{"id":461,"date":"2025-12-16T18:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/roane\/?p=461"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:15:48","slug":"world-war-i-soldiers-oliver-springs-compiled-by-snyder-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/roane\/world-war-i-soldiers-oliver-springs-compiled-by-snyder-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"World War I Soldiers &#8211; Oliver Springs &#8211; Compiled by Snyder Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(from the archived&nbsp;<em>Roots of Roane<\/em> Web site)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Source: <em>The Story of Oliver Springs, TN and Its People, Vol III, <\/em>by <strong>Snyder E. Roberts<\/strong>, page 107<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no known official list of all World War I military personnel from the area. An attempt has been made to compile an un-official and incomplete list. There will probably be omissions, but, if so, it has been done with no intention to deceive.<\/p>\n<p>Roane, Anderson, and Morgan Counties, Tennessee<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\">Aslinger, Calvin<br \/>\nBlack, Charles Roy<br \/>\nBraden, Clarence &#8220;Penny&#8221;<br \/>\nBrashears, Joe<br \/>\nBrummitt, Hobart<br \/>\nBrummitt, William<br \/>\nBunch, Virgil<br \/>\nBunch, Walter<br \/>\nButler, Thomas<br \/>\nButler, William<br \/>\nCarson, Joe<br \/>\nClough, Ben<br \/>\nCooper, Charlie<br \/>\nCox, Elmer<br \/>\nCox, Omer<br \/>\nCox, Owen<br \/>\nCraig, Ed<br \/>\nCraig, Tol<br \/>\nCrass, Elmer<br \/>\nCross, Lawrence<br \/>\nCrozier, Bill<br \/>\nCummings, Wade<br \/>\nDagley, Edward<br \/>\nDavenport, Gus<br \/>\nDavis, Tom<br \/>\nDay, John B.<br \/>\nDiggs, Benjamin<br \/>\nDuncan, Millard<br \/>\nEdwards, Frank<br \/>\nEverett, Jesse<br \/>\nFaulkner, John C.<br \/>\nFoster, Frank<br \/>\nFreels, Arthur<br \/>\nFreels, Clyde<br \/>\nFreels, Henry<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.0393%;\" valign=\"top\">Galbraith, George W.<br \/>\nGalbraith, Thomas B.<br \/>\nGann, Frank<br \/>\nGilmore, Charlie<br \/>\nGoodman, Joshua<br \/>\nGriffith, Roy<br \/>\nHackworth, Floyd<br \/>\nHalburnt, Daniel J.<br \/>\nHalburnt, Edward E.<br \/>\nHall, Herbert. S.<br \/>\nHawkins, Levi<br \/>\nHenning, William T.<br \/>\nHenley, Telitha<br \/>\nHolder, Charlie<br \/>\nHoskins, Hobart<br \/>\nHoskins, Hugh<br \/>\nHoskins, Joe<br \/>\nHoskins, Sam<br \/>\nJackson, Walter<br \/>\nJones, Joseph<br \/>\nKing, Ed<br \/>\nKing, Dee<br \/>\nLadd, Richard H.<br \/>\nLively, Robert<br \/>\nLively, Arthur<br \/>\nLockett, John E. &#8220;Cal&#8221;<br \/>\nLockhart, Sam<br \/>\nLong, Joe B. Jr.<br \/>\nLove, John<br \/>\nLove, Robert H.<br \/>\nMcBee, Bill<br \/>\nMcNamara, Wm. T. &#8220;Penny&#8221;<br \/>\nMcCoy, Leonard<br \/>\nMcGlothin, Elijah C.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\">Massingill, George W.<br \/>\nMay, Sam<br \/>\nMeade, James &#8220;Jim&#8221;<br \/>\nMoore, Bill<br \/>\nMorgan, Will<br \/>\nOllis, Gervil<br \/>\nOllis, Jeffie<br \/>\nO&#8217;Helll, Houston<br \/>\nPhillips, Tom<br \/>\nPicca, Gerry<br \/>\nPowell, George<br \/>\nQualls, John<br \/>\nRay, George<br \/>\nReynolds, Roscoe<br \/>\nRichards, Joseph John<br \/>\nRoberts, Leonard H.<br \/>\nRussell, John<br \/>\nSands, Lewis O.<br \/>\nSeiber, Nick<br \/>\nSmith, Levi<br \/>\nStapels, John<br \/>\nStripling, Floyd<br \/>\nStripling, Thoms<br \/>\nStripling, Will<br \/>\nThacker, Elijah G.<br \/>\nTinker, Charles<br \/>\nTinker, Luther<br \/>\nTidwell, Glenn<br \/>\nTupper, Hugh<br \/>\nVann, Willie<br \/>\nWalls, Isaac<br \/>\nWright, Dennis<br \/>\nWright, Ethel<br \/>\nWysong, Sherman<br \/>\nYoung, Joe<br \/>\nZeigler, Jesse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Officers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phillips, Tom<\/li>\n<li>Shelton, Joseph R.<\/li>\n<li>Shelton, William<\/li>\n<li>Stone, F. O. (M. D.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Wounded<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Austin, William<\/li>\n<li>Campbell, Robert<\/li>\n<li>Duncan, Ed<\/li>\n<li>Fritts, Sam M.<\/li>\n<li>Haggard, Robert<\/li>\n<li>Hughes, Jabe<\/li>\n<li>Justice, Andy<\/li>\n<li>Stripling, Walter<\/li>\n<li>Taylor, Jerry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>U. S. Navy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brummitt, Herbert<\/li>\n<li>Reaves, John<\/li>\n<li>Tupper, Bailey<\/li>\n<li>Waller, John L.<\/li>\n<li>Williams, James<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Killed in Action<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aslinger, Calvin<\/li>\n<li>Carson, Joe<\/li>\n<li>Cummings, Wade<\/li>\n<li>Gamble, ?<\/li>\n<li>Jones, Joe<\/li>\n<li>West, George<\/li>\n<li>West, Thomas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Died in Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reaves, John<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Dist. Service Cross<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stripling, Walter<\/li>\n<li>Diggs, Benjamin<\/li>\n<li>Wright, Clarence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(from the archived&nbsp;Roots of Roane Web site) Source: The Story of Oliver Springs, TN and Its People, Vol III, by Snyder E. 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