Adair County Veterans who served

This World War I German Howzer cannon can be seen at Memorial Park in Kirksville, MO.
Photo by William Thomas Minor, former POW, life long resident of Adair County.

Memories of Memorial Park: "I spent my youth living near the Memorial Park and playing there often. I remember when they dug the pool by hand and how we all watched with much anticipation. I remember many WWI veteran's playing croquet and with a lot of us sitting around the cannon listening to their stories of their experiences in WWI. (Best history lessons about WWI I ever had.) The Memorial Park was always a place to have fun but also to remember the WWI as told by the veterans themselves. I especially remember one veteran telling us how glad he was that we had this park to play in as that is what they had fought and many had died for."
James "Jay" Minor, who I've been told, was the first Kirksville young man to volunteer for service in WWI and who volunteered for service without any thought of advertisement of his hardships or war experiences.

The Freedom Tree
With the Vision of Universal Freedom
For All Mankind

Photos by RitaJane, resident of Kirksville, Adair County Missouri.
The Cannons and monument have been moved to a site on Hwy 63 by the swimming pool.

Pensions

Pension files for US military personnel prior to World War I, are housed at the National Archives Records Administration in Washington, DC. If you had an ancestor who served his country in the American Revolution, the Indian Wars, the Mexican War, the Civil War, or the Spanish-American War; he might have received a government pension. If your ancestor did not apply, his widow, dependent children, or dependent parents might have applied for and received his pension. This is especially true for Civil War veterans.

*World War I* If you have a picture of your class with one of your classmates who died in WWI (names listed below), just email me with the class year and the location of his picture, row, etc. I have the KHS Centennial book and can locate him from it. Class pictures are 1897, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1818 thru 1920, 1925, 1928, 1931 thru 1968, 1970 thru 1984, 1990 thru 1993. Some years missing: 1898 thru 1910, 1912, 1915 thru 1917, 1921 thru 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1969, 1983 thru 1989. Not available after 1993.
James Anderson James T. Baker Thomas E. Barnett Henry Paul Bibee Harold S. Bohon	Vern D. Boling Fred Brokaw Harry Brookings Rufus C.Callison William S. Carter	Paul Conner Calvin L. Croson Calvin L. Croson Lee Darr Earl Davis	William Gauer Dale Geoghegan Levi W. Griswold Ray D. Hartsock Hallie D. Hibbetts	Cecil Hood Charles Johnston Ivie Glenn Lowe
The WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATION database contains 1,215,381 records reflecting 141,114 surnames of all registrants born 1872-1900 from about 15% of U.S. counties. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ww1/draft/
Military in Missouri Sources for Military Records World War 1 Army Discharge - Missouri From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents. World War I National Guard - Missouri (Service Cards) From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents. World War I Navy Discharge - Missouri From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection at the library and scanned examples of documents. World War I Draft Registration Cards for Missouri From the Saint Louis County Library. Information on the collection and finding aids at the library. ROLL CALL of HONOR Always...remembering fallen comrades This page in HONOR of my grandfather ~JAMES E. MINOR, Kirksville, Missouri~ Sgt. United States Army - WWI First volunteer in Adair for WW I

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