Navarro County Texas Archives News.....Irvine and Mixon - Great Lakes Training unknown
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Virginia Crilley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000642 December 3, 2015, 10:42 am

Probably Blooming Grove Rustler Or Corsicana Sun unknown

M. Reuben Sheets today received a letter from ROBERT IRVINE, who is at the Great
Lakes, Il training camp., he enlisted for the navy. Robert says REUBEN MIXON,
another Corsicana boy, is with him and they have the same tent, after being
assigned to a company. Besides they have been together ever since they enlisted
and both are very much rejoiced at this.

[note; Reuben Mixon 1940 San Diego. USN Hospital. Born 1897 Texas] Reuben May
1897 was brother to Stella, good friend of Imogene Grimes. 1900 Census lived in
Blooming Grove. Father, Julius was barber, mother Elizabeth. June 6, 1906 Reuben
visited grandparents S.G. Sheppard in Powell.]

Additional Comments:
Imogene Grimes scrapbook about WWI

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