Son of Charles and Julia (Radig) Pleger. Husband of Huldah Johnson.
John B. Pleger was sent to Battle Creek, Michigan, for training at Fort Custer, during WWI. There he met his future wife, Hulda Johnson, at a rollerskating rink. She was staying with relatives there and had volunteered to help plan outings for the young, would-be soldiers, while they were in training.
It was at one of these events, shortly before he was sent to France, that he told her he intended to return, after the war. He said he would be back to marry her. True to his word - he did just that.
They settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where John worked for the Pier Marquette Railroad, as a blacksmith, building and repairing the heavy iron parts needed for the locomotives and their associated components.
The couple produced a family of 6 children, all of whom grew to adulthood, married, and raised families of their own.
WWI Ambulance Corp.
Ambulance Co #14, Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana, 1917.
John B. Pleger was sent to Battle Creek, Michigan, for training at Fort Custer, during WWI. There he met his future wife, Hulda Johnson, at a rollerskating rink. She was staying with relatives there and had volunteered to help plan outings for the young, would-be soldiers, while they were in training.
It was at one of these events, shortly before he was sent to France, that he told her he intended to return, after the war. He said he would be back to marry her. True to his word - he did just that.
They settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where John worked for the Pier Marquette Railroad, as a blacksmith, building and repairing the heavy iron parts needed for the locomotives and their associated components.
The couple produced a family of 6 children, all of whom grew to adulthood, married, and raised families of their own.
WWI Ambulance Corp.
Ambulance Co #14, Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana, 1917.
Son of Charles and Julia (Radig) Pleger. Husband of Huldah Johnson.
John B. Pleger was sent to Battle Creek, Michigan, for training at Fort Custer, during WWI. There he met his future wife, Hulda Johnson, at a rollerskating rink. She was staying with relatives there and had volunteered to help plan outings for the young, would-be soldiers, while they were in training.
It was at one of these events, shortly before he was sent to France, that he told her he intended to return, after the war. He said he would be back to marry her. True to his word - he did just that.
They settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where John worked for the Pier Marquette Railroad, as a blacksmith, building and repairing the heavy iron parts needed for the locomotives and their associated components.
The couple produced a family of 6 children, all of whom grew to adulthood, married, and raised families of their own.
WWI Ambulance Corp.
Ambulance Co #14, Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana, 1917.
John B. Pleger was sent to Battle Creek, Michigan, for training at Fort Custer, during WWI. There he met his future wife, Hulda Johnson, at a rollerskating rink. She was staying with relatives there and had volunteered to help plan outings for the young, would-be soldiers, while they were in training.
It was at one of these events, shortly before he was sent to France, that he told her he intended to return, after the war. He said he would be back to marry her. True to his word - he did just that.
They settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where John worked for the Pier Marquette Railroad, as a blacksmith, building and repairing the heavy iron parts needed for the locomotives and their associated components.
The couple produced a family of 6 children, all of whom grew to adulthood, married, and raised families of their own.
WWI Ambulance Corp.
Ambulance Co #14, Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana, 1917.
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