WWI Draft Registration Card 1917-1918 (May 28, 1917)
Alden B Abbey
Residence Elk City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Date of Birth Oct 2, 1891 in Corvallis, OR
Employed: Bridge Carpenter, Southern Pacific Co (RR), Oregon Line
Single
Description: 5' 8", 160 lbs Dark Hair, Blue Eyes
He was drafted into the Army
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols
EDWIN ALDEN ABBEYborn in Watertown, N. Y., December 9, 1823; died at Corvallis, Ore., January 15, 1893; buried in Newton Cemetery. He married in Benton County, Ore., July 4, 1852, MIRANDA PENLAND, born in Kentucky, December 20, 1836.
Children, born in Oregon (Benton County)
Richard A. Abbey, b. March 4, 1867 ; m. Dec. 23, 1888, Rosa Wood.
Child : Alden.
From the Inscription on his stone, it is possible he died overseas.
The American Expeditionary Force - World War I 41st-42nd Divisions
Forty-first Division (National Guard)
Known as the "Sunset Division." Insignia, a setting sun in gold on red background, over blue stripe. Organized at Camp Greene, N.C., September, 1917. The division was composed of National Guard troops from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. (2d Ida. Inf.; F.H. Co. No. 1; 2nd Mont. Inf.; 3d Ore. Inf.; Sep. Squadron Ore. Cav.; Sep. Bn. Ore. Engrs.; Batteries A and B, Ore. Fld Arty.; 2d Wash. Inf.; 1st Squadron Wash. Cav.; M. G. Troop, Wash. Cav.; 1st Bn. Wash. Fld. Arty.; 1st Bn. Wash. Sign Corps; Wash. F. H. Co. No. 1; 3d Wyo. Inf.) The division remained in training at Camp Greene until October, 1917. On October 18, 1917, the first units embarked for overseas and the last units arrived in France on December 7, 1917.
Upon arrival in France the division was designated as the 1st Depot Division and ordered to the St. Aignan training area. The division was then broken up and formed into training cadres for the instruction of replacements for combat divisions at the front. The 66th Artillery Brigade was left intact and after a period of training was attached to the 1st Corps on July 1, 1918, as Corps Artillery. This brigade served as Corps and Army Artillery throughout its service in France and was engaged in active operations in the Marne-Aisne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Alden B Abbey
Residence Elk City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Date of Birth Oct 2, 1891 in Corvallis, OR
Employed: Bridge Carpenter, Southern Pacific Co (RR), Oregon Line
Single
Description: 5' 8", 160 lbs Dark Hair, Blue Eyes
He was drafted into the Army
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols
EDWIN ALDEN ABBEYborn in Watertown, N. Y., December 9, 1823; died at Corvallis, Ore., January 15, 1893; buried in Newton Cemetery. He married in Benton County, Ore., July 4, 1852, MIRANDA PENLAND, born in Kentucky, December 20, 1836.
Children, born in Oregon (Benton County)
Richard A. Abbey, b. March 4, 1867 ; m. Dec. 23, 1888, Rosa Wood.
Child : Alden.
From the Inscription on his stone, it is possible he died overseas.
The American Expeditionary Force - World War I 41st-42nd Divisions
Forty-first Division (National Guard)
Known as the "Sunset Division." Insignia, a setting sun in gold on red background, over blue stripe. Organized at Camp Greene, N.C., September, 1917. The division was composed of National Guard troops from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. (2d Ida. Inf.; F.H. Co. No. 1; 2nd Mont. Inf.; 3d Ore. Inf.; Sep. Squadron Ore. Cav.; Sep. Bn. Ore. Engrs.; Batteries A and B, Ore. Fld Arty.; 2d Wash. Inf.; 1st Squadron Wash. Cav.; M. G. Troop, Wash. Cav.; 1st Bn. Wash. Fld. Arty.; 1st Bn. Wash. Sign Corps; Wash. F. H. Co. No. 1; 3d Wyo. Inf.) The division remained in training at Camp Greene until October, 1917. On October 18, 1917, the first units embarked for overseas and the last units arrived in France on December 7, 1917.
Upon arrival in France the division was designated as the 1st Depot Division and ordered to the St. Aignan training area. The division was then broken up and formed into training cadres for the instruction of replacements for combat divisions at the front. The 66th Artillery Brigade was left intact and after a period of training was attached to the 1st Corps on July 1, 1918, as Corps Artillery. This brigade served as Corps and Army Artillery throughout its service in France and was engaged in active operations in the Marne-Aisne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive.
WWI Draft Registration Card 1917-1918 (May 28, 1917)
Alden B Abbey
Residence Elk City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Date of Birth Oct 2, 1891 in Corvallis, OR
Employed: Bridge Carpenter, Southern Pacific Co (RR), Oregon Line
Single
Description: 5' 8", 160 lbs Dark Hair, Blue Eyes
He was drafted into the Army
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols
EDWIN ALDEN ABBEYborn in Watertown, N. Y., December 9, 1823; died at Corvallis, Ore., January 15, 1893; buried in Newton Cemetery. He married in Benton County, Ore., July 4, 1852, MIRANDA PENLAND, born in Kentucky, December 20, 1836.
Children, born in Oregon (Benton County)
Richard A. Abbey, b. March 4, 1867 ; m. Dec. 23, 1888, Rosa Wood.
Child : Alden.
From the Inscription on his stone, it is possible he died overseas.
The American Expeditionary Force - World War I 41st-42nd Divisions
Forty-first Division (National Guard)
Known as the "Sunset Division." Insignia, a setting sun in gold on red background, over blue stripe. Organized at Camp Greene, N.C., September, 1917. The division was composed of National Guard troops from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. (2d Ida. Inf.; F.H. Co. No. 1; 2nd Mont. Inf.; 3d Ore. Inf.; Sep. Squadron Ore. Cav.; Sep. Bn. Ore. Engrs.; Batteries A and B, Ore. Fld Arty.; 2d Wash. Inf.; 1st Squadron Wash. Cav.; M. G. Troop, Wash. Cav.; 1st Bn. Wash. Fld. Arty.; 1st Bn. Wash. Sign Corps; Wash. F. H. Co. No. 1; 3d Wyo. Inf.) The division remained in training at Camp Greene until October, 1917. On October 18, 1917, the first units embarked for overseas and the last units arrived in France on December 7, 1917.
Upon arrival in France the division was designated as the 1st Depot Division and ordered to the St. Aignan training area. The division was then broken up and formed into training cadres for the instruction of replacements for combat divisions at the front. The 66th Artillery Brigade was left intact and after a period of training was attached to the 1st Corps on July 1, 1918, as Corps Artillery. This brigade served as Corps and Army Artillery throughout its service in France and was engaged in active operations in the Marne-Aisne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Alden B Abbey
Residence Elk City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Date of Birth Oct 2, 1891 in Corvallis, OR
Employed: Bridge Carpenter, Southern Pacific Co (RR), Oregon Line
Single
Description: 5' 8", 160 lbs Dark Hair, Blue Eyes
He was drafted into the Army
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols
EDWIN ALDEN ABBEYborn in Watertown, N. Y., December 9, 1823; died at Corvallis, Ore., January 15, 1893; buried in Newton Cemetery. He married in Benton County, Ore., July 4, 1852, MIRANDA PENLAND, born in Kentucky, December 20, 1836.
Children, born in Oregon (Benton County)
Richard A. Abbey, b. March 4, 1867 ; m. Dec. 23, 1888, Rosa Wood.
Child : Alden.
From the Inscription on his stone, it is possible he died overseas.
The American Expeditionary Force - World War I 41st-42nd Divisions
Forty-first Division (National Guard)
Known as the "Sunset Division." Insignia, a setting sun in gold on red background, over blue stripe. Organized at Camp Greene, N.C., September, 1917. The division was composed of National Guard troops from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. (2d Ida. Inf.; F.H. Co. No. 1; 2nd Mont. Inf.; 3d Ore. Inf.; Sep. Squadron Ore. Cav.; Sep. Bn. Ore. Engrs.; Batteries A and B, Ore. Fld Arty.; 2d Wash. Inf.; 1st Squadron Wash. Cav.; M. G. Troop, Wash. Cav.; 1st Bn. Wash. Fld. Arty.; 1st Bn. Wash. Sign Corps; Wash. F. H. Co. No. 1; 3d Wyo. Inf.) The division remained in training at Camp Greene until October, 1917. On October 18, 1917, the first units embarked for overseas and the last units arrived in France on December 7, 1917.
Upon arrival in France the division was designated as the 1st Depot Division and ordered to the St. Aignan training area. The division was then broken up and formed into training cadres for the instruction of replacements for combat divisions at the front. The 66th Artillery Brigade was left intact and after a period of training was attached to the 1st Corps on July 1, 1918, as Corps Artillery. This brigade served as Corps and Army Artillery throughout its service in France and was engaged in active operations in the Marne-Aisne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Inscription
Co B 116 Eng US
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