Texas Pvt 1CL 360 Inf, 92 Div
Killed in France, WWI
The remains of 3 soldiers from Shelby County and killed in France were returned in 1921 for reburial. The 3 young men were 1st Lt Norfleet E. Armstrong, Ira F. Hoffman, and Hulen Oates, son of the late Uncle Steve Oates of Shelbyville.
"The caskets containing these remains arrived Tuesday morning on the Southbound train were met at the station by hundreds of sorrowing friends and relatives. Members of the Norman G. Crocker Post of the American Legion met the train and escorted the remains from the station to places where the funerals were held and then to the graves in Fairview cemetery."
The casket containing Hulen Oates was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCauley, Nacogdoches Street, and remained there until it was taken to Sardis Cemetery for the last rites. Hulon Oates was 27 when he was killed, and had been in active service for more than a year. He was killed in action on September 30, 1918. His parents were deceased, and survivors included several brothers and sisters and many other relatives in Shelby County.
The 1900 census for Shelby County lists Stephen (55) and Margaret (50) Oates living with the following children: John C., 22; Viola, 16; Sam Calvin, 13; Susan, 11; Stephen Hulan, 7; James, 26, and wife Annie, 15. Living nearby were Robert Oates, 24, his wife, and 2 children. In 1910 the 17-year-old Hulon was living with his brother Calvin S. Oates, 23, and his family.
Sources:
"Three Heroes in World War Laid to Rest: Bodies of World War Veterans Are Brought Home From France," The Champion, July 27, 1921, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:155-156.
1900, 1910 censuses, Shelby County, Texas.
Killed in France, WWI
The remains of 3 soldiers from Shelby County and killed in France were returned in 1921 for reburial. The 3 young men were 1st Lt Norfleet E. Armstrong, Ira F. Hoffman, and Hulen Oates, son of the late Uncle Steve Oates of Shelbyville.
"The caskets containing these remains arrived Tuesday morning on the Southbound train were met at the station by hundreds of sorrowing friends and relatives. Members of the Norman G. Crocker Post of the American Legion met the train and escorted the remains from the station to places where the funerals were held and then to the graves in Fairview cemetery."
The casket containing Hulen Oates was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCauley, Nacogdoches Street, and remained there until it was taken to Sardis Cemetery for the last rites. Hulon Oates was 27 when he was killed, and had been in active service for more than a year. He was killed in action on September 30, 1918. His parents were deceased, and survivors included several brothers and sisters and many other relatives in Shelby County.
The 1900 census for Shelby County lists Stephen (55) and Margaret (50) Oates living with the following children: John C., 22; Viola, 16; Sam Calvin, 13; Susan, 11; Stephen Hulan, 7; James, 26, and wife Annie, 15. Living nearby were Robert Oates, 24, his wife, and 2 children. In 1910 the 17-year-old Hulon was living with his brother Calvin S. Oates, 23, and his family.
Sources:
"Three Heroes in World War Laid to Rest: Bodies of World War Veterans Are Brought Home From France," The Champion, July 27, 1921, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:155-156.
1900, 1910 censuses, Shelby County, Texas.
Texas Pvt 1CL 360 Inf, 92 Div
Killed in France, WWI
The remains of 3 soldiers from Shelby County and killed in France were returned in 1921 for reburial. The 3 young men were 1st Lt Norfleet E. Armstrong, Ira F. Hoffman, and Hulen Oates, son of the late Uncle Steve Oates of Shelbyville.
"The caskets containing these remains arrived Tuesday morning on the Southbound train were met at the station by hundreds of sorrowing friends and relatives. Members of the Norman G. Crocker Post of the American Legion met the train and escorted the remains from the station to places where the funerals were held and then to the graves in Fairview cemetery."
The casket containing Hulen Oates was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCauley, Nacogdoches Street, and remained there until it was taken to Sardis Cemetery for the last rites. Hulon Oates was 27 when he was killed, and had been in active service for more than a year. He was killed in action on September 30, 1918. His parents were deceased, and survivors included several brothers and sisters and many other relatives in Shelby County.
The 1900 census for Shelby County lists Stephen (55) and Margaret (50) Oates living with the following children: John C., 22; Viola, 16; Sam Calvin, 13; Susan, 11; Stephen Hulan, 7; James, 26, and wife Annie, 15. Living nearby were Robert Oates, 24, his wife, and 2 children. In 1910 the 17-year-old Hulon was living with his brother Calvin S. Oates, 23, and his family.
Sources:
"Three Heroes in World War Laid to Rest: Bodies of World War Veterans Are Brought Home From France," The Champion, July 27, 1921, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:155-156.
1900, 1910 censuses, Shelby County, Texas.
Killed in France, WWI
The remains of 3 soldiers from Shelby County and killed in France were returned in 1921 for reburial. The 3 young men were 1st Lt Norfleet E. Armstrong, Ira F. Hoffman, and Hulen Oates, son of the late Uncle Steve Oates of Shelbyville.
"The caskets containing these remains arrived Tuesday morning on the Southbound train were met at the station by hundreds of sorrowing friends and relatives. Members of the Norman G. Crocker Post of the American Legion met the train and escorted the remains from the station to places where the funerals were held and then to the graves in Fairview cemetery."
The casket containing Hulen Oates was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCauley, Nacogdoches Street, and remained there until it was taken to Sardis Cemetery for the last rites. Hulon Oates was 27 when he was killed, and had been in active service for more than a year. He was killed in action on September 30, 1918. His parents were deceased, and survivors included several brothers and sisters and many other relatives in Shelby County.
The 1900 census for Shelby County lists Stephen (55) and Margaret (50) Oates living with the following children: John C., 22; Viola, 16; Sam Calvin, 13; Susan, 11; Stephen Hulan, 7; James, 26, and wife Annie, 15. Living nearby were Robert Oates, 24, his wife, and 2 children. In 1910 the 17-year-old Hulon was living with his brother Calvin S. Oates, 23, and his family.
Sources:
"Three Heroes in World War Laid to Rest: Bodies of World War Veterans Are Brought Home From France," The Champion, July 27, 1921, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:155-156.
1900, 1910 censuses, Shelby County, Texas.
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