Dewhirst, Willard Ray

1892 - 1985  (92 years)

• Name	Dewhirst, Willard Ray
  Birth	24 Aug 1892	Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	DEWH.W002
  _FGRAVE	27822958
  Military Service	World War I, Private First Class, United States Army
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army (1919-Sep 1920) This rank was also addressed as Lance Corporal
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War I (1914 - 1918)
  Death	25 Apr 1985  [2]
  Burial	Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I22535	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	DEWHIRST, James Wilder,   b. 12 Jun 1862, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 13 Mar 1951, Noble, Richland County, Illinois (Age 88 years)
  Mother	JENNER, Effie Lettie 'Jennie',   b. 14 Dec 1869, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 7 Jul 1931, Noble, Richland County, Illinois (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F18328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dillman, Pearl,   b. 14 Mar 1895, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois d. 4 Mar 1993, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee (Age 97 years)
  Children	1. Dewhirst, Betty Rae,   b. 13 Oct 1921, Olney, Richland County, Illinois d. 28 Sep 2016, Newark, New Castle County, Delawar (Age 94 years)   2. Dewhirst, J.D.
  Family ID	F18329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Aug 1892 - Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S809] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 13-4) (Township), image 21, page 11a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00087?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S5640] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Sunday, Lenora, 78, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18119119), none. (Reliability: 2).