BREWER, HARLEY H. wasborn on Allens Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee and was 23 years and 3 months old at induction on 27 April 1918 at Hohenwald, TN. He served as a private, 156 Dep. Brig. until 25 May 1918, and Battery E., 317 Field Artillery in Europe from 7 August 1918 to 8 June 1919. He was discharged 15 June 1919.
Brewer, Dan
BREWER, DAN, Serial Number 1,098,890 W, was born 1893 on Allens Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee. He was 24 years old at the time of his induction on 8 May 1917. He was discharged 3 July 1919. He was inducted at Fort Oglethorpe, GA and served in the 117 Infantry until 20 June 1917. He was transferred to the 136 Infantry and was sent overseas 3 August 1918 and served in Europe until 27 June 1919. Highest rank held was corporal. Dan married Nancy McCLAIN.
Bratcher, William Richard (Dick)
BRATCHER, WILLIAM RICHARD (DICK), PFC, Co. M, 117th Inf. SN: 1309.706. He was born August 1893, Pleasant Valley, Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of Anthony Wayne and Martha E. HAYS BRATCHER. He married first about 1916 to Florence BREWER (21/24 Jan 1899 – 8 Feb 1920), daughter of John V. and Sallie B. BROWN BREWER. He married second abt. 1925 to Clarissa WILSON, daughter of daughter of Wesley and Amanda WHITTEN WILSON. They did not have any children.
Dick was inducted on 2 Oct 1917 at Waynesboro, Tennessee. He was 25 years old and by occupation a farmer. He was described as 5″9, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. He was discharged at Fort Oglethorpe GA on 16 April 1919. During the War he served in Belgium and France and was in several major battles of the war: on the Hindenburg Line near Bbell Court and Neurox France from 29 to 30 Sep 1918, Foucheaux and Geneva France 7 Oct 1918, and others. Dick died in the 1970’s and is buried at Railroad Cemetery, Wayne County, Tennessee. His wife, Clarissa is still living and is a resident of the Wayne County Nursing Home, Waynesboro, Tennessee.
Editorial Note: This bio was written in 1990.
Bratcher, Mack F.
BRATCHER, MACK F. Mech., Hdq. Detach. 10 Rec. BN, 157 DB. Enlisted at Waynesboro, TN on 13 Dec 1917, discharged 30 April 1919, Camp Gordon, GA. At enlistment soldier was 23 years 6 months old, and by occupation was a farmer. He was 6’½” tall, had blue eyes, light brown hair and had a dark complexion. Mack was born 5 June 1894 at Pleasant Valley, Wayne County, Tennessee and was the son of Anthony Wayne and Martha E. HAYS BRATCHER. He died 18 June 1971 and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Wayne Co., TN. Mack never married.
Bradley, Herman C.
BRADLEY, HERMAN C. Cpl. Camp HDQ Det. WWI, was born 23 Nov 1894, the son of James and Fannie A. BRADLEY. He died 14 Dec 1953 and was buried at Pleasant Springs (Railroad) Cemetery, Wayne Co., TN. No other information available.
Boswell, Carl
BOSWELL, CARL, born 20 Aug 1897, on Indian Creek, Wayne Co., TN. He was the son of William Jasper BOSWELL and Sarah Elizabeth DAVIS. He died 19 February 1987 at Alvin C. YORK VA Hospital, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was inducted October 1918 and served in Co. A, 383rd Infantry, 96th Division, Serial No. 32-54-386. He was discharged in December 1918. He married Miss Vida LANGFORD of Collinwood on 16 December 1923. Their children are Lina Gene, Carl Jr., William Rex, and Neal Stanley.
Blessing, Charles M.
BLESSING, CHARLES M. born September 1896, son of Baile and Lizzie C. BLESSING. Siblings: Georgie Frances and William M. He was living in the 4th Civil District in the 1900 census of Wayne Co., TN. No information on service available.
Berry, Jesse
BERRY, JESSE, Pvt. C.O. 1st Div, BN, Camp Severe, GA. born Aug 1892, Wayne Co., TN, son of Joseph W. and Nellie Barkley DULIN BERRY. He enlisted on 10 June 1918 at Waynesboro, TN and was 25¾ yeas old, was a farmer, had blue eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion and was 5’10½” tall. Was discharged 25 Jan 1919 at Fort Oglethorpe, GA. Soldier was single at time of service. Soldier had siblings: Robert L. BERRY, Charlie BERRY, John T. BERRY, Marshall BERRY, Irvin BERRY, and Gracie BERRY who married F. B. CHAMBERS.
Beckham, Richard
BECKHAM, RICHARD was a native of Wayne County, the son of W. I. and Mary SHULL BECKHAM. His home for most of his life was in the Houston community, later years were spent neary Waynesboro on Highway 64 West, a couple of miles from the county seat. He was the grandson of Thomas and Sarah McMULLEN BECKHAM, both natives of the county and of the Houston community. He and his wife, the former Dee Hazel MURPHY, were the parents of Frankie BECKHAM, now Mrs. Milburn SIMS, and Billie Jo, now Mrs. Charles GALLOWAY, both of Waynesboro.
Mr. BECKHAM had two sisters, Sue (Mrs. Hubert BURNS of Lutts, and Mae, Mrs. Maynard MELSON of Zip City, Alabama. He had six brothers: Alvin, Hooper, Hugh, Jack and Joe, all of Lutts, and Tom Frank of Savannah, TN. Two other brothers, Mack and Marvin, died early in life.
Mr. BECKHAM served as an enlisted man in the United States Army, being inducted into the service at age 22, as a member of the 316th Quartermaster Corps at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, and honorably discharged at the cessation of hostilities. He served from 24 June 1918 to 21 June 1919. Entering the service, he traveled from Clifton by riverboat to Fort Oglethorpe, before leaving Clifton, he had spent the night in the home of Mrs. Marietta HARTWELL on the banks of the Tennessee River. The end of the war cancelled his orders for overseas duty in a few day. Besides his daughters, he is survived bu a granddaughter, Janice (SIMS) COLE, of Franklin, TN and two great-grandchildren: Matthew Ian COLE and Rachel Leigh COLE, also of Franklin.
Mr. BECKHAM was born at Houston, Tennessee December 28, 1895, and died at Thayer Veterans Hospital after a long illness, April 13, 1962.
Beckham, J. Lynn
BECKHAM, J. LYNN, PVT, ASN: 558139, SATC Ala. Poly Institute, Auburn, AL. Enlisted 23 Oct 1918, Florence, AL, discharged 9 Dec 1918, Auburn, AL. Born 9 May 1897, Indian Creek, Wayne Co., TN, died 15 Nov 1968, Waynesboro, TN. Son of John Finley BECKHAM (3 Nov 1864 – 24 Sep 1928) and Mary C. BECKHAM (30 Jan 1870 – 13 Jan 1927). Married Karen MELSON, 31 Oct 1920, Waynesboro, TN. Two children, James M. BECKHAM and Thomas E. BECKHAM. Occupation: hauled freight from Allens Creek to Waynesboro, later worked as mechanic for Hassell & Hughes Ford, Yeiser Bro. Chevrolet, Jack Yeiser Chevrolet, Savannah, TN and Waynesboro. In 1939 went into business for self. Secured International Harvester Co. Dealership to sell farm machinery; active in dealership until death in 1968.