by Darren McMannis | May 23, 1918 | Killed In Action
Private Elmer McConnell was born at Washington, Iowa, August 16, 1881. He died at Sabetha, Kansas, May 23, 1918 while on a furlough visiting relatives there. He entered the service in the Quartermaster’s Corps in Newton in November, 1917, and was stationed at...
by Darren McMannis | Apr 1, 1918 | Killed In Action
David L. Hanselman was born June 7, 1889, the son of Frankie M. Hanselman. David died in 1918, an Army Private stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas. David is buried in Star Cemetery, Burrton, Kansas. David Hanselman Dead. David Hanselman, a former resident of Burrton,...
by Darren McMannis | Mar 15, 1918 | Killed In Action
The first solider to die in World War I from Harvey county was Private MacArthur B. Brush, 354th Infantry,son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen & Nellie (MacArthur) Brush of Newton, was born at Walton, Kansas, July 24,1891. He graduated from the Newton high school in...
by Darren McMannis | Feb 4, 1918 | Influenza, Killed In Action
Seaman Leo Elmer Shepherd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Shepherd, of Richland township, Harvey county, was reared on the home farm. He enlisted for service in the Navy and was in training at Great Lakes Training Station when he contracted pneumonia, and died on...
by Darren McMannis | May 27, 1917 | Illness, Killed In Action, Suicide
Private James Shea enlisted in Co. K, 139th Infantry, in Newton, under Capt. Howard M. Randall, in the spring of 1917, as company cook. He had made his home here but a few years, and was quite well known and well respected. While the company was in training at Camp...
