World War I Deaths, Livingston Co., MO The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Centennial Edition Chillicothe, Missouri September 13, 1937 "Livingston County Boys Gave Their Lives in War "Many Lie in France After Trip to Europe During World Conflict Thirty-One of County's Best Died In the poppy-covered fields of France, once red with human blood, and in cemeteries scattered throughout the county, lie Livingston’s boys who gave their lives, either as victims of war-time epidemics or victims of the enemy’s gun, during the World War. There are thirty-one of them in all-soldiers sailors and Uncle Sam’s men of the air. Their contribution to history is supreme. Our debt to them will never be repaid. MILES ABBOTT, buried in Edgewood Cemetery, died August 30,1917. FRANK H. BASSETT, JR., the son of Frank H. and Alice S. Bassett who enlisted in the Navy, died following an operation October 11, 1918. He became ill of bronchial pneumonia at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago. He is buried in the South Wheeling Cemetery. JERRY BROADDUS, son of the late Joseph Broaddus and Mrs. Jessie Broaddus of this city, died of bronchial pneumonia October 15 1918, at Camp Dodge Base Hospital. His grave is in Edgewood Cemetery. LESTER C. BURGARD, Avalon, son of Samuel H. and Charity E. Burgard, was killed in action in the battle of Argonne Forest September 26, 1918. He is buried in France. ROY BURKETT, Chillicothe, son of Albert L. and Maggie Burkett, is buried in France. He was killed in action near Charpentry, France, September 23, 1918. CHARLES BURTON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Burton, both deceased, died September 30, 1918. He is buried in Alphadelphia Cemetery south of Avalon. EVERETT BRYAN, Utica, son of William Columbus and Scottie Bell Bryan, died of bronchial pneumonia on his way to Europe on Sept. 25, 1918. The body was sent back and is interred in Bethel Church Cemetery near Ludlow. JOHN FRANCIS CLEVELAND, Bedford, son of Alexander and Minnie Bell Cleveland, was serving with Company L, 159th Infantry, Coast Guard duty, when he contracted measles resulting in pneu-mania, which caused his death. He was buried in South Wheeling Cemetery. ARCHIE J. COX, son of Joseph B. and Lee A. Cox, Chillicothe, developed bronchial pneumonia at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago, and died there September 21, 1918. His body was returned here for burial. VINCENT EADES, son of J. E. and Tempa Eades, contracted pneumonia on his way to France in October, 1918. He was removed from shipboard at Brest and taken to the Base Hospital where he died on October 15, He is buried in France. A. MORRIS ELLETT, Chillicothe, son of W, H, and Grace Ellet, was buried with military honors at Linthal Cemetery, a French Military Cemetery after his death by accidental explosion of a hand grenade on August 8, 1918, in France. Ellett was captain of Company I when the boys were stationed on the Mexican border. EDWARD G. GLADIEUX, Chillicothe, son of Joseph and Josephine Gladieux, died in an Officers’ Training School in Florida, October 29, 1918, of bronchial pneumonia. He is buried in the Catholic cemetery here. VERNON R. GLICK, son of Mrs. Isabelle Glick, was struck by enemy shrapnel causing instant death only a few minutes after he had joined Company I against the enemy in the Meuse-Argonne, October, 1918. He had walked eight days to be with his company in that battle. A member of Company I, he was honored by the local American Legion post when his name was chosen as the name of this post. He is buried in Argonne Cemetery in France and his mother visited his grave there a few years ago. EUGENE V. DEBBS GOLDSWORTHY, son of A. L. and Sarah Goldsworthy, died at Aricourt, France, October 29, 1918, He is buried in Edgewood cemetery. Young Goldsworthy trained at Camp Dodge, Ia. WALTER J. GOULD, son of James and Mary Jane Gould, Wheeling, is buried in the U, S. Naval Cemetery, Brest, France. His death was caused by pneumonia. HOBART GRAY, son of Mrs. J. W. Harper, Bridge Street, died September 25, 1918. He is buried in Edgewood Cemetery. WILLIAM FRANKLIN HERRING, son of N. J. and Sarah Herring of Hickory, entered service here, later to be sent to France where he was killed in action October 21, 1918. He is buried on the field of battle. CHARLES M. HOGE, buried at Edgewood, died of bronchial pneumonia, October 26, 1918 at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago. He enlisted in the Navy. Hoge was the son of Israel and Ellen Hoge. GLENN HUMPHREYS of Sturges was killed in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne, November 10, 1918 near Pouilly, France. He was the son of S. J, and Mollie Humphreys of Sturges. EVERETT WILLIAM MANN, Ludlow, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mann, died at the French-American Military Hospital at Hericourt, France of bronchial pneumonia, October 16, 1918. REUBEN CLAUDE McKIDDY, Wheeling, died in Camp Doniphan, Okla., December 31, 1917, where he had been sent only a month before. He was the son of W. F. and Alice B. McKiddy of Wheeling. His body was brought hack to his home for burial. HENRY LOUIS MILLER, son of Mrs. Lena Gallagher, was killed in the battle of Belleau Wood some time between July 18 and 24, 1918, and is buried on a French battlefield, where his mother visited his grave during one of the Gold Star Mothers’ trips to Europe. Miller enlisted from Genoa, Montana. GEORGE OSTRANDER was the first Livingston County boy to fall during the World War. He was at the front preparing a machine when an enemy plane dropped a bomb wounding him, March 22, 1918 resulting in his death two days later. He is buried at Rosier, France. Ostrander, son of G. A. and Elizabeth Ostrander, entered service in aviation. He is buried in Edgewood. WALTER S. SHERMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sherman of Utica enlisted in the Navy and was serving on the U. S. S. Black Arrow when he met death by accident at Brooklyn, New York, March 13, 1919, He is buried at Utica. WILLIAM J. SINGLETON, son of J. J, Singleton, Bedford, was killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne drive in September, 1918. EARL SMITH, son of D. F. and Anna Smith, Chillicothe, entered service at Scolby, Montana and sailed in April 1918. He was wounded in the battle of the Argonne Forest, September 20,1918 and died at, American Central Hospital at Florides Meuse, France October 8 of that year. He is buried in American Military Cemetery there. JAMES H. SPARKS was killed in action in the battle of the Argonne Forest, S eptember 26, 1918 and is buried there with his fallen comrades. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sparks of Avalon and entered service in Chillicothe. DELFORD E. STEPHENS of Bedford, who entered the service in Chillicothe, is buried in the South Wheeling cemetery. He died in a hospital at Fort Riley, October 14, 1918. His death resulted in pneumonia, developing from influenza. HAROLD HOYLE SUTHERLAND enlisted in aviation in 1917 when he was a Junior at the University of Illinois. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1918 and at the time of his death he had been an instructor in the aviation school at Tours, France, for several months. He was killed in a plane accident at Tours, December 13, 1918. He is buried in Edgewood cemetery. ARCHIE R. TAYLOR, Utica, son of R. W. and Nana L. Taylor, enlisted with the marines in 1917. After the Armistice was signed he was sent to Coblenz, Germany with the Army of Occupation where he died May 13, 1919. GEORGE K. THOMPSON, son of Elliott W. and Alice J. Thompson, died of acute poisoning while in training at Fort Riley, February-24, l918. 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