All Military Veterans in My Genealogy Research
Veterans are listed alphabetically by their last name. If they served in more than one conflict, they will be listed in each conflict.
In addition to my family history:
I'm compiling the histories of families from my hometown of Clay City, Illinois and their extended families.
I'm also compiling the histories of our military veterans from Clay, Effingham, Richland, and Wayne Counties, Illinois and their extended families. I salute them for their service and their many sacrifices.
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In addition to my family history:
I'm compiling the histories of families from my hometown of Clay City, Illinois and their extended families.
I'm also compiling the histories of our military veterans from Clay, Effingham, Richland, and Wayne Counties, Illinois and their extended families. I salute them for their service and their many sacrifices.
Veterans are listed alphabetically by their last name. If they served in more than one conflict, they will be listed in each conflict.
History of Clay Township, Clay County, Illinois Click here to go to the website.
The Dredge Ditch by Darold R. Herdes
By Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.
By Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr. The following article by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr. is about a classmate of mine, James Patridge. It is copied from Reader’s Digest, October 1986. Thank you Sherry (Gordon) Humphreys for loaning me your copy.
Thanks for your patience as I rebuild this page. I served as a United States Army Instructor for Denver Public Schools from 1990 until 2009. These photos are from digital copies I made while in that position at Thomas Jefferson High School. Some years are missing here and I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to