SUBJ: OBION CO WW I VETS While rummaging through some old books in the Register of Deeds office, I found a register compiled in 1935 by Mrs. Rutledge Smith, the historian of the Tennessee Department of the American Legion Auxiliary in Nashville. The data was from the reports to the Secretary of War by Maj. Rutledge Smith, Chairman of National Council of Defense TN and Joseph Ballew, the Adjutant General of TN, and General Enoch Crowder, Provost Marhall General. So I assume it is a complete and accurate roster of all the Obion County World War I veterans, and the service members killed-in-action. It lists 1179 of them. Only the information listed below about each individual is provided: his complete name address service number place and date of induction branch of service place and date of birth organization and dates served overseas service rank type and date of discharge Other general information is provided on the local Selective Service Board and statistics on the registrants, inductees, and other interesting data such as: Ex-servicemembers not killed _ 959 Wounded __________________ 50 Killed _____________________ 45 Officers, US Army ___________ 34 Marines ____________________ 17 Sailors _____________________ 52 Officers, US Navy ____________ 2 Fraudulent, dishonorable, and deserters ___________________ 12 If anyone is interested in the individual veteran's data for genealogy purposes, the 155 page book is available at the Obion County Courthouse. For those who can't visit here, please write me at my address on the Obion County Genealogy web site. Dennis in Union City© Genealogy Speaking Jane Norton Powell, [email protected] Obion Co TN Pedigrees & Jane's Connections http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jane1 TNGenWeb http://www.tngennet.org/ Obion Co. TNGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnobion/ Haywood Co. TNGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhaywoo/