Suggested edit: (Presumably from census data; year not given)
Name Age
Jim Champion 49
Angellett Champion 52
Mary Champion 19
Alonzo Champion 18
Rachel Champion 15
Adeline Champion 11
Berry Champion 8
Eli Champion 6
~~~~~~~~
Date of death would still be wartime. Served in the 164th Depot Brigade in World War I. Unknown if death was combat-related or due to illness or disease.
During World War I, Depot Brigades were Divisional elements that filled two purposes: one was to train replacements for the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces); the other was to act as a receiving unit for men sent to the camps by draft boards. The role of the Depot Brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The Depot Brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges.
Depot Brigades were organized into numbered battalions (1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, etc.), which in turn were organized into numbered companies.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War I Victory Medal; known until 1947 simply as the "Victory Medal", the World War I Victory Medal was awarded to any member of the U.S. military who had served in the armed forces between the following dates in the following locations: 6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918 for any military service; 12 November 1918, to 5 August 1919 for service in European Russia; 23 November 1918, to 1 April 1920 for service with the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. (Posthumous award)
Plot number corresponds to the map in the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 1971 Volume 6, pp. 24-25. (Library of Congress No. QE99-C5-T97)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
NOTE: Based upon a survey done around 1970, with a visual assessment at that time; i.e., the marker WAS there when they canvassed the cemetery. Thousands of important historical records are lost to today's researchers due to the fact that there are those who won't put them up on such sites as FAG - unless the marker can be found today; ignoring the fact that tornadoes, theft or removal, vandalism, damage from unrestrained farm animals, desecration due to agricultural development/usage/abuse and other such factors, (including re-internment at a different cemetery) may well have intervened over the years, and the marker the entry relied upon may indeed not be found today. Nevertheless, the value of submitting this memorial as a historical record is relevant and important to those who are tracing their ancestry.
Name Age
Jim Champion 49
Angellett Champion 52
Mary Champion 19
Alonzo Champion 18
Rachel Champion 15
Adeline Champion 11
Berry Champion 8
Eli Champion 6
~~~~~~~~
Date of death would still be wartime. Served in the 164th Depot Brigade in World War I. Unknown if death was combat-related or due to illness or disease.
During World War I, Depot Brigades were Divisional elements that filled two purposes: one was to train replacements for the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces); the other was to act as a receiving unit for men sent to the camps by draft boards. The role of the Depot Brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The Depot Brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges.
Depot Brigades were organized into numbered battalions (1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, etc.), which in turn were organized into numbered companies.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War I Victory Medal; known until 1947 simply as the "Victory Medal", the World War I Victory Medal was awarded to any member of the U.S. military who had served in the armed forces between the following dates in the following locations: 6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918 for any military service; 12 November 1918, to 5 August 1919 for service in European Russia; 23 November 1918, to 1 April 1920 for service with the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. (Posthumous award)
Plot number corresponds to the map in the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 1971 Volume 6, pp. 24-25. (Library of Congress No. QE99-C5-T97)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
NOTE: Based upon a survey done around 1970, with a visual assessment at that time; i.e., the marker WAS there when they canvassed the cemetery. Thousands of important historical records are lost to today's researchers due to the fact that there are those who won't put them up on such sites as FAG - unless the marker can be found today; ignoring the fact that tornadoes, theft or removal, vandalism, damage from unrestrained farm animals, desecration due to agricultural development/usage/abuse and other such factors, (including re-internment at a different cemetery) may well have intervened over the years, and the marker the entry relied upon may indeed not be found today. Nevertheless, the value of submitting this memorial as a historical record is relevant and important to those who are tracing their ancestry.
Suggested edit: (Presumably from census data; year not given)
Name Age
Jim Champion 49
Angellett Champion 52
Mary Champion 19
Alonzo Champion 18
Rachel Champion 15
Adeline Champion 11
Berry Champion 8
Eli Champion 6
~~~~~~~~
Date of death would still be wartime. Served in the 164th Depot Brigade in World War I. Unknown if death was combat-related or due to illness or disease.
During World War I, Depot Brigades were Divisional elements that filled two purposes: one was to train replacements for the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces); the other was to act as a receiving unit for men sent to the camps by draft boards. The role of the Depot Brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The Depot Brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges.
Depot Brigades were organized into numbered battalions (1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, etc.), which in turn were organized into numbered companies.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War I Victory Medal; known until 1947 simply as the "Victory Medal", the World War I Victory Medal was awarded to any member of the U.S. military who had served in the armed forces between the following dates in the following locations: 6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918 for any military service; 12 November 1918, to 5 August 1919 for service in European Russia; 23 November 1918, to 1 April 1920 for service with the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. (Posthumous award)
Plot number corresponds to the map in the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 1971 Volume 6, pp. 24-25. (Library of Congress No. QE99-C5-T97)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
NOTE: Based upon a survey done around 1970, with a visual assessment at that time; i.e., the marker WAS there when they canvassed the cemetery. Thousands of important historical records are lost to today's researchers due to the fact that there are those who won't put them up on such sites as FAG - unless the marker can be found today; ignoring the fact that tornadoes, theft or removal, vandalism, damage from unrestrained farm animals, desecration due to agricultural development/usage/abuse and other such factors, (including re-internment at a different cemetery) may well have intervened over the years, and the marker the entry relied upon may indeed not be found today. Nevertheless, the value of submitting this memorial as a historical record is relevant and important to those who are tracing their ancestry.
Name Age
Jim Champion 49
Angellett Champion 52
Mary Champion 19
Alonzo Champion 18
Rachel Champion 15
Adeline Champion 11
Berry Champion 8
Eli Champion 6
~~~~~~~~
Date of death would still be wartime. Served in the 164th Depot Brigade in World War I. Unknown if death was combat-related or due to illness or disease.
During World War I, Depot Brigades were Divisional elements that filled two purposes: one was to train replacements for the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces); the other was to act as a receiving unit for men sent to the camps by draft boards. The role of the Depot Brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The Depot Brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges.
Depot Brigades were organized into numbered battalions (1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, etc.), which in turn were organized into numbered companies.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War I Victory Medal; known until 1947 simply as the "Victory Medal", the World War I Victory Medal was awarded to any member of the U.S. military who had served in the armed forces between the following dates in the following locations: 6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918 for any military service; 12 November 1918, to 5 August 1919 for service in European Russia; 23 November 1918, to 1 April 1920 for service with the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. (Posthumous award)
Plot number corresponds to the map in the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 1971 Volume 6, pp. 24-25. (Library of Congress No. QE99-C5-T97)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
NOTE: Based upon a survey done around 1970, with a visual assessment at that time; i.e., the marker WAS there when they canvassed the cemetery. Thousands of important historical records are lost to today's researchers due to the fact that there are those who won't put them up on such sites as FAG - unless the marker can be found today; ignoring the fact that tornadoes, theft or removal, vandalism, damage from unrestrained farm animals, desecration due to agricultural development/usage/abuse and other such factors, (including re-internment at a different cemetery) may well have intervened over the years, and the marker the entry relied upon may indeed not be found today. Nevertheless, the value of submitting this memorial as a historical record is relevant and important to those who are tracing their ancestry.
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