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]
How far would a dollar stretch in 1860 Tyler?
How far would a dollar stretch in 1860 Tyler? First of all, did they have a dollar as we know it? Before the Civil War the only money used was gold and silver coins referred to as specie. In 1862 president Lincoln authorized congress to print currency. Foreign coins were widely circulated in the colonies. One of those was the Spanish dollar also known as pieces of eight. Silver and gold coins ...[Read More]
Andrew Smith – WW1 Soldier
Andrew Smith – World War 1 Soldier Andrew Smith was born on October 4, 1894, in Linden, Texas. He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 at Dangerfield, Texas. At that time, he was a Hotel porter in Omaha, Texas. He served overseas from August 22, 1918 through July 17, 1919 with Company C, 322nd Service Battalion. He was discharged on August 2, 1919. Andrew remained behind the lines most of t ...[Read More]
World War Nurse Buried (Gertrude Brogan)
Roses Dropped By Planes While World War Nurse Buried The following, taken from the Tyler Courier-Times in connection with the death and funeral of Miss Gertrude Brogan, world war nurse, will be read with sad interest in Corsicana. Miss Brogan attended school in Corsicana and following the World war nursed in a local hospital. She is a sister of Mrs. Mary E. Adams of Powell. Impressive funeral se ...[Read More]
Lieutenant Baldwin’s Last Letter
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Baldwin have received a letter from a friend of their late son, Lieut. Favre Baldwin, who was recently killed while serving at the front in France. This friend, Lieut. Robert W. Ashley, was with Lieutenant Baldwin just a few minutes before he met his death. The letter published below was taken from his dead body by Lieutenant Ashley. My Darlings: The long-awaited orders have ...[Read More]
Is in the Army Nurse Corps – Gertrude Brogan – WW1
Le Mans, France, Dec. 1, 1918 Dear Sister: As you see Uncle Sam is letting me tour France at his expense, that is, I am about ten hours ride from Brest, where I was first located. I like here much better as we are located right in the city where there are paved streets and sidewalks, so of course I do not have the mud to contend with. The nurses’ quarters is a chateau, the furniture havin ...[Read More]
“Photo Friday” 4/14/2017
You all have a blessed Good Friday for 2017! The little lady, is Miss Frances Marie Ingram. Frances lived in Tyler on her grandfather’s Ingram Farm (out on Old Bullard Road). In 1920 when she would have been about 2 years old and adorably mobile in her special white dress . She was the only child of Manning and Fannie Ingram; so I am sure they had a wonderful Easter Sunday ...[Read More]