SIMPSON, Adolphus

Adolphus Simpson^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10}

White Male^4,5,7

Married: Margaret^2,4,10

Residence: Huntington^2,3,4,5,6,10

Rank: Private^2,3,4,6

Unit: 2^nd Truck Company, 11^th Ammunition Train, 11^th Division, US Army^2,3,4,8

Birth: 4 Aug 1891 – Mason, Lawrence County, OH^2,4,5,7

Father: John L.; Mother: Sarah^2,4,7,10

Death: 5 Oct 1918 – Camp Meade, MD^2,3,4,6,10

Cause of Death: DNB – Broncho Pneumonia & Influenza^3,4,6,10

Burial: Woodmere Cemetery⁹

Newspaper Articles

Entered Service 25 Jul 1918; Trained at Camp Meade²

Sources:

Plaque on Memorial Arch, Huntington, WV; 1929; “Cabell Honor Roll List, Arch Plaque”, Cabell County War Memorial Association.¹

W.W. Smith, Honor Roll of Cabell County, W.Va.:  An Illustrated Biographical Record of Cabell County’s Part in the World War 1914-1918 (Chicago, IL:  Severinghaus Printing Company, 1920).  KYOWVA Library, 901 Jefferson Ave, Huntington, WV.²

WV Legislature, West Virginia Legislature Handbook:  WV Blue Book  (1922; Reprint: WV Department of Veterans’ Affairs, 1961); Revised List of Deceased Soldiers, World War; Collected by Ernie Midkiff; KYOWVA Library, 901 Jefferson Ave, Huntington, WV.³

“West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database”, West Virginia Division of Culture & History, WV Culture (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html), “Dolphus Simpson” page; Accessed 2017. http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=2664.⁴

“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918”, Citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, Family Search (http://FamilySearch.org), “Dailphus Simpson” page accessed 2017; WEST VIRGINIA Huntington City, no. 1, T – Z Huntington City, no. 2, A – S. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY5-S71?mode=g&i=4976&cc=1968530.⁵

8 Oct 1918, “Huntington Boy Is Dead In Camp”, The Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, WV.  Cabell County Library Local History Collections, Huntington, WV.⁶

Ancestry.com. Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.; Original data: “Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. ‘Adolphus Simpson” Born 4 Aug 1891⁷

Order of Battle of the United States Forces in the World War: Zone of the Interior: Directory of Troops: Volume 3, Part 3; CMH Pub 23-5, United States Army Center of Military History (1949; reprint 1988), Accessed 9/30/2018; Pages 1258; Online Images, Center of Military History (https://history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-5/CMH_Pub_23-5.pdf).⁸

11 Oct 1918, “Funeral Services for Simpson are Conducted”, The Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, WV.  Cabell County Library Local History Collections, Huntington, WV.⁹

8 Oct 1918, “Huntington Yank Dies of Influenza”, The Huntington Advertiser, Huntington, WV.  Cabell County Library Local History Collections, Huntington, WV.¹⁰