1919 World War
Service Records, 1st Group - T
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4. TABBERT, ELMER E. Private Stewardson, Ill. 327 Field Art., 84 Div.
Son Mr. and Mrs. Win. Tabbert, Herborn, Ill.; born Oct. 3, 1894; farmer;
enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned 327 F. A., 84 Div.; went overseas
Apr. 18, 1918; landed May 17, 1918; battles of St. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry,
Ar- gonne Forest ; wounded on right leg and on side of head Oct. 5, 1918, by
shrapnel; returned as casual. Dis. Camp Cape May, X. J., June 19, 1919;
disability caused from wounds : one brother in service.
5. TABBERT, WALLACE O. Private Kingman, Ill. O. M. Corps. Remount Depot
Born Aug. 2, 1890, Kingman, Ill.; farmer: son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tabbert,
Herborn, Ill.; enlisted June 27, 1918. Shelbyville; assigned to O. M. C.
Remount Depot; in training 11 mo. Dis. CT Taylor May 27, 1919; one brother
in service.
6. TALCOTT, REO A. Sergeant Stewardson, Ill. Co. B, 3 Am. Tr. 3 Div.
Grandson of Mrs. Wm. Carr, Stewardson; born June 18, 1894, Stewardson;
bookkeeper; enlisted Aug. 7, 1917. Jeff. Bks., St. Louis; assigned to Co. I,
11 Inf.; trfd. Co.
B, ,inl . \mm. Tr. 3rd Div., Camp Forrest, Ga., Dec. 23. 1917; promoted Sgt.
Apr. 15, 1918; went overseas on Carpathia, Mar. 16; landed Liverpool Mar.
29; firing line July 2 to Xov. 11, 1918; Champagne, Marne Def., Aisne. Marne
Off.. St. Mihiel, Meuse, Argonne, Army of Occu- pation Xov. 14 to Aug. 10,
1918. Dis. C. Grant Sept. 3, 1919: one brother in service.
7. TALCOTT, WILLIAM OLEN Stewardson, Ill.
Grandson of Mrs. W. V. Carr of Stewardson, Ill. ; serve:! in army.
8. TALLMAN, J. LEVERETT Corporal Shelbyville, Ifl. Ordnance
Born Ian. 14, 1894. Ilerrick, Ill.; automobile salesman: son Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Tallman, Shelbyville; enl. Apr. 10, 1918. Shelbyville, Ill.; assigned
Ordnance; promoted Cpl. of Ord. Aug. 22, 1918; trfd. from Bradley College,
Camp Hancock, Ga., to Camp Grant. Dis. Jan. 17, 1919; one brother in
service.
9. TALLMAN, MRS. J. LEVERETT Student Nurse Shelbyville, Ill. Walter Reed
Hosp.
Bom Stewardson, Ill., 1895 ; dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Frede, Stewardson;
newspaper reporter; enl. June, 1918; Yassar Training Camp for Nurses,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; assigned Walter Reed Gen. Hospital, Washington, D. C.
Dis. Walter Reed Feb. 20, 1919; one brother in service.
10. TALLMAN, EMERY Private Shelbyville, Ill. Co H, 130th Inf.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Tallman, Shelbyville; auto mechanic: enl. Sept. 4,
1917; assigned to Camp Logan; Dispatch Rider Hq. Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div. Dis.
Dec. 27, 1917, on account of fiat feet; one brother in service.
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1. TANIGES, JOHN F. Private
Herrick, Ill. Bat. D, 21 F. Artillery
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taniges, Herrick ; enl. Sept. 19, 1917; assigned
Battery D, 21 Field A., Camp Taylor; trf. Camp McArthur; sent overseas:
landed Winchester, Eng.. June 14, 1918; served with 5th Div. Dis. July 29,
1919, C. Grant.
2. TAPP, CARL, Cook
Taylorville, Ill. Co. II, 130 Inf.. 33 Div.
Enl. and sent Camp Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; cook, Co. H, 130 Inf.; went overseas
May 15, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; served as cook, Co. H, through
entire period overseas. I)is. C. Grant, May, 1919.
TEEL, JOHN F. Tower Hill.
Sergeant
Chauffeur, 1st Class Born May 21, 1889, Wayne City, Ill.; electrical
engineer; son Mr. Wm. Teel ; enl. June 30, 1917, Dexter, Mo.; as- signed to
6th Missouri: went overseas Apr. 1917: landed April 28; firing line A l /i
months; at St. Mihiel. Verdun, Argonne, Vosges Mountains; Co. A, 110th Amm.
I). S. C. ; honorable discharge Camp Funston, Kan., May 5, 1919; one brother
in service; Otis Rusher, half brother, died mid-ocean Oct. 11, 1918, First
Class Seaman.
3. TERRY, GAYLORD G. Private Shelbyville, Ill. Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div.
Born 1895, ShelbyyIlle; enl. 1916, Shelbyville, for border service; assigned
Co. II, 130 Inf.; went overseas May 15, 1918: landed Brest May 24, 1918;
served in France with Co. H and returned with Co. Dis. May 31, 1919, Camp
Grant.
4. TETRICK, JOHN HANSON Corporal Oconee, Ill. Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 I)iv.
Farmer; enl. Aug. 5, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Co. II, 140 Inf.; sent C.
Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; overseas May 15, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918;
firing line at Meuse, Marcheville raid; wounds, gas inhalation, mustard.
Mis- ability discharge Feb. 20, 1919. C. Grant.
5. THEOBALD, PAUL K. Corporal Clinton, Ill. Co. A, 10th Inf., 14 Div.
Born Nov. 15, 1893, Auburn, Ill.; prin. H. S., Shelbyville, son Rev. and
Mrs. W. W. Theobald, Illiopolis, Ill.; enl. May _>7, 1918, Shelbyville;
assigned Co. A, 10th Inf.; trf. from Ft. Thomas, Ky., to Co. A, 10 Inf.,
Rock Island Arsenal; trf. to Camp Custer, July 25, 1918. Dis. March 11,
1919.
6. THOM, STEWARD McLEAN 1st Cl. Yeoman
Shelbyville. Ill. U. S. Navy
Born Aug. 6, 1894. Shelbyville; son Henry A. and Flora F. TBorn,
Shelbyville; salesman; enl. Dec. 31, 1917. at St. Louis, Mo.; navy; assigned
to Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Cal. ; promoted to Yeoman, third
class, Sept. 1st: to Yeo., 2nd class, Oct. 1st, and Yeo., 1st class. Tec.
16, 1918; went aboard "The Oregon" on May 25, 1918. and served until May 27,
1919. Dis. June 9, 1919, at St. Louis.
7. THOMAS, CORNELIA See record, page 66.
Shelbyville, Ill.
THOMAS, OSCAR Windsor, Ill.
Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Cus- ter. Mich.
8. THOMAS, WM. H. Private
Slu-lhyville, Ill. 124 Engrs.
Born June 2, 1892, Cowden ; son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Thomas, Cowden; married
July 25, 1917, Josephine Plow- man, dau. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Plowman, Ilerrick;
two daughters, Mildred Irene and Melba Madline ;_ farmer : enl. Sept. 5,
1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Forrest. Ga. ; ,-issigned to 124 Engrs.; in
training 4'/2 mos. ; trf. to C. Grant and discharged there Jan. 25, 1919.
One brother in service.
9. THOMPSON, CURT H. Findlay, Ill.
Private
. ,, .... Aux. Remount Depot
Born lune 23, 1892, Shelby Co.; son Bert Thompson, Findlay; married Feb. 9,
1918, Rosa Ana Conner; one son, Wm. Hubert, born Jan. 4, 1919; farmer; enl.
Sept. 5, 1918 Shelbyville; sent to Camp Custer; assigned to 320 Aux. Remount
Depot. Dis. March 13, 1919.
10. THOMPSON, RAYMOND Private
Mode, Ill. Co. B, 10 Inf., 14 Div.
Fnl May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; assigned" to Co. B,
10 Inf., 14 Div., at Camp Custer, Mich. Dis. there Jan. 17, 1919.
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1. THOMPSON, THEO. 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, Ill. -Medical Corps
Born Nov. 1, 1872, Prairie Home, Shelby Co. ; married Sept. 18, 1895,
Harriet L. Carnahan ; physician and sur- geon ; enl. Aug. 8, 1918, at
Springfield; assigned to O. T.
C. at Camp Greenleaf, Ga. ; com. 1st Lt., Sept. 26, 1918; trf. Oct. 14,
1918, to Hoboken, N. J., to port of embarka- tion ; sailed Nov. 3, 1918,
transport S. S. Ascanius ; was senior medical officer and transport surgeon
on British S. S. Ascanius between Brooklyn, N. Y., and Liverpool ; landed
Liverpool Nov. 17, 1918. Dis. Hoboken Jan. 21, 1919, with rank of 1st Lieut.
2. THOMPSON, HENRY 1st Cl. Private Shelbyville, Ill. Co. H. 130 Inf.
Born June 1. 1897, Shelbyville ; son Wm. Thompson ; tailor; enl, Aug. 2,
1914, in Co. H, 4th Ill. Inf., Shelby- ville; Bugler; in training at Camp
Logan; sailed Hoboken May 24, 1918 ; landed Brest May 26, 1918 ; went to
trenches July 24, 1918; at Albert front, Argonne, St. Mihiel ; wounded Aug.
10, at Albert front, grenade wound ; Oct. 13, at Argonne, broken shoulder ;
in hospi- tal ; returned to U. S. with casual Co. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 27,
1919. One brother in service. Border service in 1916.
3. THOMPSON, WILLIAM Corporal Shelbyville, Ill. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.
Born Nov. 29, 1899, Shelbyville; son William and Esther Thompson ;
blacksmith ; in training at C. Logan with Co. TI; sailed from Hoboken May
16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918 ; in trenches 4 mos. ; at Somme front,
Albert front, Verdun, Meuse- Argonne, St. Mihiel, Marcheville ; promoted to
Cpl. in France. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. One brother in service.
4. THROCKMORTON, CHARLES O. 1st Sergeant Strasburg, Ill. 5th Co., 1 Bn., C.
O. T. S.
Born Jan. 15, 1895, Champaign ; son J. A. and Buena Throckmorton ; teacher ;
enl. June 20, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent Bradley Institute; trf. to C. Grant
to 5th Co., 1st Bn., C. O. T. S. ; promoted to 1st Sergeant at Camp Grant
Sept., 1918; in training 6 mos. Dis. C. Grant Dec. 20, 1918.
5. TIDD, MAHLON Private Bement, HI. Co. C, 138 M. G. Bn., 38 Div.
Born Dec. 26, 1893, Fayette Co., Ill.; enl. May 27, 191S. at Shelbyville ;
sent to C'amp Shelby, Miss. ; assigned to Co. C, 138 M. G. Bn., 38 Div.;
sent to Camp Mills, X. Y., Sept. 13, 1918; sailed Oct. 1, 1918; landed at
Southampton, Eng., Oct. 9; crossed English Channel to Havre, Fr., Oct. 4;
sent to Nantes, Fr., Oct. 13; started to trenches Nov. 1 ; sent to hospital
Nov. 1 5, mumps ; discharged from hosp. Dec. 7 ; sent to classification camp
at Revigny, Fr. ; again sent to hosp. Dec. 16, bronchitis ; discharged from
hosp. Feb. 8, 1919; assigned Q. M. Corps, Paris; trf. to Ilq. Det. at St.
Aignan, Fr., Mar. 7; trf. to St. Aignan Casual C'o. 7401, Tune 17; returned
to U. S. A. with same, July 17; dis. C. (Irani, July 24, 1919; re-enlisted
for one year ; assigned to 6 Field Signal Bn., 6 1 Hv.
6. TIEMAN, MARTIN Private Strasburg, Ill. Air Service
liprn Aug. 31, 1889, Strasburg: son William and Dora Tieman ; farmer ; enl.
Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville ; assigned to Camp Custer ; trf. to Ft. Wayne;
trained in air service 5 months.
7. TIEMAN, PHILIP H. Corporal Strasburg, Ill. O. M. C., Aux. Remount Depot
Born Feb. 19, 1894, Strasburg; son Wm. and Dora Tieman, Strasburg; farmer;
enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C'amp Taylor ; assigned to Q. M.
C., Aux. Remount De- pot ; promoted to Cpl.; in training 11 mos. Dis. May
26, 1919, C. Taylor.
8. TILLEY, MAX A. 1st Cl. Private Tower Htll, Ill. Ev. Amb. Co. No. 7
Born Aug. 10, 1896, Tower Hill; clerk; enl. April 23, 1918, at Jeff. Bks. ;
assigned to 18th Rect. Co. ; trf. to Amb. Unit No. 7, Camp Crane, Sept. 10;
trf. to MerrIll Sept. 15; in training 5 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken Sept. 20,
1918; landed Brest Sept. 28; to trenches Oct. 15; there until armistice ; at
Meuse- Argonne, Oct. 15 to Nov. 1 1 . Dis. C. Grant July 30, 1919.
9. TIMPERLEY, JOHN Stewardson, Ill. Was assigned to Camp Grant for limited
service but was excused; was in service in Honolulu, Jan. 21, 1915-June,
1916. Dis. on account of disability.
10. TOLLEY, GLENN CORNELIUS Sergeant Moweaqua, Ill. Co. G, 18 Inf., I Div.
Born Feb. 15, 1896, Moweat|ua, farmer, son Wm. and Mag- gie Tolley, Moweaqua
; enl. Apr. 15, 1917, Decatur ; as- signed Co. G, 18 Inf.. I Div.; sailed
Hoboken, June 14. 1917 ; landed St. Nazaire ; finished training Gondrecourt
; in aclive service II mos.; Luneville front, Toul front, bat- tles
Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Meuse- Argonne ; reed.
D. S. O. ; returned U. S. as casual; promoted Cpl. on Ton! front, promoted
Sgt. last day of Chateau-Thierry drive ; attended O. T. C., Langres. France,
but armistice signed before receiving commission. Dis. C. Grant, March 18,
1919.
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THIBEALT, ERNEST
ShelbyviUe, Ill.
THOMPSON, THOMAS R Windsor, Ill.
1st Cl. Private Co. C, 326 F. S. I'.n. KIll. Feb. 16. 1918, Dade City, Fla.
; assigned to Co. C .126 F. S. Bn. j went to France AUK. 14, 1918; went tu
hospital Oct. 21, with influenza: spent 7 months of time in France in
hospitals. Dis. C. Grant April 29, 1919.
1. TOOTHMAN, LEONARD CLAY Private
ShelbyviUe, Ill. Co. B, Bradley Poly. Inst.
Morn Nov. 7, 1896, ShelbyviUe; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. A. Toothman: enl.
Oct. 15, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned Mechanical School, Bradley Poly. Inst.,
Camp Bradley. Peoria : in training 2 mos. Dis. Dec. 13, 1918, (.'amp
Bradley, Peoria ; one brother in service.
2. TOOTHMAN, EDWIN
See S. A. T. C. section.
Shelbyville, Ill.
3. TOWERS, JOHN ANDREW Sergeant
Glamour, Ky. Batt. D, 327 Field Artillery
Born Oct. 14, 1895, Murphysboro; son Wm. Towers, Ben- ton; miner; enl. Oct.
3, 1917, ShelbyviUe; assigned 327 r. A., Batt. D, 84 Div. ; promoted Sgt.
Tan. 21, 1918; trf. to 236 M. P. Co., Dec., 1918; served 3 years previous
with Xth and 15th U. S. Cavalry, Philippine Islands Apr. 1, 1913-Apr. 24,
1916; overseas Sept. 9, 1918, landed Sept. 21. 1918. Dis. Aug. 25, 1919, C.
Upton.
4. TOWERS, RALPH Corporal
Findlay, Ill. Co. L, 128 Infantry
Born March 22, 1896, Argenta: son S. F. Towers, Dan- ville; farmer; enl.
June 28, 1918; assigned 54 Co., 159 1'eppt Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky. ;
promoted Cpl., Oct. 13. in France; overseas Aug. 22, 1918; returned with Co
L, 128 Inf. Dis. C. Grant.
TRIECE, HARRY
Houston, Texas
Private 44 Artillery Band, Ft. Wortli
Born Feb. 13, 1893, ShelbyviUe; bookkeeper; son Noah rind Anna Triece,
ShelbyviUe; enl. May 30, 1918, Chicago: assigned JefTerson Bks.. 315 Cavalry
Hand; trf. 44th Artil- lery Band, Ft. Worth, Tex. Dis. Jan. 9, 1919.
TRIECE, LAWRENCE In service overseas.
6. TRIGG, DANIEL WESLEY Private
Findlay, Ill. Quartermaster Corps
Born July 20, 1892, Findlay; farmer; son Reason and Nancy Trigg, Findlay;
enl. June 27, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned 54 Co., 159 D. B. ; later to Q. M.
C. ; in training 11 mos. Dis. May 27, 1919, C. Taylor, Ky.
7. TRUEBLOOD, ELZA I. Sergeant
Tower Hill, Ill. 865 Squadron Air Service
Enl. Dec. 12, 1917, Decatur ; assigned 865 Squadron, Air Service. Camp Love
Field, Texas; promoted Sgt. Dis. April 1, 1919, Love Field, Tex,
S. TUCKER, DELMER L. Private
Beecher City, Ill. Co. D. 37th Infantry
Enl. May 23, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned Co. D, 37 Inf., Ft. Mclntosh, Tex.
Dis. early in summer of 1919.
9. TUCKER, JAMES Private
Strasburg, Ill. 2nd Rect Co., Engrs.
Farmer; adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Ileiiry Altag, Stras- burg; enl. Sept.
5, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned 2nd Rect. Co., Engineers, Camp Forrest, Ga. ;
in hospital 3 mos., pneumonia. Honorable dis. Jan. 23, 1919; certificate of
disability.
10. TULL, HARRY L.
Windsor. Ill.
TULL, LLOYD C. Aviation
Shelbyville, Ill.
Son Mr. and Mrs. Jose Tull of Lithia Springs; discharged in Feb., 1919; enl.
in aviation July, 1917; went France in Oct.; overseas 15 months.
TURNER, ROY 1st Lieut.
ShelbyviUe, Ill. 148 Field Art.
Made home with uncle, Wm. Furr, Shelbyville: regular:
commissioned and sent to X. G. outfit; extensive service in France.
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