On August 12, 2023, Bruce Garver composed the following first draft of a "bio" of MAJOR John Adams Bechtel (Sept. 8, 1869, to March 10, 1933). This "bio" will be revised and enlarged as new data becomes available. Appreciated will be any suggestions for improving the accuracy of this "bio" and for adding pertinent information to it.
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John Adams Bechtel (1869-1933) was born on September 8, 1869, at Reids Gap in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, to Henry H. Bechtel (1839–1914) and Elizabeth Taylor (Moore) Bechtel (1835–1913). Of their two children, John was the seven years younger than his only sibling, Nellie Agnew Bechtel (1862–1942) who never wed.
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John Adams Bechtel graduated in 1891 from the United States Military Acaemy in West Point, New York, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. During the year 1895 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John Adams Bechtel married Sara Cowden Garretson (Bechtel, 1872-1951), the youngest of the five children of Theodore Garretson (1824–1888) and Mary B. (Donaldson) Garretson (an unknown birth date to 1891). John Adams Bechtel and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel raised no children.
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During World War I, John Adams Bechtel served the U. S. Army from April 1917 until the fall of 1919 as a Major in command of the 108th Supply Train of the 33rd Division of the American Expeditionary Force (A. E. F.), in France.
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After World War I, Major John Adams Bechtel composed the "Handbook for the National Guardsman in Ranks" , a work that was published in 1922 and became for several decades the standard manual on its subject.
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John Adams Bechtel died on March 10, 1933, at his and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel's home in Asheville, seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, and was interred several days later in Section 104, Lot 55, at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, seat of Hamilton County, Ohio.
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John Adams Bechtel (1869-1933) was born on September 8, 1869, at Reids Gap in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, to Henry H. Bechtel (1839–1914) and Elizabeth Taylor (Moore) Bechtel (1835–1913). Of their two children, John was the seven years younger than his only sibling, Nellie Agnew Bechtel (1862–1942) who never wed.
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John Adams Bechtel graduated in 1891 from the United States Military Acaemy in West Point, New York, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. During the year 1895 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John Adams Bechtel married Sara Cowden Garretson (Bechtel, 1872-1951), the youngest of the five children of Theodore Garretson (1824–1888) and Mary B. (Donaldson) Garretson (an unknown birth date to 1891). John Adams Bechtel and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel raised no children.
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During World War I, John Adams Bechtel served the U. S. Army from April 1917 until the fall of 1919 as a Major in command of the 108th Supply Train of the 33rd Division of the American Expeditionary Force (A. E. F.), in France.
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After World War I, Major John Adams Bechtel composed the "Handbook for the National Guardsman in Ranks" , a work that was published in 1922 and became for several decades the standard manual on its subject.
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John Adams Bechtel died on March 10, 1933, at his and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel's home in Asheville, seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, and was interred several days later in Section 104, Lot 55, at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, seat of Hamilton County, Ohio.
On August 12, 2023, Bruce Garver composed the following first draft of a "bio" of MAJOR John Adams Bechtel (Sept. 8, 1869, to March 10, 1933). This "bio" will be revised and enlarged as new data becomes available. Appreciated will be any suggestions for improving the accuracy of this "bio" and for adding pertinent information to it.
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John Adams Bechtel (1869-1933) was born on September 8, 1869, at Reids Gap in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, to Henry H. Bechtel (1839–1914) and Elizabeth Taylor (Moore) Bechtel (1835–1913). Of their two children, John was the seven years younger than his only sibling, Nellie Agnew Bechtel (1862–1942) who never wed.
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John Adams Bechtel graduated in 1891 from the United States Military Acaemy in West Point, New York, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. During the year 1895 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John Adams Bechtel married Sara Cowden Garretson (Bechtel, 1872-1951), the youngest of the five children of Theodore Garretson (1824–1888) and Mary B. (Donaldson) Garretson (an unknown birth date to 1891). John Adams Bechtel and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel raised no children.
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During World War I, John Adams Bechtel served the U. S. Army from April 1917 until the fall of 1919 as a Major in command of the 108th Supply Train of the 33rd Division of the American Expeditionary Force (A. E. F.), in France.
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After World War I, Major John Adams Bechtel composed the "Handbook for the National Guardsman in Ranks" , a work that was published in 1922 and became for several decades the standard manual on its subject.
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John Adams Bechtel died on March 10, 1933, at his and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel's home in Asheville, seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, and was interred several days later in Section 104, Lot 55, at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, seat of Hamilton County, Ohio.
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John Adams Bechtel (1869-1933) was born on September 8, 1869, at Reids Gap in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, to Henry H. Bechtel (1839–1914) and Elizabeth Taylor (Moore) Bechtel (1835–1913). Of their two children, John was the seven years younger than his only sibling, Nellie Agnew Bechtel (1862–1942) who never wed.
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John Adams Bechtel graduated in 1891 from the United States Military Acaemy in West Point, New York, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. During the year 1895 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John Adams Bechtel married Sara Cowden Garretson (Bechtel, 1872-1951), the youngest of the five children of Theodore Garretson (1824–1888) and Mary B. (Donaldson) Garretson (an unknown birth date to 1891). John Adams Bechtel and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel raised no children.
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During World War I, John Adams Bechtel served the U. S. Army from April 1917 until the fall of 1919 as a Major in command of the 108th Supply Train of the 33rd Division of the American Expeditionary Force (A. E. F.), in France.
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After World War I, Major John Adams Bechtel composed the "Handbook for the National Guardsman in Ranks" , a work that was published in 1922 and became for several decades the standard manual on its subject.
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John Adams Bechtel died on March 10, 1933, at his and Sara Cowden (Garretson) Bechtel's home in Asheville, seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, and was interred several days later in Section 104, Lot 55, at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, seat of Hamilton County, Ohio.
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