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Walker, Dee Grassy

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Dee Grassy WalkerWALKER, Dee Grassy, serial number 1917285, PFC, Co. A, 307 Engineers, 82 Div. Joined the Army on 2 Nov 1917 at Waynesboro, TN. Served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France from 19 May 1918 until 9 May 1919. Was honorably discharged at Fort Oglethorpe GA on 21 May 1919. Described as 29 years old, a machinist, with blue eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion and standing 5′ 8�” tall.

Dee Grassy WALKER was born 7 Jan 1889 on Bloody Branch, Wayne County, TN and died 2 September 1974 buried in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was the son of W. D. WALKER, b. 8 Oct 1853, d. 28 April 1936 and Rosanna R. MOSER, b. 9 March 1853. He was a brother to Clinton M. WALKER who biography appears above. Dee married Nona E. SHIPMAN who was born 8 Nov 1895 and died 3 Aug 1965. She is buried in Las Cruces, NM. They didn’t have any children. Dee was gassed while in France and after his return, he moved to New Mexico for his health.

The Bible record of W. D. WALKER was submitted with the biographies of Clinton and Dee WALKER. It is reproduced here and additional information on their siblings will follow.

W. D. WALKER Bible Record
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W. D. WALKER was Borned Oct the 8: 1853
R. R. MOSER was Borned March the 9: 1853
Jessey Gray WALKER was Borned Spt the 4: 1879
Frances Clara Jane was Borned Au the 23 1881
John Alvis WALKER was Borned Dec the 26 1883

[The following entries are in a different handwriting]
W. D. WALKER was borned Oct 8th 1853
R. R. MOSER was borned Mar 9th 1853
Jessey Gray WALKER was borned Sept 4th 1879
Francis Clara Jane WALKER was borned Aug 23d 1881
John Alvis WALKER was borned Dec 26th 1883 In Wayne Co. Tenn.
Ulysses Anderson WALKER was born Feb 7th[?] 1886//

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De Grassy WALKER was Borned January the 7 1889
Ivy Parlee WALKER was borned Nov 1 1891
Clinton Mahrandro[?] WALKER was borned July the 16 1894//

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W. D. WALKER and Rachel Rosanna MOSER was marred Nov the 17: 1878 Born and Raised in Wayne Co.

[in different handwriting: W. D. WALKER and Rachel R. MOSER was married Nov. 17th 1878 Both borned and raised in Wayne County, Tenn.]

Additional information on the siblings of Clinton M. and Dee Grassy WALKER:
Gray WALKER, died 25 Sep 1965 and is buried at Philadelphia Cem. Wayne Co., TN
John A. WALKER, died 26 June 1952, buried also at Philadelphia.
Eulis WALKER, married ______BARTLEY and died at Decaturville, TN
Ivy Pearl died 28 Aug 1901 and is buried at the Walker Graveyard, Bloody Branch, Wayne Co., TN.
Clara WALKER, died 10 March 1936. She married first to Henry GAYLOR who was killed by a mule on 15 March 1905. She then married J. M. REEVES who was killed by a falling tree on 17 Dec 1915.

Walker, Percy Clyde

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Percy Clyde Walker WALKER, Percy Clyde, serial number 2873285, Pvt. Co. G, 312th Infantry, inducted 26 May 1918 at Waynesboro, TN. He sailed from New York on 18 July 1918 for France and returned 9 Feb 1919. He was in the Argonne Forest 1 Aug 1918 until 24 Oct 1918. Honorably discharged at Fort Oglethorpe, GA on 7 March 1919. On his discharge he is described as 25 years old, by occupation a carpenter. He had blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion and was 5′ 7″ tall.

Percy Clyde WALKER was born March 1893 at Waynesboro, TN and died 1951. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery West, Waynesboro, TN. He died at the VA hospital in Nashville, TN. His parents were John (b. Oct 1848) and Fanny C. (B. July 1860) WALKER. Siblings were Jossie E., b. Jan 1889; Carl E., b. Feb 1890; Harry N., b. Nov 1895, and Artie P., b. May 1898.

Percy Clyde WALKER married first to Mamie CANNON, b. 23 March 1891, d. 14 May 1934, buried in Greenwood Cemetery West. He married second to Nola TININ, b. 1903. His children were: Irma MITCHELL, Lois WALKER, and Clyde Jr. WALKER who married Shirley ARY.

Percy Clyde fought in the Argonne Forest. This was a difficult place to fight, described by some as an awful wilderness of shredded woods which coked up the rivers. This battle was known as the Meuse – Argonne Offensive, a great battle.

Clyde was in the force that advanced on the front of twenty-four miles but gradually it widened to nearly ninety miles. They spent 47 days here, but battled at intervals. The going was rough, meeting the enemy in unplanned encounters. Tanks were of no use; the infantry had to go it alone. They claimed there were traffic jams of men and trucks in the last few days.

Clyde was among the troops who finally cleared the Argonne Forest. He was wounded in this offensive. He received a shrapnel wound in his back and was in hospital in France for sometime.

After returning home in the Spring of 1919, he did carpentry work. He also attended a trade school, specializing in woodwork at Cookeville, Tennessee.

He was known as one of the best cabinet makers in the South. In his later years he lived on Highway 64 West of Waynesboro where he raised his family.

Walker, Clinton Mahandro

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WALKER, Clinton Mahandro, serial number 3496611, Pvt, US Army. Was born 10 July 1894 and died 30 Dec 1975, buried Tupelo, Mississippi. He was the son of W. D. and Rosanna MOSER WALKER. Clinton WALKER married Pearl Clinton M. WalkerLydia LEE who was born 22 Nov 1898 and died Dec 1984, buried at Tupelo, MS. They had one daughter, Dorothy Jean WALKER. Clinton WALKER enlisted 24 July 1918 at Waynesboro, TN and was honorably discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor on 27 March 1919. After his discharge he farmed on Bloody Branch, Wayne County, TN and then went to Tupelo, Mississippi where he operated a grocery store. Additional information provided in the biography of his brother, Dee Grassy WALKER, following.

Turnbo, John Abe

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TURNBO, John Abe, serial number 2873542, Private, US AJohn Abe Turnbormy. He was born 31 Dec 1895 in Clifton, Tennessee the son of William Claburn and Sarah Manda BUNCH TURNBO. He enlisted on 28 May 1918 at Waynesboro, TN and was honorably discharged on 21 Nov 1919. Served in Germany and France. He was described with blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion and was 5′ 11″ tall. He died 18 Aug 1974 and is buried at the Clifton City Cemetery, Clifton, Tennessee.

He married Nancy Reminte LINEBERRY and they had one son, Arland TURNBO who was born 1 Oct 1931.

John Abe TURNBO’s siblings were Hugh Arthur, George Allen, Albert William and Thomas Anderson TURNBO; Aley Aslee and Mary Ada TURNBO.

Treadwell, Tandy W.

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Tandy W. TreadwellTREADWELL, Tandy W., was born in Wayne County, Tennessee on 14 December 1896. He was the son of John V. Wright TREADWELL and Elyza Jane SHARP TREADWELL. After his father passed away when he was only a young boy, Tandy worked cutting timber on Ike COPELAND’s farm to help support his mother and children. He had one brother, Grady TREADWELL, and nine sisters: Callie, who passed away at age 2 years; Pina FRALEY, Martha CHRISTIAN, Daisy POPE, Dell RILEY, Izora KEETON, Mary HASSELL LOYD, Lillian VICKERY and Johnnie HOLLIS. Izora KEETON, Waynesboro, passed away this past August [1992]

Three surviving sisters still live in Tennessee: Dell RILEY, Nashville; and Lillian VICKERY and Johnnie HOLLIS in Waynesboro.

In August 1918, Tandy volunteered for the United States Navel Reserve. He was called to active duty two weeks later and was immediately shipped west to Balboa Park Training Station, San Diego, CA. In 1920, at the end of World War I, he returned home for inactive duty for the remainder of his term.

In 1921 he attended Central Barber College, Nashville, Tennessee and was a barber in Waynesboro and in Sheffield, Alabama. He later moved to Miami, Florida where he worked in construction and then for Florida East Coast Railway for 38 years before retiring.

He met Wilton Inez POPE at a church dinner on the ground while he was on vacation in Waynesboro. They had a long distance relationship through letters and vacations. On 22 September 1929, they were married in Mount Hope Methodist Church. After honeymooning at Lookout Mountain, they returned to Miami, Florida. They were both very proud of their three children, Dr. Tandy Walter TREADWELL, Jr. of Macon, GA; Helen TREADWELL SHAW of Miami, FL; and John Reginald TREADWELL of Austin, TX. Tandy now has 14 grandchildren.

His beloved wife, Wilton, passed away 5 July 1990 and now rests at Mount Hope Methodist Church Cemetery.

Tandy TREADWELL served as Fireman, 3rd Class, USN, serial number 104,55-71.

Tinnon, James Harvey

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TINNON, James Harvey, serial number 652,306, Private, Co. A, 56th Engineers, American Expeditionary Forces, inducted 13 Dec 1917, Waynesboro, TN, was in the St. Muriel Offensive and in the Muse -Argonne Campaign. Overseas from 6 Mar 1918 until 25 April 1919, honorably discharged Ft. Oglethorpe, GA on 7 May 1919.

James Harvey TINNON was born 1 March 1891, the son of John Franklin TINNON and Martha E. BOSWELL. He was born in Clifton, Wayne County, Tennessee. He had two sisters, Mrs. Betty TINNON KLOSS and Mrs. Mary TINNON HALFORD of Memphis, Tennessee.

James Harvey TINNON married Martha HARDIN of Linton, KY. She was born 1 May 1915 and was the daughter of Thomas HARDIN of Critton Co., KY and Ida JOHNSON HARDIN born Trigg Co., KY.

James Harvey TINNON and Martha had three daughters: Mrs. Margie Maxine ANDRECHT, born Aug 1934, of Paducah, KY; Mrs. Shirley Ann BLACKWELL, born May 1937, of Madison, IL; and Mrs. Betty Lou HOMYER, b. Feb 1940, of Carlinville, IL.

Thompson, William Henry

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William Henry ThompsonTHOMPSON, William Henry, Serial number 1,855,526W, Pvt, Co. A, 323 Inf. , then at the Bakers and Cooks School, Camp Jackson, SC until discharge. Inducted Waynesboro, TN on 5 Sep 1917, and was honorably discharged 17 Jan 1919. He was born 18 Jan 1892, Clifton, Wayne Co., TN and was the son of John Robert and Rachel WALKER THOMPSON. William Henry THOMPSON married on 24 Dec 1913 in Wayne County, Tennessee to Elvie MORRISON, the daughter of Hiram and Nancy “Nannie” COLE MORRISON. They had three sons, Willard Osborne, Joe Wilbur and William Henry “W. H.” THOMPSON. William Henry THOMPSON, the subject of this biography, died 19 Feb 1974 and is buried at the Walker Cemetery on Eagle Creek, Wayne County, TN.

John Robert THOMPSON was born 12 Jan 1855, and died 39 March 1932. He married Rachel WALKER, b. 7 Feb 1861, d. 9 Jan 1951, on 2 Dec 1880 in Wayne County, Tennessee. They had nine children. Louish Benjamin THOMPSON, Robert Andrew THOMPSON, and William Henry THOMPSON whose biographies appear above. Other children were James Legon THOMPSON, John Osbon THOMPSON, Charlie Cicero THOMPSON, Mary Maggie Ann THOMPSON, Theodosha Ella THOMPSON and Joe Varris THOMPSON.

John Robert THOMPSON, b. 1855, was the son of John THOMPSON, b. 5 May 1831 (or 15 May 1832?) , d. 31 Dec 1906, br. Friendship Cem. Wayne Co., TN, and Nancy GARNER, b. 12 March 1829, d. 18 Oct 1862. John Robert’s grandparents were George THOMPSON who died between 1842 – 1850; and Sadie Ann BANKS, b. ca. 1809 NC, d. between 1850 & 1860, the daughter of Jim BANKS.

Rachel WALKER THOMPSON, b. 1861, was the daughter of Osborn S. WALKER, b. 4 April 1829, d. 28 Dec 1904, and Mary “Polly” A. REEVES, b. 16 Jan 1832, d. 6 Feb 1912. Osborn WALKER was the son of George H. M. WALKER, b. 1792/3 Rutherford Co., NC, the son of Mary MOORE ROBERTS WALKER BATTLES, b. 1768, d. 1857. Mary “Polly” A. REEVES was the daughter of Andrew REEVES, b. 1803 SC, d. 1907/8, and Hannah PULLEY, b. ca, 1807/9.

Thompson, Robert Andrew “Bob”

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THOMPSON, Robert Andrew “Bob”, Serial number 4,431,183 W, Pvt., Co. B, Students Army Tng Corps, UT – Knoxville from induction on 13 Aug 1918 Waynesboro TN to 31 May 1919. Honorably discharged 31 May 1919. Born 13 Aug 1896 near Waynesboro, TN, died 8 March 1975, buried Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro, TN. He married on 24 Feb 1920 to Viola Mae “Ola” THROGMORTON, the daughter of John F. and Ella Jane KILBURN THROGMORTON. They had five children: Frances, Margarette, Annie Frank, and twins Nadine and Willodean. “Bob” was the son of John Robert THOMPSON and Rachel WALKER. For additional information see biography of William Henry THOMPSON below.

Thompson, Louish B.

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Louish B. Thompson THOMPSON, Louish B., Serial number 1,334,981W, Co. A, 39 MG BN and Co. B, 114 MG BN, was born 6 Jan, 1890, in Wayne County, Tennessee, son of John Robert THOMPSON and Rachel WALKER (see biography of William Henry THOMPSON for additional information). He entered the United States Army on 21 Sep 1917, and was stationed at Capt Sevier, South Carolina. He served his country for sixteen months and was honorably discharged on 30 Jan 1919. He was a farmer by occupation and was married on 4 Aug 1917 to Ena HOWELL, born 22 Oct 1896, d. 5 Feb 1965, dau. Of Wade and Haret Tennie RILEY HOWELL. They were the parents of three children: Elbert THOMPSON of Waynesboro; Jessie Mae TATUM of Waynesboro; and Eunis THOMPSON of Savannah, Tennessee. Louish B. THOMPSON died 20 Aug 1975 at the age of 85 and is buried at the Walker Cemetery on Eagle Creek in Wayne County, Tennessee.

Thomason, George Washington

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THOMASON, George Washington, born 1 April 1887 near Flatwoods, Wayne County, Tennessee. He was the son of Francis Marion THOMASON, b. February 1840; and Levina Catherine, b. April 1850. His siblings were Andrew J., b. July 1877; Marion D., b. July 1883, d. 17 April 1911; Charles B., b. Apr 1885, Milton H., b. April 1893; Minnie A., b. May 1879; Winnie L., b. Feb 1881; Sarah B., b. Aug 1889; and Lila A., b. Sep 1895. George Washington THOMASON died 9 Jan 1959 and is buried at Flatwoods Cemetery.

Corrected information submitted by Roger A. Meyer.