Box Butte County NeArchives Military Records.....Haugh, Richard July 18, 1918 WWI ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 February 26, 2019, 6:17 pm First Box Butte Soldier To Lose Life On Foreign Soil The Alliance Herald Thur Jul 18, 1918 BOX BUTTE BOY IS REPORTED KILLED WHILE BRAVELY FIGHTING IN FRANCE __________________________________ RICHARD HAUGH, AGED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, WHO WAS DRAFTED FROM BOX BUTTE COUNTY, IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED. ___________________________________ OLDER BROTHER LEFT FOR TRAINING CAMP IN JUNE ___________________________________ Haugh is the First Box Butte Soldier to Lose Life on Foreign Soil--Worked for a Farmer Northeast of Alliance-- Claimed No Exemptions When Called by Draft. ___________________________________ Richard Haugh, aged twenty-five years, who left Alliance in September, 1917, as a member of the national draft army, is reported to have lost his life in France last week, according to the news dispatches. If the report is correct, Haugh is the first Box Butte boy to lose his life on foreign soil. Haugh, when called by the draft, was working for Charles Heath, a Box Butte county farmer, living northeast of Alliance. Haugh claimed no exemptions and was accepted by the Box Butte board on August 13, 1917. He was accepted for the army on September 21, 1917, and left for Camp Funston on September 22, 1917. Haugh was born at Sault St. Marie, Michigan, on August 4, 1892. His parents are now living in Pontiac, Michigan, and were paid a visit by the boy before leaving for the training camp. He has an older brother, Roy Haugh, who is twenty-eight years of age and who was born at Donaldson, Michigan. Roy formerly worked for L. M. Beal of Alliance, and was called in the draft on May 1, 1918, and accepted on June 5, being sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio. The fallen soldier is remembered by his friends in Box Butte county as a steady, industrious young man, who gladly responded to the call of his country when it came. He fell while doing his duty and he will be remembered as the first hero from Box Butte county who died on foreign soil while fighting to free the world from the dastardly influence of the Hun. Additional Comments: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Richard Haugh Race: Caucasian (White) Marital status: Single Birth Date: 4 Aug 1892 Birth Place: Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, USA Street address: Box Butte Residence Place: Alliance Box Butte, Nebraska, USA Employer: Charles Heath 1910 Bruce, Chippewa, Michigan John J Haugh 33 head Canada Ireland Canada immigration 1880 Margret Haugh 61 mother Canada Ireland Canada immigration 1880 Edith Haugh 23 sister MI Ireland Canada Roy Haugh 21 brother MI Ireland Canada Hiram D Haugh 18 brother MI Ireland Canada 1900 Bruce, Chippewa, Michigan Name Age Margret Haughs 50 Mar 1850 Canada Ireland NY John Haughs 24 Mar 1876 Canada Ireland Canada Robert Haughs 22 Nov 1877 Canada Ireland Canada Jane F Haughs 20 Oct 1879 Canada Ireland Canada Thomas Haughs 18 Dec 1881 MI Ireland Canada Edith Haughs 13 Oct 1886 MI Ireland Canada Rundle Haughs 13 Oct 1896 MI Ireland Canada Roy Haughes 11 Jan 1889 MI Ireland Canada Dumas Haughes 8 Aug 1891 MI Ireland Canada Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911 Name: Dinas Hough Gender: Male Birth Place: Bruce, Michigan Birth Date: 4 Aug 1891 Baptism Place: Chippewa, Michigan Father's name: Charles Hough Mother's name: Margaret FHL Film Number: 1007572 1880 Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan Charles Haugh 34 Ire Ire Ire Margaret Haugh 30 Ca Ire Ca Mary Haugh 10 Ca Ire Ca Margaret Haugh 8 Ca Ire Ca Isabel Haugh 6 Ca Ire Ca J. Haugh 4 Ca Ire Ca Robert Haugh 2 Ca Ire Ca Jane Haugh 7/12 Ca Ire Ca 1871 Simcoe South Ontario Canada Charles Haugh 32 Ireland Margret Haugh 22 Ontario Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937 Name: Charles Haugh Age: 31 Birth Year: abt 1838 Birth Place: Ireland Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1869 Marriage Place: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Father: John Haugh Mother: Mary Haugh Spouse: Margaret Mitchell Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937 Name: Margaret Mitchell Age: 20 Birth Year: abt 1849 Birth Place: Canada Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1869 Marriage Place: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Father: Robert Mitchell Mother: Margaret Mitchell Spouse: Charles Haugh Submitter is not related and has no more information File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/boxbutte/military/ww1/other/haugh7gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb