OUR MEN FROM
TIPTON COUNTY, TN
WHO DIED WHILE IN SERVICE DURING
WORLD WAR I
The information below was gathered from several sources:
Tipton County Veteran's Memorial
World War I Draft Registration
True Tales of Tipton, by Gaylon Neil Beasley
WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings
U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
Tennessee State Library and Archives - Tipton County World War I Veterans
I found more information on some than others. I will continue to look for other information on these and will post it as I find it or as it is submitted. If you have further information on our Tipton County World War I casualties and would like to share it please send me an email with the information and source.
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Clark Adams Date of Birth: March 7, 1880 Race: Ethiopian Address: Rt. 4 Covington, TN Born: Stanton, TN (Haywood County) Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Employer: Self in Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
Barney Alvin Adkison Date of Birth: Feb. 27, 1895 Race: Caucasian Address: Rt. 2, Brighton, TN Born: Egypt, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farming Employer: S. L. Beaver in Beaver, TN Registered for Service: June, 5, 1917 Service: U. S. Army Rank: Private Division: 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Inf. Div. Date of Death: December 18, 1918 Cemetery: Suresnes American Cemetery, France Plot: Plot C, Row 2, Grave 36 Died Overseas of Tuberculosis |
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Elmo Albritton Date of Birth: May 24, 1891 Race: Black Address: Mason, TN Born: Mason, TN Marital Status: Married with 1 child Occupation: Farmer Employer: Self near Mason, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
John Baptist Ashe Date of Birth: December 6, 1892 Race: Caucasian Address: Calvert, TX (Robertson County) Born: Memphis, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farmer Employer: B. W. Thornburg in Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Date of Death: September 29, 1918 Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France Plot: Action or Buried at Sea Service: U. S. Army Division: 105th Field Signal Battalion, 30th Inf. Div. Rank: Corporal Killed in Action Overseas |
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Paul C. Calhoun, 2nd Lieutenant Date of Birth: March 15, 1894 Race: White Address: Covington, TN Born: Covington, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Clerk Employer:U.S. Govt. Mining Camp, Fort Oglethorpe,GA Registered for Service: No Date on Registration Card Died of Heart Failure |
Ahmid Doggett Date of Birth: September 15, 1886 Race: Black Address: Mason, TN Born: Mason, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farming and Mechanic Employer: His mother in Mason, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Tuberculosis |
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Richard Dyson Date of Birth: May 31, 1896 Race: African Address: Rt. 3, Covington, TN Born: Tipton County, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farmer Employer: C. L. Culbreath in Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Service: U. S. Army Rank: Corporal Division: 804th Pioneer Infantry Regiment Date of Death: September 27, 1918 Cemetery: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Fere-En-Tardenois, France Plot: Plot A, Row 32, Grave 28 Died Overseas of Pneumonia |
Trice Hinds Esslinger Date of Birth: September 5, 1891 Race: Caucasian Address: Rt. 2, Covington, TN Born: Taylorville, Alabama Marital Status: Single Occupation: Cotton Mill Worker Employer: Tipton Cotton Mill in South Covington Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Service: U. S. Army Rank: Private Division: 166th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Inf. Div. Date of Death: October 17, 1918 Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Romagne, France Plot: Plot D, Row 19, Grave 19 Died of Wounds Received in Action |
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Roland Meneta Foster Date of Birth: March 16, 1889 Race: Ethiopian Address: Rt. 6, Covington, TN Born: Idaville, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farming Employer: Will Goode in Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Service: U. S. Army Rank: Private First Class Division: 544th Engineer Regiment Date of Death: June 14, 1918 Cemetery: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Fere-En-Tardenois, France Plot: Plot D, Row 14, Grave 6 Died Overseas, Injured in Fight |
James Henderson Friedman Date of Birth: May 6, 1897 Race: White Address: Rt. 2, Covington Born: Franklin County, Texas Next of Kin: Samuel Thomas Friedman, Covington Occupation: Not given Employer: Self Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Service: U. S. Army Rank: Private Division: 57th Pioneer Infantry Regiment Date of Death: October 8, 1918 Cemetery: Tablets of The Missing At Suresnes American Cemetery at Suresnes, France Plot: Action or Buried at Sea Died Overseas of Pneumonia |
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Samuel O. Givens Age: 18 Address: Atoka, TN Born: Evadale, Arkansas (Mississippi County) Died of Pneumonia |
Ernest Milton Goode Date of Birth: December 6, 1887 Race: Caucasian Address: Beaver County, Oklahoma Born: Covington, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farmer Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 (Beaver Cnty, OK) Service: U. S. Army Rank: Private Division: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Inf. Div. Date of Death: November 5, 1918 Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Romagne, France Plot: Plot B, Row 19, Grave 9 Killed in Action |
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Hugh W. Greer Date of Birth: 1893 Address: Richardson, TN (Tipton County) Born: Memphis, TN (Shelby County) Died of Pneumonia |
Nelson Harris Date of Birth: 1894 Address: Mason, TN Born: Mason, TN Service: U. S. Army Rank: Private Date of Death: October 26, 1918 Cemetery: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Fere-En-Tardenois, France Plot: Plot B, Row 30, Grave 38 Died Overseas of Meningitis |
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Wilson Baptist Harris Age: 20 Address: Covington, TN Marital Status: Single Next of Kin: Ellen Best Harris (mother) Rank: Apprentice Seaman Branch: U.S. Naval Reserve Force Date of Death: July 9, 1918 Was killed at Nashville, TN in a train accident on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. He was returning home to await orders. |
James Robert Hindman Date of Birth: March 23, 1897 Race: White Address: Rt. 1, Atoka, TN Born: Atoka, TN Employer: J. C. Hindman in Atoka Next of Kin: J. C. Hindman Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Died overseas of pneumonia
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Joe Hines Date of Birth: September 12, 1892 Race: Black Address: Rt. 6, Covington, TN Born: Shelby County, TN Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Employer: Self Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of pneumonia |
Jesse G. Hunt Age: 21 Address: Covington, TN Service: U. S. Army Division: 113th Machine Gun Battalion, 30th Inf. Div. Rank: Corporal Date of Death: October 19, 1918 Buried at Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France Plot: Plot B, Row 18, Grave 5 Killed in Action |
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Cleveland Hunter Date of Birth: October 30, 1893 Race: Black Address: Quito, TN Born: Wilkensville, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farming Employer: Mose Johnson near Wilkensville Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Service: U. S. Army Division: 702nd Stevadore Battalion Rank: Private First Class Date of Death: January 6, 1919 Buried at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Fere-En-Tardenois, France Plot: Plot B Row 22 Grave 4 Died Overseas of Pneumonia |
Shannon Hutchison Date of Birth: 1899 Address: Atoka, TN Died of Pneumonia
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John Johnson Date of Birth: January 25, 1897 Race: White Address: Reverie, TN (Tipton County) Born: Madison County, TN Name of Employer: Self in Reverie Next of Kin: Mrs. Hattie Johnson of Reverie, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Died of Pneumonia |
Charles Lafayette Kinney, Jr. Date of Birth: August 12, 1891 Race: White Address: Covington, TN Born: Bride, TN Marital Status: Married Occupation: School Teacher in Drummonds, TN Employer: Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Airplane Accident Wounds |
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Robert R. Kosminski Date of Birth: April 8, 1894 Race: White Address: Covington, TN Born: Tolu, Kentucky Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Name of Employer: Mr. John McDowell Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died Overseas of Pneumonia |
Lee Lewis Age: 21 Address: Atoka, TN Died of Erysipelas |
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Will Malone Date of Birth: 1889 Address: Covington Born: Broden, TN Died of Pneumonia |
Joe McGowan Date of Birth: September 18, 1895 Race: White Address: Brighton, TN Born: Covington, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farming Employer: Father in Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pyemia |
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George Ham McKee Date of Birth: October 6, 1896 Race: White Address: Rt. 3, Atoka, TN Born: Shelby County Father was born in Mississippi Name of Employer: Mrs. G. A. McKee, Rt. 3, Atoka Next of Kin: Mrs. G. A. McKee, Rt. 3 Atoka Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Died of Abscess |
William Edward Moore Date of Birth: March 15, 1895 Race: Black Address: Rt. 5, Covington, TN Born: Tipton County, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farmer Employer: Self in Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
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Paul Murphy Date of Birth: January 22, 1897 Race: Black Address: Rt. 6, Covington, TN Marital Status: Married Father was born in Covington Employer: W. H. Billings in Covington Next of Kin: Irene Murphy (Wife) Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Draft Registration had an note on it that said "SICK" Died of Pneumonia |
Thomas L. Nelson Date of Birth: 1896 Address: Brighton Died of Pneumonia |
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Frank Troy Paine Date of Birth: November 5, 1897 Race: White Address: Covington, TN Father was born in England Name of Employer: Paine Brown in Covington Next of Kin: W. H. Paine in Covington (Draft Card) Next of Kin: Wille Peete Paine, Mother in Covington, (On Naval Death Record) Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Service: U. S. Navy Rank: Apprentice Seaman Date of Death: July 19, 1918 Killed in collision on the New York, Chicago, & St. Louis, Railroad in Nashville, TN |
James Payne Date of Birth: December 25, 1895 Race: Black Address: Brighton, TN Born: Covington, TN Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farming Employer: Louisa Dickson in Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
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Thomas Edward Ralph Date of Birth: December 25, 1887 Race: White Address: Rt. 1, Brighton, TN Marital Status: Married Born: Covington, TN Occupation: Farmer Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died Overseas of Meningitis |
Paul Lyndon Rice Date of Birth: September 21, 1896 Race: White Address: Rt. 2, Covington, TN Born: Tipton County, TN Occupation: Work for Self Next of Kin: Crayon Rice at Rt, 2, Covington, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Died of Wounds Received in Action |
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James Fentress Ruffin Date of Birth: October 15, 1896 Race: White Address: Covington, TN Born: Covington, TN Father was born in Memphis, TN Occupation: Work for Self in Covington Next of Kin: Lois Ruffin at Covington, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Died of Pneumonia |
Ernest Sherrill Date of Birth: February 28, 1896 Race: Black Marital Status: Single Address: Rt. 2, Covington, TN Born: Covington, TN Occupation: Farmer Employer: Work for Self Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
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John Simonds (name is spelled Simmons on memorial) Date of Birth: August 20, 1890 Race: Black Marital Status: Married with 1 child Address: Atoka Born: Near Atoka Occupation: Farmer Employer: T. P. Harman near Atoka Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
George Smith Age: 25 Address: Mason, TN Died of Pneumonia |
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William Alexander Somervill Jr. Date of Birth: April 12, 1896 Race: White Address: Mason, TN Marital Status: Single Born: Mason, TN Occupation: Farmer Employer: Father near Mason, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Service: U. S. Army Rank: Corporal Division: 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Div. Date of Death: October 23, 1918 Buried at Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France Plot: Plot A Row 2 Grave 12 Killed in Action |
Olian F. Starnes Age: 18 Address: Munford, TN Born: Reverie, TN Died of Pneumonia
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Willie Ed Strain Date of Birth: January 10, 1890 Race: Black Address: Brighton, TN Marital Status: Married Born: Tipton County, TN Occupation: RR Brakeman Employer: J. C. RR at Memphis, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Myelitis |
Charley Tates Date of Birth: November 17, 1893 Race: Black Marital Status: Single Address: Covington, TN Born: Covington, TN Occupation: Farmer Employer: Frank Lake, Tipton County Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
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James Virgel Ulin Date of Birth: October 12, 1893 Race: White Address: Rt. 3, Atoka, TN Marital Status: Married with 3 children Born: Fulton, Ky Occupation: Farmer Employer: R. L. Bowen - District 6, Tipton County, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
David Miller Van Meter Date of Birth: August 17, 1890 Race: White Address: Rt. 1, Covington, TN Marital Status: Single Born: Kansas Occupation: Farming for Self in District 12 Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Date of Death: August 1, 1918 Service: U. S. Army Rank: Private Division: 312th Field Artillery Regiment, 79th Inf. Div. Buried in Brookwood American Cemetery in Brookwood, England Plot: Plot D Row 8 Grave 7 Died of Sunstroke Overseas |
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Raleigh Waldran Born: 1898 Place of Birth: Joiner, AR Address: Drummonds, TN Service: U. S. Marines Killed in Action |
James D. Whitmore Date of Birth: March 6, 1873 Race: Black Address: Mason, TN Occupation: Farming Employer: C. H. Poindexter at Mason, TN Next of Kin: Lula Whitmore of Mason, TN Registered for Service: September 30, 1918 Died of Meningitis |
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Uncus Whitson Date of Birth: March 27, 1892 Race: Black Marital Status: Single Address: Quito, TN Born: Quito, TN Occupation: Farmer Employer: C. E. Netherington at Quito, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Typhoid Fever |
Samuel Williamson Date of Birth: July 28, 1890 Race: Black Marital Status: Single Address: Mason, TN Born: Mason, TN Occupation: Farmer Employer: Father near Mason, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died Overseas of Pneumonia |
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William Harris Womble Date of Birth: 1894 Race: Black Marital Status: Single Address: Rt. 1, Brighton, TN Born: Richardson, TN Occupation: Day Laborer Employer: L. V. Pullen at Brighton, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1917 Died of Pneumonia |
James Frederick Wood Date of Birth: October 20, 1896 Race: White Address: Rt. 2, Burlison, TN Born: Wynne, Arkansas Occupation: Works for self Next of Kin: J. H. Wood, Rt. 2., Burlison, TN Registered for Service: June 5, 1918 Died Overseas of Pneumonia
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