From "History of Worth County, Georgia'" 1854-1934 by Mrs. Lillian M. Grubbs, Burke & Co, Macon, GA, page 517-518:
"William Jackson Ford, Jr, son of William Jackson and Rowena (Hanes) Ford, was born Sept. 16, 1890, in Sylvester GA., and lived here until a short time before the World War. At the time the United States entered the war, he was living in California. He enlisted at Oakland, Calif. Sept 1917. He trained at Camp Lewis, Washington State. He left there in May 1918. He was a Corporal in Co. A 364th Infantry, 91st Division, known as the "Wild West Division,", made up of men from California, Washington and Oregon. He was in the offensive engagement at St. Miliel, and of the the Meuse-Argonne offensive, in which the Western men played such a conspicous part. He was gassed in the Meuse-Argonne offensive Sept. 28, 1918, and remained in a hospital in France for months between life and death. He left for home in 1919, reaching there in February, 1919. After remaining at home a few months, it was found that he would have to go to a dryer climate. He went to Tuscon, Arizona, where he spent the remainder of his life. After tens years of fighting the deadly malady brought on by his being gassed, he died at Saint Mary's Hospital in the city of Tucson, Arizona, on February 23, 1930. His body was brought back to Sylvester and interred in the Sylvester Cemetery. .."
C Bozeman (46985035) • [email protected]
"William Jackson Ford, Jr, son of William Jackson and Rowena (Hanes) Ford, was born Sept. 16, 1890, in Sylvester GA., and lived here until a short time before the World War. At the time the United States entered the war, he was living in California. He enlisted at Oakland, Calif. Sept 1917. He trained at Camp Lewis, Washington State. He left there in May 1918. He was a Corporal in Co. A 364th Infantry, 91st Division, known as the "Wild West Division,", made up of men from California, Washington and Oregon. He was in the offensive engagement at St. Miliel, and of the the Meuse-Argonne offensive, in which the Western men played such a conspicous part. He was gassed in the Meuse-Argonne offensive Sept. 28, 1918, and remained in a hospital in France for months between life and death. He left for home in 1919, reaching there in February, 1919. After remaining at home a few months, it was found that he would have to go to a dryer climate. He went to Tuscon, Arizona, where he spent the remainder of his life. After tens years of fighting the deadly malady brought on by his being gassed, he died at Saint Mary's Hospital in the city of Tucson, Arizona, on February 23, 1930. His body was brought back to Sylvester and interred in the Sylvester Cemetery. .."
C Bozeman (46985035) • [email protected]
From "History of Worth County, Georgia'" 1854-1934 by Mrs. Lillian M. Grubbs, Burke & Co, Macon, GA, page 517-518:
"William Jackson Ford, Jr, son of William Jackson and Rowena (Hanes) Ford, was born Sept. 16, 1890, in Sylvester GA., and lived here until a short time before the World War. At the time the United States entered the war, he was living in California. He enlisted at Oakland, Calif. Sept 1917. He trained at Camp Lewis, Washington State. He left there in May 1918. He was a Corporal in Co. A 364th Infantry, 91st Division, known as the "Wild West Division,", made up of men from California, Washington and Oregon. He was in the offensive engagement at St. Miliel, and of the the Meuse-Argonne offensive, in which the Western men played such a conspicous part. He was gassed in the Meuse-Argonne offensive Sept. 28, 1918, and remained in a hospital in France for months between life and death. He left for home in 1919, reaching there in February, 1919. After remaining at home a few months, it was found that he would have to go to a dryer climate. He went to Tuscon, Arizona, where he spent the remainder of his life. After tens years of fighting the deadly malady brought on by his being gassed, he died at Saint Mary's Hospital in the city of Tucson, Arizona, on February 23, 1930. His body was brought back to Sylvester and interred in the Sylvester Cemetery. .."
C Bozeman (46985035) • [email protected]
"William Jackson Ford, Jr, son of William Jackson and Rowena (Hanes) Ford, was born Sept. 16, 1890, in Sylvester GA., and lived here until a short time before the World War. At the time the United States entered the war, he was living in California. He enlisted at Oakland, Calif. Sept 1917. He trained at Camp Lewis, Washington State. He left there in May 1918. He was a Corporal in Co. A 364th Infantry, 91st Division, known as the "Wild West Division,", made up of men from California, Washington and Oregon. He was in the offensive engagement at St. Miliel, and of the the Meuse-Argonne offensive, in which the Western men played such a conspicous part. He was gassed in the Meuse-Argonne offensive Sept. 28, 1918, and remained in a hospital in France for months between life and death. He left for home in 1919, reaching there in February, 1919. After remaining at home a few months, it was found that he would have to go to a dryer climate. He went to Tuscon, Arizona, where he spent the remainder of his life. After tens years of fighting the deadly malady brought on by his being gassed, he died at Saint Mary's Hospital in the city of Tucson, Arizona, on February 23, 1930. His body was brought back to Sylvester and interred in the Sylvester Cemetery. .."
C Bozeman (46985035) • [email protected]
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