World War I

Honor Role of Family Military Service Members – In Honor of Veteran’s Day

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, veterans from that war are listed in red, with a * to symbolize the red poppy.

From my family:

Jeffrey Beck, 1752-1838

  • Relationship to Husband: 7th great-grandfather
  • Military Service: American Revolution

 

James Jasper Busby, 1843-1905

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War, Surrendered at Vicksburg

 

John Calvin Busby, 1840-1863

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War, KIA Gettysburg

 

* James Francis Clark, 1890-1963

  • Relationship to Husband: 2nd great-great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War I

 

James Francis Clark, 1919-1987

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st cousin 3 times removed
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Joe Marion Douglas, 1923-2000

  • Relationship to Husband: Grandfather
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Michael Douglas,

  • Relationship to Husband: Uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy

 

John Flanagan, 1925-1983

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II

 

James William Garrison, 1830-unk

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

Isaiah Golden, 1851-1911

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, Indian Wars

 

Asbury H. Berry Hardy, 1823-unk

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War, Captured at Vicksburg

 

Benjamin Franklin Lee Hardy, 1850-1920

  • Relationship to Husband: 2nd great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War, Surrendered at Appomattox

 

Linnie Franklin Hardy, 1926-2010

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II

 

* Thomas Watson Hardy, 1893-1954

  • Relationship to Husband: Great-grandfather
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War I

 

Norman Helmke,

  • Relationship to Husband: Uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, Vietnam

 

James Philemon Holcomb, 1720-1803

  • Relationship to Husband: 6th great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: American Revolution

 

James Jackson Johns, 1828-1917

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

David Lamb, 1836-1910

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

Clark Leathers, unk-unk

  • Relationship to Husband: 4th great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

Franklin Leathers, 1841-unk

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

John Samuel Leathers, 1847-1894

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

Peter K. Leathers, 1816-1901

  • Relationship to Husband: 4th great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

Samuel Leathers, unk-unk

  • Relationship to Husband: 4th great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

Samuel L. Leathers, 1745-1832

  • Relationship to Husband: 6th great-grandfather
  • Military Service: American Revolution

 

Samuel L. Leathers, 1785-1830

  • Relationship to Husband: 5th great-grandfather
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, War of 1812

 

Samuel Moses Leathers, 1847-1931

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

George Washington McBrayer, 1847-1923

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st cousin 5 times removed
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

James L. McBrayer, 1840-1919

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st cousin 5 times removed
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

John H. McBrayer, 1812-1900

  • Relationship to Husband: 4th great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

William McBrayer, 1836-1917

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st cousin 5 times removed
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

George McConville, 1919-1970

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st Cousin, 3x Removed
  • Military Service: U.S. Army Air Force, World War II

 

Ray Otton,

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st Cousin, 3x Removed
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II

 

* Roy Otton, 1898-1969

  • Relationship to Husband: Half-2nd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War I

 

* Stephen J. Otton, 1895-1974

  • Relationship to Husband: Half-2nd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War I

 

David Pope, 1807-1881

  • Relationship to Husband: 4th great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

Jesse Pope, 1833-unk

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: Confederate Army, U.S. Civil War

 

* John Edward Powers, 1898-unk

  • Relationship to Husband: Great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War I

 

James Thomas Reilly,

  • Relationship to Husband: Father
  • Military Service: U.S.M.A & U.S. Navy, Vietnam

 

Lawrence John Reilly, 1948-1969

  • Relationship to Husband: Uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, Vietnam, KIA, South China Sea

 

Lawrence John Reilly, 1924-2018

  • Relationship to Husband: Grandfather
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II & Vietnam, Bronze Star & Navy Commendation Medal

 

Sean Thomas Reilly,

  • Relationship to Husband: Brother
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, Iraq War

 

Franz Xaver Schillinger, 1836-1923

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grandfather
  • Military Service: Union Army, U.S. Civil War

 

* Louis A. Schillinger, 1896-1991

  • Relationship to Husband: Great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War I

 

Robert L. Schillinger, 1910-1982

  • Relationship to Husband: Great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

 

From my husband’s family:

John Dolman, 1762-1842

  • Relationship to Husband: 5th great-grandfather
  • Military Service: War of 1812

 

Paul Dolman, 1733-1777

  • Relationship to Husband: 6th great-grandfather
  • Military Service: American Revolution, POW-Battle of Flatbush, died of starvation on prison ship Caroline

 

Arthur Kenneth Dyszelski,

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Marines

 

Eugene Ervin Dyszelski, 1930-1996

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, Korean War

 

Gilbert Dyszelski, 1918-1989

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Joseph Dyszelski, 1888-1931

  • Relationship to Husband: Great-great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Stanley A Dyszelski, 1927-1999

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army

 

Elby Lloyd Franks, 1924-2005

  • Relationship to Husband: Step-Grandfather
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Kenneth Daris Gomer, 1921-1993

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II

 

Edward Anthony Guzinski Jr., 1920-1982

  • Relationship to Husband: Grandfather
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II

 

Robert Lawrence Guzinski, 1924-1992

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II

 

Sylvester T Guzinski, 1922-1944

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II, KIA, Italy, Bronze Star/Purple Heart

 

Thomas Sylvan Guzinski, 1900-1975

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st cousin 3 times removed
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Raymond Kintop, Abt 1916-

  • Relationship to Husband: Great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Silvester Kintop, 1926-2007

  • Relationship to Husband: 1st cousin twice removed
  • Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II

 

Isaac Carroll Pool, 1923-1999

  • Relationship to Husband: Half-great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Andrew Jackson Redd, 1829-1920

  • Relationship to Husband: 3rd great-grandfather
  • Military Service: U.S. Civil War, Union

 

Arthur P. Reynolds, 1923-1976

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

Ervin Rissling, 1927-2003

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army

 

Joseph Singsheim, 1925-2003

  • Relationship to Husband: Great uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II

 

* Stephan Wegner, 1894-1983

  • Relationship to Husband: Great-grand uncle
  • Military Service: U.S. Army, World War I

 

 

Our Military Genealogy

I’ve been doing research on my mother’s side family and came across some sources of information about potential military service by my ancestors.

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James Jackson Johns (3rd great grandfather): Confirmed military service.  A member of the 30th Georgia Infantry, Company C.  Source: Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, M266-109, Roll 0399, Located at Fold3.com

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