World War I Draftees - New Castle, Indiana Courthouse - 1918

World War I Draftees - August 1918

Courthouse - New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana 

My maternal grandfather Lawrence Everett Runyan is the center man in the top row...the one who looks to be glaring off to his left. An additional piece of information written on the back of this photo is that the 2nd man in the 2nd row is Gurney Gray. I don't know if that is the second row from the bottom or the second row from the top and I don't know (yet) who Gurney Gray is. This photo had to have been given to my mother by one of my grandfather's nieces or nephews because they put "Uncle Laurence" on the back. My grandfather was stationed at Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan and Miriam of "Ancestories: The Stories of My Ancestors" has a great article on Camp Custer with links to more information. (See her 2007 blog post here:  Basic Training at Camp Custer). My grandparents named their firstborn Lela "Custer" Runyan after this camp.

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Charles Walter "Uncle Bud" Melvin: Navy - World War I

~Charles W. Melvin 1896 - 1974~

Son of Mike R. Melvin and Edna Metcalf

Top: William Moore (married Bud's sister Ruth Bell)

Bottom left: Tom Kelly, right: Bud Melvin

Circa 1914

WWI Registration Card

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