World War I (1917-1919) – Wright County Iowa
Wright County Iowa Soldiers
who Served in World War I
Compiled by Sarah Thorson
Little
This file was contributed by:
Sarah Thorson Little wrightgenie@yahoo.com
March 2005
Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. Permission was given by
Sarah Thorson Little to post this information on the Wright Co.,
IA Web Page.
This file includes:
Name of World War I Soldier
Rank
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Parents’ Names
Date of Death
Page # in 1919 book, In The World War 1917-1918-1919, Wright
County Iowa
Information was obtained from
cemetery records of Wright County, Iowa, various federal and Iowa State
censuses, local newspapers and extractions from
In The World War 1917-1918-1919,
Wright County Iowa--An Honor Roll Containing a Pictorial Record of the gallant
and courageous men from Wright County, Iowa, U.S.A., who served in the Great
War published in September, 1919 by Ostensacken & Jones.
Rank
Given Name Surname Page
Date of Birth Place
of Birth
Parents Date of Death
|
A.N.C.
|
Ellen
|
Abrahamson
|
45
|
18 April 1893
|
Clarion, Wright, Iowa
|
Amanda Abrahamson
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Claud L.
|
Adams
|
27
|
22 June 1895
|
|
A.H. Adams
|
|
|
Private
|
Harold
|
Aigley
|
37
|
3 May 1896
|
Freeport, Illinois
|
George & Martha
Aigley
|
|
|
Private
|
Benjamin F.
|
Aldrich
|
19
|
|
Galt, Wright, Iowa
|
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Frederick H.
|
Allison
|
25
|
8 March 1894
|
|
J.M. Allison
|
|
|
Hospital Apprentice
|
Milton S.
|
Allison
|
53
|
5 May 1896
|
|
J.M Allison
|
|
|
Private
|
M.
|
Amerson
|
47
|
19 Febuary 1888
|
Thor, Humboldt, Iowa
|
John Amerson
|
|
|
Private
|
Chiss
|
Anderson
|
19
|
26 September 1895
|
Holmesten, Norway
|
A. & Otele
(Christensen) Anderson
|
|
|
Corporal
|
Millard H.
|
Anderson
|
23
|
1 May 1889
|
|
P.S. Anderson
|
|
|
Private
|
Otto
|
Anderson
|
23
|
15 January 1893
|
|
P.S. Anderson
|
|
|
Private
|
Orphie M.
|
Anderson
|
27
|
28 June 1894
|
|
Henry Anderson
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Stanley O.
|
Anderson
|
27
|
24 April 1895
|
Leland, Illinois
|
Isabelle Anderson
|
|
|
Private
|
Don E.
|
Anderson
|
29
|
2 December 1895
|
Kellogg, Iowa
|
J.E. & Samantha
Anderson
|
|
|
Private
|
Arthur E.
|
Anderson
|
31
|
25 January 1897
|
Holmes, Wright, Iowa
|
Andrew Anderson
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Percy A.
|
Badley
|
35
|
22 April 1897
|
Eagle Grove, Wright,
Iowa
|
Anson & Agnes
Badley
|
|
|
Private
|
Floyd A.
|
Bailey
|
37
|
2 November 1895
|
Belmond, Wright, Iowa
|
Edgar F. & Eva
Bailey
|
|
|
Private
|
Harold T.
|
Bailey
|
37
|
10 September 1900
|
Garner, Hancock, Iowa
|
Edgar F. & Eva
Bailey
|
|
|
2nd Cl. Musician
|
Earl L.
|
Bailey
|
53
|
15 May 1896
|
Rowan, Wright, Iowa
|
William M. & Mina Bailey
|
|
|
Private
|
Carl A.
|
Baker
|
23
|
9 January 1887
|
Eagle Grove, Wright,
Iowa
|
R.A. Baker
|
|
|
Private
|
Glenn H.
|
Baker
|
33
|
4 December 1889
|
Hampton, Franklin, Iowa
|
William E. & Mary
Baker
|
|
|
Private
|
Louie D.
|
Baldridge
|
21
|
|
Belmond, Wright, Iowa
|
J.W. & Mary E.
(Waltz) Baldridge
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Samuel F.
|
Baldridge
|
21
|
2 June 1893
|
Belmond, Wright, Iowa
|
J.W. & Mary E.
(Waltz) Baldridge
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Jess H.
|
Banks
|
45
|
13 Feb 1893
|
Woolstock, Wright, Iowa
|
Albert & Helen
Banks
|
|
|
Private
|
Ray
|
Barton
|
45
|
|
Iowa Falls, Iowa
|
George Barton
|
|
|
Wagoner
|
George H.
|
Baxter
|
27
|
17 April 1894
|
|
Henry Baxter
|
|
|
Private
|
Fred D.
|
Beaver
|
39
|
4 November 1893
|
Goldfield, Wright, Iowa
|
John F. & Mary
Ellen (Stevenson) Beaver
|
|
|
Private
|
Shelby
|
Beck
|
23
|
21 December 1901
|
Goldfield, Wright, Iowa
|
Bert J. Beck
|
|
|
Private
|
Arthur B.
|
Beisell
|
17
|
4 August 1895
|
Goldfield, Wright, Iowa
|
A.B. & Ida May
(Dean) Beisell
|
|
|
Storekeeper
|
Earl B.
|
Beisell
|
17
|
21 November 1889
|
Goldfield, Wright, Iowa
|
A.B. & Ida May
(Dean) Beisell
|
|
|
Private
|
Alfred
|
Berkland
|
25+
|
|
Eagle Grove, Wright,
Iowa
|
|
|
|
Private
|
George H.
|
Bernard
|
29
|
17 April 1897
|
Woolstock, Wright, Iowa
|
Adolph & Caroline
Bernard
|
|
|
3rd Cl. Yeoman
|
G. Wiley
|
Beveridge
|
53
|
7 December 1896
|
|
T.R. Beveridge
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Raymond E.
|
Bilney
|
49
|
9 April 1897
|
Tama, Tama, Iowa
|
|
|
|
Wagoner
|
Lowell J.
|
Bilney
|
49
|
3 January 1899
|
Tama, Tama, Iowa
|
Elsworth & Dora
(Smith) Bilney
|
|
|
Private
|
Orville M.
|
Boughton
|
23
|
5 September 1894
|
Woolstock, Wright, Iowa
|
Ed Boughton
|
|
|
Unknown
|
Hobart Wayne
|
Boughton
|
53
|
29 November 1896
|
Woolstock, Wright, Iowa
|
Ed Boughton
|
|
|
lst Cl Sgt.
|
Thomas A.
|
Boustead
|
25
|
15 January 1898
|
What Cheer, Keokuk,
Iowa
|
John Boustead
|
|
|
Private
|
Wayne J.
|
Boyington
|
33
|
4 June 1892
|
Clarion, Wright, Iowa
|
Charles W. & Mary
Boyington
|
|
|
Private
|
Noah L.
|
Boynton
|
43
|
23 August 1896
|
Clarion, Wright, Iowa
|
Joseph A. & Rose
Boynton
|
|
|
Corporal
|
Merle C.
|
Brace
|
39
|
2 February 1892
|
Aplington, Iowa
|
Clarence T. &
Luella Brace
|
|
|
Private
|
Vere G.
|
Brewsaugh
|
29
|
1 February 1893
|
Belmond, Wright, Iowa
|
George A. & Lo Rena
Brewsaugh
|
|
|
Private
|
George E.
|
Brown
|
31
|
3 March 1899
|
Cherry Grove, Minnesota
|
George E. & Malisa
Brown
|
|
|
1st Lt.
|
Mark V.
|
Brunson
|
35
|
6 July 1893
|
|
|
|
|
Private
|
Rutherford L.
|
Bunn
|
41
|
6 May 1897
|
Galt, Wright, Iowa
|
Charles M. & Alice
Bunn
|
|
|
Private
|
Valentine F.
|
Bunn
|
41
|
14 February 1896
|
Galt, Wright, Iowa
|
Charles M. & Alice
Bunn
|
|
|
Private
|
Vernon V.
|
Bunn
|
41
|
6 May 1897
|
Galt, Wright, Iowa
|
Charles M. & Alice
Bunn
|
|
|
Private
|
John
|
Burnett
|
47
|
9 January 1896
|
|
Dan Burnett
|
|
|
Chaplain
|
R. N.
|
Burress
|
47
|
|
Clarion, Wright, Iowa
|
|
|
|
Sergeant
|
Clifton E.
|