Monday, November 11, 2019

Veterans Day 2019

On the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month in 1918 an armistice between Germany and the Allied nations during the Great War known as World War I was established. This day was known as Armistice Day. This day has transformed to an official holiday to honor all members of the United States Armed forces now called Veterans Day.  Today I would like to honor my living relatives and ancestors on my trees who were in the armed forces. My research has not allowed me to identify all the veterans past or present. I have included veterans from all the trees I have researched which includes extended families. I will continue to search. They however are not forgotten.  Grateful for their service. God bless them all. Let’s support our living veterans. I have included a link or GOOGLE the interview of the outstanding black female veteran Major Mattie Donnell Hicks who served in the military during World War II, Korea and Viet Nam in the Army Nurses Corps from 1945 to 1966. http://wwii.unctv.org/mattie-donnell-hicks


Name
State of Residence
Enlistment Date
Branch of Service
Rank
Gerald R. Hollins

16 Sep 1969-1 Sep 1993
US Air Force
Master Sergeant
(E-7)
Roy Jefferson-Lampton

1990-2000
US  Army
Sergeant
Eddie Brumfield Jr.

19 Mar 1969
 US Air Force
Airman

James Bearden

03 Oct 1942


Bertha Bearden
Mississippi
17 Feb 1943
US Women’s Army Corp (WAC)
Sergeant
WWII
Charles David
McEwen

09 Dec 1941
 US  Army
Private
WWII
Chris Seay
Mississippi
03 Dec 1943
US Army Air Forces
Sergeant
WWII
Wiley Caston
Mississippi
23 Jan 1943

US Army

Wallace Caston
Mississippi

US Army

Cicero Caston
Mississippi
10 Dec 1942
US Army
Private
WWII
Claude Sibley

25 Sep 1942
US Army
Private
WWII
Earche Raymond Banks
Louisiana
19 Feb 1946
US Army
Private
Eddie Dunlap

28 Jan 1953
US Army

Eddie Lee Osby
Mississippi
14 Apr 1943
US Army
Private
WWII
Edward Lee
Elam
Illinois
14 Sep 1966
US Army
Private
Viet Nam
Elijah Brumfield
Mississippi
28 July 1918
 US  Army
WWI
Woodrow
Brumfield
Mississippi

 US Navy
WWII
Jethro Gatlin
Mississippi
28 July 1918
 US  Army
WWI
Elmer Gatlin


 US Army
WWII
Ernest Benjamin
Strickland Sr
Tennessee
23 Mar 1941
US  Army
Sergeant
WWII
Thomas Claude Strickland

29 June 1949
 US Army
Corporal
Korea
Florziel Jefferson
Mississippi
20  Aug 1942
 US Army
Private
WWII
Freddie Donnell
 Texas
31 Mar 1916
 US Army
Private
 WWI
Howard Lee Graves
Louisiana

 US Navy
WWII
Willie Graves
Louisiana
22 Feb 1943
 US Navy
WWII
Jasper Graves
Mississippi
5  Mar 1918
US Army
WWI
Sylvester Hill
Ohio
2 Jun 1942
US Army
WWII
Iddo Brent Jr
Mississippi
17  Aug 1942
US Army
Private
WWII
Isom Brumfield Jr
Mississippi
20 July 1943
US Army
Private
WWII
Robert Brumfield
Mississippi
16 Oct 1942


James Edwards Sr
Mississippi
03 Aug 1942
US  Army
Private
WWII
Jessie Caston Jr.
Mississippi
13  Dec 1945
US  Army
Private first class
Martin William Watkins
Texas
14 Sep 1951
US Army
Corporal
Korea
Mattie Donnell Hicks
North  Carolina
10 Mar 1946
US Army
Major
WWII
Korea
Viet Nam
Rudolph Knight

3 Oct 1943
US Army
WWII
Rudolph Knight Jr.
Louisiana
10 June 1960

Viet Nam
Leamon Jefferson
Louisiana
27 July 1944
US Navy

Thomas Cornelius Brumfield
Louisiana
19 Feb  1943

US Army

Thad Brumfield
Mississippi
20 July 1943
US Army
WWII
Owen Brumfield
Mississippi
16 Oct 1942
US Army
WWII
Virgil Downs
Mississippi
1 Mar 1951
US Army

Mack Quinn

23 Feb 1951
US Army

Clifton Louis Brumfield

30 Jun1959
US Army

Lavergne Rayborn
Pennsylvania
26 Dec 1945
Staff Sergeant
 US Army

Johnnie Rayborn

14 Oct 1945
US Army

Murdock Smith


US Army

Frank M. Strickland


US Army
WWI
Henry Sartin Jr.
Mississippi
25 Jan 1943
US Army
WWII
Gale Brumfield
Mississippi
16 Feb 1942


Purvis Conerly Jr
Mississippi

Navy

James Weldon Brumfield
Mississippi
2 Dec 1942


David T. Brumfield
Mississippi
10 Sep 1942
US Army
WWII
Elijah Brumfield
Mississippi
10 Oct 1942
US Army
WWII
James Bearden
Mississippi
3 Oct 1942

WWII





James Edwards Sr.
Wallace Caston
Wiley Caston
Ernest B. Strickland Sr.


Cicero Caston
                                                                


Linda Hollins


Gerald Hollins

Edward Elam
Willie Graves


Chris Seay




                         
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Bertha Bearden
Bertha Bearden


Eddie Brumfield Jr.
                 
Roy L. Jefferson-Lampton 


Mattie Donnell Hicks





Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Tombstone Tuesday Rev Eugene McEwen and Ellen Conerly McEwen

Rev. Eugene McEwen  and Ellen Conerly McEwen


Reverend Eugene McEwen and Ellen Conerly  born in Mississippi were married in 1907  at the ages of 21 and 20 years old respectively from the 1910 census information. Eugene was a farmer and minister. Ellen took care of the children and home. Verification of birth, occupation and spouse are present on Eugene McEwen World War I registration. 


Eugene McEwen World War II registration 

              I have tried to identify members in their family tree.


Family trees of Eugene McEwen and Ellen Conerly McEwen


Their graves are in the Caston Cemetery in Magnolia, Mississippi .The cemetery is an old cemetery about fifty feet off the road at  4022 Old 24 Extension Magnolia Mississippi according to GOOLE maps. Their descendants have placed beautiful granite headstone as grave markers. 



Rev. E. G,  McEwen  1885 to  1953



Ellen Conerly McEwen  Nov 1887  Jan 12, 1920

Reverend Eugene McEwen latter remarried to Zellie unknown maiden name. 


-----The Tree Gardener