Nebo, May 31, 1893. Enlisted July 20, 1917. Promoted sergeant May 5, 1918. Discharged at Camp Lewis, Wash., Feb. 2, 1919.

MUDD M. MAIN #16
Private, Headquarters Co., 151st M. G. Bn., 42nd Div. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Main of Nebo. Born at Nebo, Sept. 18, 1895. Enlisted at Twin Falls, Idaho, July 20, 1917. Overseas Jan. 11, 1918. Wounded at Chateau Thierry July 28: at Argonne Forest Oct. 19. Dis­charged at Fort Russell, May 12, 1919.

WILLIAM SHAW #17
Horseshoer, Medical Detachment, 139th Amb. Co. Son of John and Martha Shaw, of Griggsville. Born at Griggsville, Sept. 26, 1893. En­listed at Pittsfield, Oct. 3, 1917. Overseas Sept. 24, 1918. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., July 1, 1919.
Buried at Griggsville Cemetery


GEORGE R. SIEFERS #18 Corporal, Q. M. C. Son of George H. and Fannie Siefers of New Salem. Born at New Canton. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Sept. 19, 1917. Transferred to O. M. C. from Amb. Co. 34, Sanitary Train. Discharged March 23, 1918, at Camp Taylor. Ky.

LLOYD SMITH #19 Private, Co. K, 362nd Inf., 91st Div. Son of Mr. and Mrs. David F. Smith of Milton. Born at Bedford, Ill., Feb. 17, 1890. Enlisted at Pitts­field, Feb, 23, 1918. Overseas Sept. 2, 1918. Action in major operation on Scheldt, Belgium. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., April 29, 1919.


JOHNNIE L. WALMSLEY #20 Corporal, Co. C. 45th Inf. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walmsley of New Salem. Born at Baylis, Aug. 9, 1885. Enlisted at Pittsfield, May 30, 1918. Transferred from Fort Thomas, Ky., to Camp Sheridan, Ala., June 3, 1918; to Camp Gordon, Ga., Dec. 10, 1918. Promoted to cor­poral Oct, 2, 1918. Discharged at Camp Tay­lor, Ky., May 23, 1919.