Lorenzo Dow Everett

Loren Everett’s grandfather

Company E
3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Union)
Mustered in 11 August 1864
Mustered out 30 November 1864

Military Marker in the Piney Level Cemetery, Maryville, TN
N35 44.523 W83.53.155

Last name is spelled Averett on the Military Marker and Avirett on the Muster rolls.

Roster online here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~snipper/3mir/companye.html
History here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~snipper/3mir/3rdhistory.html

- Contributed by Marie Everett

(first name unknown) Blair

One of Sarah Blair’s brothers.
Confederate Soldier
American Civil War

“I am enclosing a photo – this is only labeled “one of the Blair boys.” I believe it to be a photo of one of Sarah Blair’s brothers, and a Confederate soldier.”
- Contributed by Marie Everett

Patrick Jackson

US Navy, 2008-
cousin

Son of Guy Jackson

Frank Crouthamel

Born December 8, 1889
Died March 17, 1952
great grand uncle
World War I

Howard Boyer Crouthamel

Born April 22, 1895
Died December 19, 1977
great grand uncle
World War I

Harry Brutus Petersen

Born September 26, 1924
Died January 10, 1997
grand uncle
Air Radioman in US Navy
World War II

“In the Navy during WWII as a radioman on an airplane around Hawaii & the Philipines. He retired from the Navy but don’t how many years he was in. I don’t know for sure how many of Harry’s boys were in the service but it seems like all of them were mostly in the Navy.”
- Contributed by Phyllis Gatian

Joe Thomas Garrett

Born August 27, 1923
US Army
World War II

Howard Richard Petersen

Born May 22, 1932
great uncle
US Army, November 1952-October 1954
Served in France.

Francis Joseph Gallant

Born 1911
Died 1977
grand uncle
US Army
World War II

Kenneth L. Armstrong

Born 1934
Died 2007
uncle
GMM1 (Guided Missile Man Tech) in US Navy, 1952-1972
Korean War, Vietnam War

Paul Gatian

Born May 8, 1935
great uncle
US Army, 1955-1958

Phyllis’ husband. # RA 13 532 187. She doesn’t have a picture of him in uniform.

Arthur Francis Gallant

Born 1942
2nd cousin
FTG2(SS) in US Navy, 1962-1966

“I am your first cousin once removed, Arthur Gallant. I served in the submarine service 1963 – 1966. I entered the regular Navy in September of 1962 after a year of Naval Air Reserve. I was honorably discharged September 1966. I served in USS Clamagore SS 344 and USS Cobbler SS 343. Both were Diesel boats. I was FTG2(SS). {for those who don’t know the ratings: Fire Control Tech gunnery/torpedo 2nd class petty officer, Submarine Service}”
- Contributed by Arthur Gallant

Greg Lynn Garrett

Born 1950
2nd cousin
US Army, June 1970-February 1972
Vietnam War

Entered the Army in June 1970, did his basic training in Ky. Then he went to N. J. for 6 weeks of advanced electronics in communications and then to Thiland for about a year. He was out of the army in February 1972.

Barry Richard Petersen

Born 1959
first cousin once removed
Army 1978-1998

Guy W. Jackson

Born 1960
uncle
EM1(SS) in US Navy, 1983-1995
Gulf War

Served on the USS Montpelier SSN-765.

Adam D. Crane

Born 1979
cousin
US Navy, 1998-2002

Leslie Owen Petersen

Born 1949
first cousin once removed
US Navy

Son of Harry Brutus Petersen (of 4 boys and a daughter). Phyllis: I have an email address for his oldest son, Leslie in California. Last I knew he was near Sacremento. I’ll try to reach him & get some data if he still has the same address.
- Contributed by Phyllis Gatian

Richard Arthur Petersen

Born 1952
first cousin once removed
US Navy

Son of Harry Brutus Petersen (of 4 boys and a daughter).

Gerald Harry Petersen

Born 1953
first cousin once removed

Son of Harry Brutus Petersen (of 4 boys and a daughter). Phyllis marked in her diagram that he was in.

Stephen Frederick Schlueter

Born 1951

Phyllis marked in her diagram that he was in.

Josiah Daughtery

Son of Eliza Bridges Daughtery
American Civil War

Dominic Hix

Born August 8, 1966
2nd cousin
US Navy/US Coast Guard, October 1984
Gulf War
Third cousin, son of Clyde Hix

“One of my sisters, Evelyn, had a grandson in the service. Served 2 different tours. Dominic Hix. I found this picture of him in my Mom’s picture box. On the back it says ‘boot camp Oct 84, 18 yrs.’ His aunt says he went in the Navy for 4 yrs then was out & went back in. Was out & later went in the Coast Guard.”
- Contributed by Phyllis Gatian

Clyde Hix

US Marines
career
Second cousin, father to Dominic Hix

Shaun Joseph Gaul

Born September 12, 1983
US Army
Iraq War

“Dorothy’s Grandson, Shaun Joseph Gaul, born 9/12/1983 in now in the Army training on helicopters.  Don’t have a photo of him. I asked his mother, Andrea…. Shaun is serving in the army aviation division, currently at Fort Drum, New York.  He is deploying to Iraq on October 22.”
- Contributed by Phyllis Gatian

Christopher Jon Gatian

Born January 30, 1986
US Air Force

“He is in the Air Force & stationed in Hawaii doing _________.  He studied Chinese. He is the great grandson of Helen, grandson of Carole & son of Jon Scot Gatian.  In case it confuses you, Carole, my niece by blood, & I married brothers.”
- Contributed by Phyllis Gatian

Robert Everitt

Born 1750
Died 1827
American Revolution

Grave stone reads as follows:

Robert Everitt
Col. Haw’s VA. Regt.
REV WAR
1750 – 1827
Buried on his farm nearby

- Contributed by Marie Everett

Dennis Allen Everett

Great uncle
US Army, 1957-1960

James Robert Everett

Great uncle
US Army Paratrooper, 1954-1956

Dionetta L. Cossin

US Air Force

“I served in the United States Air Force for 20 years. My name is Dionetta L Cossin. I am married to Lance Cossin. He is Sandy Clark’s son. Her mother was June.”
- Contributed by Dionetta Cossin

Loren Martin “Bud” Everett

Great uncle
US Marines
World War II

Great uncle, brother to my grandmother, father of Marjorie Elizabeth (Everett) Pijanoski

Marjorie Elizabeth (Everett) Pijanoski

US Marines
2nd cousin, daughter of Loren Martin “Bud” Everett

Tom David Everett

Air Radioman in US Navy
World War II
Great uncle

“This is photo of Tom in his flying suit when he was radioman/gunner on OS2U scout plane-US Naval Air, 1944-45 Pacific He catapulted off a Cruiser, the SS Louisville.”
- Contributed by Norma Everett

James Sexton

US Army, August 1953-June 1955
Korean War
Great uncle, married to Becky Everett Sexton.

“I served in the U. S. Army from August, 1953 til June 1955. This was during the Korean War. I did not serve in a war zone but rather spent 16 months in England. I was in the 37th AAA Battalion (Anti Aircraft Artillery). I was trained as the gun mechanic for our 75 mm anti aircraft weapon.”
- Contributed by James Sexton

Robert Klein

Born 1925
Photo c.1945
Husband of Sara Sue Everett, father of Pat Klein.

“He shipped in after the fighting (1945) and stayed until ‘47.”
- Contributed by Pat Klein

Arnold Henry Ferguson^

Born 1918
Died February 16, 1945
Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class, United States Navy Reserve
Brother to Rose Ferguson Everett
Inducted from: Tennessee

Rest in Peace.

- Contributed by Marie Everett

Allen Denman Bridges

Union Army
American Civil War
3rd Great Grandfather

“Grandpa Denman was drafted into the Army just weeks before the Civil War ended. He was only in the Army for a few months. My Aung Ethel Bridges Jewell told me and I found documentation to verify her information.”
- Contributed by Joan Bridges Adamson

Photo, Huron Baptist Church Dedication 1897 (woman with flat hat is Cassie Bridges)

Walter Adamson

US Navy
Married Nona Joan Bridges

Olive Sue (Obbie) Bridges Cape

Born 1935
US Army, 1953-1956
Tech Sgt. West Virginia Air National Guard, 1973-1990
Vietnam War

Daughter of Wendell Bridges, Grandma Mundy’s first cousin. Graduated Huron High School in 1953. Senior photo from year books. Olive Sue and Joan went into the service right out of high school. “I was in the Army for 3 years then after raising my family joined the West Virginia Air National Guard and stayed until I got my 20 years in. I retired as a Tech Sgt.”

Nona Joan Bridges

Born 1931
Cpl. in US Marines, 1950-1951

Daughter of Wendell Bridges, Grandma Mundy’s first cousin. Graduated high school probably in 1948. Senior photo from year books, and one alumni photo. graduated Huron High School 1948.  Enlisted in Marine Corps 1950, served in San Diego and San Francisco with rank of Corporal.  Married Walter Adamson, a sailor, and received a Medical Discharge 1951 because of pregnancy.

Robert Burton

3rd cousin
Son of WIllard Burton
Korean War

Gary Bridges

World War II
3rd cousin
Son of Willard Bridges

Morris Mundy

US Army
Brother to Merlin Mundy

Kent Mundy

cousin
US Navy

Had a sleep-walking accident in boot camp.

Robert Eugene Mundy

2nd cousin
Private First Class in 115 Military Police Corps., June 13, 1945-February 7, 1947
Grandson of Enos, Grandpa Mundy’s brother, and the son of Joe Mundy, Sr., Dad’s first cousin.

Source: “Huron Veterans Yearbook”

Robert Eugene Mundy
RR #2 Mitchell, Indiana
Entered Service: June 13, 1945
Theatre of Operations: Mediterranean
Rank: Private First Class
Decorations: Victory Medal; Army of Occupation Medal for Germany; Good Conduct Medal
Branch of Service: 115 Military Police Corps.
Discharged: February 7, 1947

George Bernard Pruett

Born 1924
Died 1943
Second Lt. in US Marines, 1943
World War II

Nona Bridges, “George Bernard Pruett, son of Grace Bridges Pruett, (my aunt and your Grandma Mundy’s 1st cousin) was a pilot in the Marine Corps during WW II. He was was killed at Camp Lejeune when his plane stalled out during one of his last training missions. Bernard was known as “Ab” and was my favorite older cousin. He had attended Purdue University on a scholarship, and joined after graduation. He stayed with the stalled plane to make sure his crew had a chance to jump, and went down with it. He is buried in Vincennes, Indiana where he lived with his parents, Wayne and Grace Bridges Pruett. He was named for his uncle, George Bernard Bridges, who died in WW I.”

Leonard Bridges

3rd cousin
World War II

Son of Lawrence Bridges.

Charles Bridges

3rd cousin
World War II

Son of Gus (Edna said he finished his service with Korea, but thinks he was in something between WW II and Korea. Don’t know what that would be.)

Charles Ray Mundy

US Army
World War II

I also learned from Gordon that Merlin’s uncle (Dad’s first cousin) was in the Army in WW II and served in France. His name was Charles Ray Mundy. Gordon said Ray told him about some of his experiences in France. I hadn’t remembered that he served.

Eugene S. Bridges

3rd cousin
Technical Sergeant in US Army, 1942-1945
World War II

Son of Claude, served in the Pacific. Brother of Dean Bridges.

Dean Bridges

Died 2006
3rd cousin
Staff Sergeant in US Army, 1939-career
World War II

Died in a military retirement facility in Washington D.C. Brother to Eugene Bridges.

Carl Bridges

Born 1933
3rd cousin
US Navy
Korean War

Nona Bridges, “graduated from Huron High School 1950. He ship was docked in San Diego Ca in 1950 while I was stationed there. We saw each other several times before his ship was sent out and I was transferred to San Francisco.”

Robert H. Barlow

3rd cousin
Pfc. in US Army, 1943-1947
World War II

Son of Ruby Bridges Barlow

Charles A. Wood

great uncle
Private in US Army, 1941-1943
World War II

…from the book on Lawrence County WW II and a few WW I vets. It belonged to Charlie Wood. His brother was in the Gold Star section. The brother died in a car wreck while in the service. In the photo of him, he is the one on the right. He was Ruth’s husband.

Charles Washburn “Wash” Jaynes

great uncle
US Marines
World War II

Edna Ruth’s husband, was in the Marines.

Winfield Scott Bridges^

Born 1886
Died 1918
2nd great uncle
Private in US Army Field Artillery, July 1918-October 1918
World War I

Joyce, “Son of Levi A. and MAry E. Bridges; born November 15, 1886, Halbert Township, Martin County, Ind. Railroad employee. Entered service July 21, 1918, Shoals, Ind. Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky.; assigned to 27th Company, 7th Training Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. Transferred to Camp McClellan, Ala.; assigned to Battery F, 26th Field Artillery. Died of lobar pneumonia October 21, 1918, Base Hospital, Camp McClellan. Buried in Clark’s Cemetery, near Huron, Ind.

The loss of Fred’s brother, Scott Bridges, was mourned as long as his siblings lived. He was the much-loved brother of my grandmother and was a victim of the flu pandemic that raged in the military training camps during World War I. He entered the Army in July of 1918 and died in October, having never reached the battlefield. Many Bridges grandchildren were named for him.”

Lowell “Red” Bridges

Died 1968
4th cousin
World War I

Joyce, “Son of Joel N. and Flora Bridges, brother to George Bridges. Lowell “Red” Bridges also served in France, in a different field artillery unit from that of his brother. He never liked to talk about his war experiences, but told of surviving an explosion in which everyone around him was killed. He resided and worked in Bedford, passing away in 1968 at age 74.”

George Banard Bridges^

Born October 4, 1888
Died November 9, 1918
4th cousin
Private US Army Field Artillery, 1917-1918
World War I

Joyce, “George Bernard Bridges was an educator in North Dakota and a cousin of my father. At age 25, he returned to Martin County to enlist along with his 18-year-old brother, Lowell. Both served in France in field artillery units. George was injured by the explosion of a poison gas shell on Nov. 7, 1918, dying 2 days later. The war ended on Nov. 11, just 2 days after his death. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Son of Joel N. and Flora Bridges; born October 4, 1888, near Trinity Springs, Martin County, Ind. Principal of public schools, Logan, North Dakota. Enlisted June 12, 1917, Indianapolis, Ind. Received training at Camp Wilson, Tex., and Camp McArthur, Tex. Sailed May 27, 1918; assigned to 19th Field Artillery, Battery B, 5th Division. Fought in the Vosges, and St. Mihiel Offensive. Wonded November 7, 1918, and died November 9, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 82, Toul, France. Buried, Toul, France.”

Absalom Bridges

3rd great uncle
American Civil War

“Absalom is the ancestor who was given the land in Texas by Sam Huston as governor of the Republic of Texas because he ‘died in the defense of our people.’ He’s one of my favorite ancestors from the Bridges family. I’ve not been able to find any further information about Absalom’s death in Texas, but there are extensive records in Van Zandt Texas about the “Absalom Bridges” grant of nearly 1200 hectares of land and the complicated legal moves over the years. The land eventually ended up being owned by the Van Zandt oil company and was the centerpiece of the first big oil field developed in Texas.

Absalom was probably part of one of the brigades of riverboat men that formed and marched to the defense of Texas right after the Alamo was captured by the Mexicans. I have read that one brigade formed at Cincinnati and another in New Orleans, and I suspect both were present in the encounter where American volunteers were pretty much wiped out by Santa Ana. I’ve not found Absalom’s name listed anywhere in the accounts however. All we have is the card that was addressed to William Bridges, Absalom’s father, in Martin County Indiana notifying him of the grant, and then some letters from someone in St. Augustina County in Texas who found the land and filed the correct papers. Then there are letters to our GGGGrandfather, Denman Bridges, from some of his brothers and sisters about paying taxes etc.

We have the papers (well, I only have copies, but I know who has the originals) because William Bridges apparently saved every little scrap of any type of legal paper, William was living with Denman Bridges when the 1850 census was taken so we are told that he was born in SC in 1766. There are records on Ancestry.com and roots web that identify his father as being Aaron Bridges but that is NOT correct. I think he was part of the Bridges family in Lancaster County, Camden District North Carolina, but have no proof.”
- Contributed by Joan Bridges Adamson

James H. Mathers

Private Grand Army of the Republic, August 25, 1862-April 13, 1863
American Civil War

Joyce, “On August 25, 1862, he enlisted as a volunteer private in Company G, 49th Regiment, serving a period of 9 months, and was discharged at Memphis, April 13, 1863, on account of disability arising from a wound received at Chickasaw Bayou. Member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Farmer, county office holder.

I haven’t looked up the time line, but I am wondering if the enlistment of these older Orange County farmers had something to do with Morgan’s raiders reaching Orange County. There were a lot of southern sympathizers in Orange County, so Grandpa said. They were called the Knights of the Golden Circle (or Golden something), and local folks kept an eye on them. Apparently it was assumed that these sympathizers would join Morgan as he came north, and he would be able to sweep on up through Indiana. As it happened, he was turned back in Orange County, and retreated south.”

John Pleasant Burton

Born 1758 in Virginia
Died 1836
6th great grandfather
American Revolution

Private, Joyners Co., 9th VA Regiment. Married Susannah Stamper and was father of 13 children. Moved to Indiana in 1826.

Henry Wyman

6th great grandfather
American Revolution

Hessian mercenary sent to fight in American Revolution by King George III. Captured by Washington, and served with Americans instead, probably making shoes. Received land grant in IN after the war for his service, in lieu of wages.

Jacob Stamper

6th great uncle
1762
American Revolution

Brother of 6-Great Grandmother, Susannah Stamper Burton. Served in American Revolution.

Thomas Dockery Sr.

6th great grandfather
Col. Civilian Patriot, 1745-1747
American Revolution

Served in two military expeditions 1745, 1747, Anson and Richmond Counties, NC.

Ancestor of Margaret Dockery Mundy. Served in two military expeditions, 1745 and 1747. Lived in Ausan and Richmond Counties, NC. Was a plantation owner, who bequeathed slaves in his will.

Fred Bridges

2nd great uncle
World War I

Fred Bridges served in France. His niece, Edna Richman, remembers Fred’s old Army gas mask which hung in her grandmother’s shed. Poison gas was one of the most feared German weapons of the war. Like many of the Bridges men, Fred became a railroad worker at Huron, living to age 94.

Stanley Mundy

Born 1939
uncle
US Navy
Cold War

Nathan Levi Mundy

Born 1983
cousin
2nd Lt. in US Army, 2006
Iraq War and Afghanistan

Nathan is currently serving in Afghanistan.

Justin Lee Mundy^

6th cousin
Private in US Army
Gulf War

Son of Mike Mundy was in Desert Storm. He served during the Gulf War and was killed in Texas in an auto accident while in the Army.

Jim “Jimmie” Lee Mundy

Born 1946
5th cousin
US Marines
Vietnam War

Martin Mundy, “Son of Donna and Merlin Mundy. He volunteered for an extra tour in Vietnam, tried to do 3 but they wouldn’t let him. Beat up an officer at Great Lakes and went AWOL. Lived on a commune for a while. First lived in a cave, and would cut timber in the daytime. The FBI was looking for him, and he had a beard, and they showed him a picture of himself, he said, “No. Never have seen him before.” He is now deceased, lung cancer.”

Jason Mundy

US Navy

Joyce, “Jim Mundy’s son, served just served one hitch, and no war was going on.”

Owen Corey Mundy

Born April 5, 1975 in Bedford, Indiana
Photographer’s Mate Airman in US Navy, January 18, 1994-April 26, 1996

“I enlisted while I was still in high school with dreams of attending art school with the GI Bill. Attend basic Training in Orlando, Florida, and “A” School at the Defense Photography School at NAS Pensacola, Florida. Attached to TARPS Team in VF-111 Sundowners squadron at NAS Miramar and later to the photo lab on the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63.”

Martin Earl Mundy

Born October 31, 1948 in Martin County, Indiana
father
US Navy, July 23, 1968-June 23, 1972
Vietnam War

“I would have never went in. During Vietnam, people were getting killed right and left. I didn’t know anybody that would have went in on their own. It was in 1972 that they did away with the draft. I joined in 1968, boot camp and Electricians Mate A school in San Diego. Served on the USS Pritchett DD561 out of home port San Diego, 6 month cruse west Pacific and then on the USS Kretchmer DER 329, 1-1970 to 6-23-1972, spy ship that floated around Cuba.”

Gordon Mundy

Born 1942
uncle
Spec4 in Indiana Army National Guard, 1961-1967
Cold War

“I went to Camp Aderberry for weekend drills. Michigan Beer Can wars. 7 years. 1961-1967. Tank Driver. E-4. Spec4 or Cpl. Activated for the Bay of Pigs, “”when Castro took over Cuba, the U.S. Navy was supposed to support the Cubans going to take it back. Then the Russians down there. Spent 18 months in active duty in 1962. $78/month $120/month.”

Gary Mundy

Born 1946
uncle
Yoeman in US Navy, April 1966-January 1970
Vietnam War

“I was probably 19 years old when the picture was taken. I was a yoyo [Yoeman]. I was in the regular active Navy from April 1966 to January 1970. I got an early out because of reduction in forces due to winding down in Viet Nam. I was in the Navy Reserves from about 1982 to 1985.

The picture was made by a civilian outfit at Pearl Harbor. I tried to remain at Pearl but was shipped out to the destroyer fleet for the last two years. I was on USS HAWKINS (DD-873) most of the time and then transferred to USS ROBERT L. WILSON (DD-847) for a few months before my release. I reported to the ship in drydock at Boston in bitter cold weather and thought I’d been sent to Hell. There was little heat and I thought I’d surely freeze to death.

One thing that did warm my heart that winter was when I was staggering back to the ship alone on Xmas Eve. A guy in a pickup truck, also really tipsy, said come on get in and I’ll give you a lift. I recall he said, “”come on, I’m not a f—–g queer.”" He took me to his house, though how we ever made it with his weaving about the roadway, I’ll never know. His wife and her grandfather were there and they had a great meal. I spent the evening with them and they drove me back to the ship. The old man had been in the Navy during WWI I recall and told me a few stories. I was lucky to have been transferred to destroyers.

Some of my shipmates at Pearl were sent to river patrol boats in Viet Nam. The stay at Gitmo, Cuba, was interesting. Hawkins was supposed to go to the war zone but kept having some mechanical problems after the drydock in Boston.”

Ed Mundy

Born 1943
5th cousin
US Navy (career)
Vietnam War

Son of Donna and Merlin Mundy. Eddie was in the Navy, and was on a “Swift Boat” that patroled the rivers in Viet Nam at the same time Jim was there. Retired from the GM foundry where my father worked.

Jim “Jesse” Bex

Born 1843
Died 1933
3rd Great Uncle by marriage
American Civil War

Served in Union Army, Co. B, IN Volunteers. Was with Sherman’s Atlanta campaign and participated in many major engagements. He was a farmer and active in GAR (CW vets). Married Mary Ann Bex, and was the grandfather of US Congressman Earl Wilson.

Joyce, “This photo includes Jim Bex, the great great great uncle by marriage that I sent the clipping on. He is in the back row, 9th from left, with a black beard. These were the “”old soldiers”" that Dad used to talk about, some of whom sat around Huron and told war stories when he was a boy. Although he was just connected by marriage, I can tell you the connection. His wife, Mary Ann Carter Bex, was my Grandpa Freely Mundy’s aunt. Always called Aunt Mary Bex, she was the sister of Grandpa’s mother, Elizabeth Carter Mundy. It is interesting that his daughter, Elsie Bex Wilson, was the mother of Earl Wilson, a US congressman for several terms. Earl would have had the same Carter great grandparents as my father.”

Phillip W. Burton

Born 1925
Died 1990
great uncle
World War II

Morris Burton

Born 1930
Died 1975
great uncle
Pfc. in US Army
Korean War

Milton Ross Burton

Born May 15, 1915
Died October 30, 2005
great uncle
Cpl. in US Army, 1940-1945
World War II

Joyce, “I asked him if he lost any buddies. His reply, ‘Well, we lost some, and they’re all your buddies.’”

Obituary:

MILTON ROSS BURTON

May 15, 1915-Oct. 30, 2005

Milton R. Burton, 90, of Chino Valley, AZ, formerly of Mitchell, died Sunday at Kachina Point Health Care in Sedona, AZ.

Born May 15, 1915 in Orange County, he was the son of Samuel O. and Lena A. (Burton) Burton. He had been a resident of Arizona for many years, and was a retired barber.

While living in the Mitchell area, he opened the first riding stable at Spring Mill Park in 1946. He was a sportsman and had been a hunting guide in Colorado.

He was a U. S. Army veteran, and served in France and Germany during World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Good Conduct Medal. An account of his war experiences appears in the book, SOUVENIRS III, by L. Joyce Mundy.

Milton married Shirley Graves in 1962, and she survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Anna Louise Burley of Chino Valley, AZ; two grandchildren, Connie Louise Hoover and Dale Ross DeWitt of Chicago, IL; two great grandchildren, Alexis and Ashton Hoover of Chicago, IL; one brother, Nelson E. Burton of New Concord, KY; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins; many of them residing in the Mitchell area.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Christine Mundy and Edna Ruth Jaynes; and two brothers, Philip W. and Morris Burton.

He was a faithful member of First Southern Baptist Church of Chino Valley. He was also a member of the Gideons, and participated in their prison ministries.

A memorial service will be held in the church later this week, with burial in Chino Valley. Arrangements are under the direction of Chino Valley Funeral Home.

Paul Leslie Petersen

Born April 3, 1930
Died 2002
grandfather
US Army, April 1951-April 1953
Korean War

Leonal Troy Burton

Born November 11, 1923
Died January 23, 2003
Cpl. in US Army, 1943-February 4, 1946

Bucky Walters, “Leonal Troy Burton: U.S. Army WWII Pacific Cap. b) 11-9-1923 Baca County, CO. d) 1-28-2003 Age of 79 Buried Boise City Cemetery, OK. Graduated from High School the entered Army 1943 – discharged from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2-4-1946. Rate: Cpl. shoulder patch in picture is 70th Division, brother says he was in the 322 nd infantry.”

Dallas Ford Burton

Born June 23, 1925
Died March 17, 2001
Chief Petty Officer in US Navy
World War II, Korean War

Bucky Walters, “Dallas Ford Burton: U.S. Navy WWII & recalled into the Navy for the Korean War. He went into the Navy before finishing high school. b) 6-23-1925 d) 3-17-2001 Age 75 Buried: Boise City Cemetery, OK. Rating: Chief Petty Officer.”

Henry Burton Woolery^

Born November 20, 1897
Died July 29, 1918
5th cousin
Sgt. in Indiana National Guard, 1917-1918
Died in World War I

Probably the best known WW I soldier of my family was Burton Woolery. He was a first cousin of my Grandmother Burton, and was a freshman student at IU when he joined the Army. The American Legion post in Bloomington is named for him because he was the first Monroe County soldier killed in WW I. He died on July 29, 1918. First buried in France, Burton Woolery was given a hero’s funeral when his body was returned to Bloomington in 1921.

Son of Henry A. and Laura Burton Woolery; born November 20, 1897, Bloomington, Indiana. Student. Enlisted in Battery F, 1st Field Artillery, Indiana National Guard, April 12, 1917, Bloomington. Assigned to Battery F, 150th Field Artillery, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Embarked October 18, 1917. Killed in action July 29, 1918, Beauvardes, near Esperance Farm. Buried in Grave 138, Section B, Plot 2, American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France. American Legion Post, Bloomington, Indiana, named in his honor. http://cwcfamily.org/wasltrs.htm He was a student at Indiana University and had enlisted when the war started. He was the first Bloomington soldier killed in the war, so the post is named for him.

Wallace Reed Burton

Born 1895
Died 1987-03-17
2nd great uncle
US Army
World War I

Joyce, “My grandmother’s favorite uncle, Reed Burton, served with the infantry in France, and was with the Army of Occupation in Germany following the war. He later became a farmer/rancher in Oklahoma, whom we saw many times over the years. Uncle Reed passed away in 1987 at age 92. He was born on a farm near Mitchell, Indiana, and died in Boise City, OK. The image is from boot camp.”

Sam M. Noblit

Captain in US Marines
World War I

Joyce, “I happened to recall this photo in Aunt Dessie’s college album. It is her and Grandpa Burton’s cousin, Sam Noblitt. I know nothing about his military service, except that this was in WW I times, and the photo was labeled “”Capt. S. M. Noblitt.”" Do you have any historical reference to uniforms? I believe there is also something of him in an Army camp photo, but don’t know where to lay my hands on it. He was the son of “”Aunt Meg”" (Margaret Mathers Noblitt, Great Grandma Florence’s sister), and grandson of Civil War soldier, Great Great Grandpa Samuel Mathers. It is interesting that the photo shows Great Grandma’s house in Orleans, the one that Aunt Dessie left to us. Anyhow it is a nice photo.”

Joe Ralph Burton

Private in US Army 1918-1919
World War I
3rd cousin

The son on Newton May Burton, Grandpa Burton’s half brother, so was Mom’s first cousin. You may remember him as the old guy who played the harmonica at my house when we had Aunt Dessie’s birthday dinner.

Dale Ross Dewitt

Born February 9, 1986 in Cottonwood, Arizona
Private in US Army 2007-

Grandson of Milton Ross Burton.

“He graduated boot camp on or about his 22nd birthday, Feb. 2008. He deployed to Iraq in July 2008. He trained to be a heavy equipment operator.”
- Contributed by his mother, Anna Louise Burley.

Richard Burton

Born 1843
Died 1910
4th great grandfather
Union Army 1861- American Civil War

Joyce, “My grandmother’s paternal grandfather, Co. K, 53rd Ind. Inf. He joined the Army at about age 18. He was with Sherman on the march to the sea. He was captured and spent 2 or 3 months at Andersonville Prison. Captured at Vicksberg. Name is on the roster at Andersonville. “

Served in Union Army, Co. K, IN Infantry as a teenager. Was with Sherman on the march to the sea. Captured and spent 2 or 3 months at Andersonville Prison. Health was never good after conditions suffered at Andersonville. Married Florence, daughter of Samuel Mathers. Was a farmer and active in GAR (CW vets) after the war.

Bruce Burton

Born 1931
Died 2006
3rd cousin
Photographer’s Mate in US Navy/USAF

Died in May of this year, while mowing in the old Burton Cemetery where John Pleasant and Susannah are buried.

John Burton

2nd cousin
Tech. Sgt. in US Air Force 1986-2006
Gulf War/Iraq War

He has served two hitches in Iraq, the last just this summer. He is a meteorologist in the Air Force, and works in the airports. I think he is now in Texas. Joyce, “I have kept in touch with his mother, to be sure he got home safely.”

Samuel Mathers

Born 1822
Died 1902
Union Army 1862-1865
American Civil War
3rd great grandfather

In company with his brother, James H., he enlisted as a volunteer in Co. G., 49th Reg., serving for a period of two years and nine months, and was honorably discharged at New Albany, May 24, 1865. He took part in the following important engagements: Chickasaw Bayou, Champion Hills, Arkansaw Post, Grand Gulf, Fort Gibson, Black River, and during the entire siege of Vicksburg.

Served in Indiana Infantry, Union Army, Civil War, for 2 years & 9 months. Participated in river campaigns and several important engagements, including Siege of Vicksburg, and kept a diary in early service. Married Annie Wyman, (granddaughter of Henry), and was a farmer. Active in GAR (CW vets) after the war.