By: Mark Holtsberry Albert Wallace Treat Interesting feature person, who started out as a Corpsman in World War 1, ended up serving as a relief officer in Iran. Albert was born December 23, 1895 in Gays, Illinois. The son of William E., born 1854, in Michigan and Carrie E. (Wallace) Treat, born February 9, 1869…
By: Mark Holtsberry Bess Grace (Boyer) Garvin was one of Paulding’s World War 1 Army Nurse Corp nurses and was born May 30, 1887. The daughter of John Franklin and Sarah J. (Snyder) Boyer. John was born in 1849, Sarah was born in 1852 both were born in Ohio. The couple was married February 8,…
By: Mark Holtsberry Herman W. Coats was born in Grover Hill, Ohio, August 2, 1892. The son of Luther Elliot and Melissa C. (Harris) Coats. Luther was born January 3, 1861 in Indiana. Melissa was born July 31, 1864 in Indiana. Luther and Melissa were married, January 3, 1884 in Randolph, Indiana on Melissa’s birthday! …
By: Mark Holtsberry Alfred Henry Paul Blanchard is another young man from Paulding County who served in World War 1. He was born October 8, 1896 in Auglaize Township. The son of Philiase and Mary Elizabeth (Sieren) Blanchard. Philiase was born in Canada, April of 1848. He moved to Ohio at the age of sixteen.…
By: Mark Holtsberry Ruth Dorothy (Wuchter) Whigam was another World War 1 American Red Cross Nurse with Paulding County ties. She was born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, December 29, 1895. The daughter of William Wallace and Mary A. (Klingler) Wuchter. William was born in 1872 in Ohio. Mary was also born in Ohio in…
By: Mark Holtsberry SKINNER BROTHERS, A STORY OF TRAGEDY This story is a story of sad tragedy involving one family, two brothers. Frederick Albert Skinner was born January 6, 1896 in Harrison Township, Payne, Ohio. The son of Clarence Sylvester and Effie (Wahl) Skinner. By 1900, the Skinner family, along with five children, two daughters…
By: Mark Holtsberry Iris Mae Gaut was born June 2, 1888 in Ohio, the daughter of Eli and Mary Elizabeth (Outland) Gaut. Eli Gaut was born January 18, 1835 in Ohio. He was a Civil War Veteran serving with Company C. 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the rank of Corporal. He served four years and…
By: Mark Holtsberry Don Carlos Jaquette was born April 7, 1894 in Washington Township, Paulding County, Ohio. The son of Charles H. born August 28, 1861 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and Mary Jeannette (Hickerson) Jaquette, born April 16, 1862 in McComb, Ohio. It was thought that Don was born in the house on the farm where…
By: Mark Holtsberry Riley Finley Ennis (part 2) After Pearl Harbor was bombed, the United States Army was looking to keep current educated officers. Riley was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel February of 1942, by December 11, 1942, he was promoted to Colonel. Military records are unclear as to his placement with high command. I sense…
By: Mark Holtsberry Paul Philander Gusler was born June 29, 1895 near Grover Hill, Ohio. He was the son of Simon Allen and Catherine Eunice (Gilbert) Gusler. By 1900 Simon, Catherine along with 8 children, were living in Latty, Ohio. Simon was a farmer who made sure that Paul received an education. Paul was schooled…
By: Mark Holtsberry Morris Homer Spriggs is the highest ranking naval officer to come from Paulding County. He was born April 18, 1892, in Paulding, Ohio, the son of Frank and Margaret (Petty) Spriggs. Frank Spriggs was born in Noble County in 1863 and studied law in his brother’s law office in Caldwell, Ohio. He…
