Charles Wenzel Bolley was born March 30, 1893, in Springfield Twp., LaGrange county. His early life was spent near Plato and Brushy Prairie and he moved with his parents to Greenfield Twp. a number of years ago.
In September 1917, he was drafted into service for his country and left for Camp Taylor with the first boys sent from the county. But it was not his to remain long with them, for his honest religious convictions placed him as a conscientious objector.
He was segregated and held at Camp Taylor until a short time ago, when he was transferred to the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he contracted pneumonia and died, October 18, 1918, at the age of twenty-five years, six months and nineteen days.
He is mourned by his father and mother and three sisters and three brothers, one sister, Blanche, having gone into that great beyond only a short time before him. Wenzel was a sincere member of the Progressive Brethren church at Brighton and was true to his Master until he called him home. He was a noble, loving, Christian young man and took special interest in the home and ll it held dear.
Note: The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is the only maximum security correctional facility in the Department of Defense. It is the oldest penal institution in continuous operation in the Federal system. Operations started in May 1875 at the United States Military Prison (later renamed USDB) and continues to this date.
In September 1917, he was drafted into service for his country and left for Camp Taylor with the first boys sent from the county. But it was not his to remain long with them, for his honest religious convictions placed him as a conscientious objector.
He was segregated and held at Camp Taylor until a short time ago, when he was transferred to the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he contracted pneumonia and died, October 18, 1918, at the age of twenty-five years, six months and nineteen days.
He is mourned by his father and mother and three sisters and three brothers, one sister, Blanche, having gone into that great beyond only a short time before him. Wenzel was a sincere member of the Progressive Brethren church at Brighton and was true to his Master until he called him home. He was a noble, loving, Christian young man and took special interest in the home and ll it held dear.
Note: The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is the only maximum security correctional facility in the Department of Defense. It is the oldest penal institution in continuous operation in the Federal system. Operations started in May 1875 at the United States Military Prison (later renamed USDB) and continues to this date.
Charles Wenzel Bolley was born March 30, 1893, in Springfield Twp., LaGrange county. His early life was spent near Plato and Brushy Prairie and he moved with his parents to Greenfield Twp. a number of years ago.
In September 1917, he was drafted into service for his country and left for Camp Taylor with the first boys sent from the county. But it was not his to remain long with them, for his honest religious convictions placed him as a conscientious objector.
He was segregated and held at Camp Taylor until a short time ago, when he was transferred to the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he contracted pneumonia and died, October 18, 1918, at the age of twenty-five years, six months and nineteen days.
He is mourned by his father and mother and three sisters and three brothers, one sister, Blanche, having gone into that great beyond only a short time before him. Wenzel was a sincere member of the Progressive Brethren church at Brighton and was true to his Master until he called him home. He was a noble, loving, Christian young man and took special interest in the home and ll it held dear.
Note: The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is the only maximum security correctional facility in the Department of Defense. It is the oldest penal institution in continuous operation in the Federal system. Operations started in May 1875 at the United States Military Prison (later renamed USDB) and continues to this date.
In September 1917, he was drafted into service for his country and left for Camp Taylor with the first boys sent from the county. But it was not his to remain long with them, for his honest religious convictions placed him as a conscientious objector.
He was segregated and held at Camp Taylor until a short time ago, when he was transferred to the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he contracted pneumonia and died, October 18, 1918, at the age of twenty-five years, six months and nineteen days.
He is mourned by his father and mother and three sisters and three brothers, one sister, Blanche, having gone into that great beyond only a short time before him. Wenzel was a sincere member of the Progressive Brethren church at Brighton and was true to his Master until he called him home. He was a noble, loving, Christian young man and took special interest in the home and ll it held dear.
Note: The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is the only maximum security correctional facility in the Department of Defense. It is the oldest penal institution in continuous operation in the Federal system. Operations started in May 1875 at the United States Military Prison (later renamed USDB) and continues to this date.
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