Purvis Cemetery, Martin County, North Carolina
A transcription taken by Annette Ginn Roebuck in 2004 of the Purvis Church Cemetery in Martin County, North Carolina.
A transcription taken by Annette Ginn Roebuck in 2004 of the Purvis Church Cemetery in Martin County, North Carolina.
Private 1st Class, Ordnance Dept., Co. A, 81st Div., 63rd Regt.; of Martin County; son of Sam and Mrs. Mary Parisher. Entered service April, 1918, at Williamston, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Promoted to 1st Class Private August, 1918. Mustered out at Curtis Bay, Md., March, 1919.
2nd Lt., M. G. Co., 59th Inf., 4th Div. Born in Martin County, N.C., Nov. 1, 1886; the son of Cushing Biggs and Ella Walton Hassell. Entered the service at Williamston, N.C., Aug. 27, 1917, and sent to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. Transferred to Camp Greene, N.C., and then to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for
Private 1st class, Sanitary Train, No. 104 Ambulance Co., 29th Div.; of Martin County; son of S. R. and Mrs. Sallie Biggs. Entered Service July 7, 1917, at Williamston, N.C. Sent to Norfolk, Va. Transferred to Camp McClellan. Sailed for France July 12, 1918. Fought at Verdun Sector, Alsace-Lorraine and St. Mihiel. Mustered out at
Sergt., Artly., Hdqrs Co., 81st Div., 316th Regt.; of Martin County; son of R. D. and Mrs. Emma Woolard. Entered service Sept. 5, 1917, at Williamston, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for France Aug. 20, 1918. Promoted to rank of Sergt. Oct. 2, 1918. Mustered out at Camp
Sergt., Inf., Co. H, 30th Div., 119th Regt.; of Martin County; son of J. H. and Mrs. Annie M. Purvis. Entered service May 29, 1917, at Williamston, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., to Camp Merritt, N. J. Sailed for France. Promoted to rank of Corpl. Aug. 1, 1917; Sergt. June, 1918. Fought at
Private, Inf., Co. H, 30th Div., 120th Regt.; of Martin County; born Feb. 28, 1898; son of James H. and Mrs. Maude H. Mizell. Entered service July 25, 1917, at Williamston, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for France. Wounded by shrapnel
A transcription taken by Annette Ginn Roebuck in 2004 of the Oakly Road Cemetery in Martin County, North Carolina.
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