Charles Newcomb McClendon – WW1 Servicemen Sponsorship 2018 Sponsored by Daye Collins Life Before WW1 When Charles Newcomb McClendon was born on September 2, 1892, in Tyler, Texas, his father, Sidney Smith McClendon, was 27 and his mother, Annie Rebecca (Bonner) McClendon, was 24. He was the second child born of nine children. He married Norma McClendon on December 12, 1916, in Morris Coun ...[Read More]
Charles Newcomb McClendon – WW1 Servicemen Sponsorship 2018
Joseph Favre Baldwin – WW1 Servicemen Sponsorships 2018
Joseph Favre Baldwin (1892–1918) Sponsored by Wanda Barber and Tiffany Wright Life Before WW1 Joseph Favre Baldwin was born on August 3, 1892, in Tyler, Texas. His father, Aaron, a doctor and his mother, Clara, a concert pianist. He had one brother, Fredrick. He attended Tyler High School. He was a senior Medical School student in 1915, attending Tulane Univer ...[Read More]
Joseph J “Holland” McKay – WW1 Servicemen Sponsorship 2018
Joseph J McKay (1886-1918) Sponsored by Wanda Barber Life Before WW1 When Joseph J “Holland” McKay was born in April 1886, his father, Samuel F. McKay, was 31 and his mother, Cordelia (Holland) McKay, was 24. He had two brothers and one sister. At the time of Joe’s enlistment in the Army in 1917, he was living in Goose Creek, Texas, which is in present day Baytown. Prior to enli ...[Read More]
Jesse Elmer Shelton – WW1 Servicemen Sponsorship 2018
Jesse Elmer Shelton – WW1 Servicemen Sponsorship 2018 Sponsored by Wanda Barber Life Before the War When Jesse Elmer Shelton was born on February 24, 1896, in Richland, Navarro County, Texas, his father, Joshua F Shelton, was 35 and his mother, Laura Elizabeth (Dunn), was 20. He had one brother and three sisters. At the time of Elmer’s enlistment in Army in 1916, the family is living in Troup. Wor ...[Read More]