Hello Joyce, I have been thinking about your email to the ROOTWALKER family and trying to figure a way to help you. Since the obit was removed from the newspaper, that idea is out. The chances of the remains being sent home in WW1 are very slim, but have you wondered if a tombstone was erected in his honor in the family cemetery plot? We have seen this several times when men were lost in war. I also suggest you check to see if Mr. BLOODWORTH left a will when he went in the service. I made out one, and most of my buddies did, too, just in case we weren't as lucky and tough as we hoped we were. I don't know if leaving a will was the practice in WW1 or not, but it is worth checking. Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. Sincerely, Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 4/6/01 12:05:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, CBStark@aol.com writes: > Subj: [ROOTWALKER] Where to Search Now? > Date: 4/6/01 12:05:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: CBStark@aol.com > Reply-to: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > I am trying to prove that the John William Bloodworth who was killed in WW > I > is the person I believe him to be. > > I have John W. Bloodworth, age 16 in the household of his father John Y. > Bloodworth in 1910. From TSL&A, I have the selective service draft card and > > record of soldiers who served in WW I from Sumner County for John William > Bloodworth, date of birth 13 Aug 1893. Although I believe John W. and John > William are one and the same, I don't have proof. > > The record shows that a sister Mrs. Bessie Ctom ? received the notification > of his death. > > The Sumner Co. marriage index shows that Bessie Bloodworth married Robert > Cron in September 1907. > > The census record shows a sister named Mary E., possibly Elizabeth shortened > > to Bessie. There was no Bloodworth named Bessie listed on any census index > or record in Sumner Co. in 1900. > > I requested his file from the Army Records Center only to be told that his > records were lost to fire. > > A request to TSL&A for the questionnaire the State mailed to veterans and to > > survivors of those killed showed that his family did not return the > information. > > A search of the local Sumner County newspaper following 22 Sep 1918, the > date > of his death, revealed that the death notice had been cut out of the paper > before it was microfilmed. > > I'm out of ideas. Can someone suggest some record somewhere that might > prove > that John W. and John William are the same man. > > Thanks for taking time to read all this, and any suggestions you can give me > > would be appreciated. > > Joyce > >