Military Legacy Of Lawrence County, Kentucky And Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND BEYOND

GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY

Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons

Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917 - 2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917 - 1944),

who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,

and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.

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LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES

REMEMBER AND NAME, A - Z

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WORLD WAR I

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WILLIAMSON

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WILLIAMSON, JOHN E. (1892-1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: May 1892, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Susan Salmons and Solomon Williamson.
GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Ann Castle and Oliver Salmons. GRANDPARENTS: Evaline Permelia Evans and William Williamson.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Susan Hardwick and Thomas Salmons, Union Army, Civil War. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Elizabeth Jackson and Alden Williamson I, American Revolutionary War.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Edna Osborne, first wife and Rowland Salmons II.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U. S. Army, World War I.
DATE OF DEATH: 9 October 1918, Killed In Action, World War I.
STATUS: Killed In Action, World War I.
CEMETERY: Meuse – Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. My Begetters The Salmons, Volume I by Ruth Sammons Nasser, copyright 1986. Soldiers Of The Great War, copyright 1920. World War I Honor Roll. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings.
NOTE: I placed my husband's third cousin, John E. Williamson on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WORLD WAR II

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SAMMONS

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SONS OF FARABELL "FAIRY BELL" MOORE AND JAMES SAMUEL SAMMONS:
ARGUS LINSEY SAMMONS. CHARLES CARLOS SAMMONS. GARLAND SAMMONS.

SAMMONS, ARGUS LINSEY (1923-1992), UNITED STATES ARMY, WORLD WAR II
HOMETOWN: Clifford, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Huntington, West Virginia. Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 November 1923, Clifford, Lawrence County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Farabell “Fairy Bell” Moore and James Samuel Sammons.
GRANDPARENTS: Rachel Elizabeth Hammonds and Jeremiah J. Sammons.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Cox and Rowland Salmons.
SPOUSE: Miranda Perry, second wife, married in 1984. Divorced first wife in October 1982.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 23 August 1943. DISCHARGE DATE: 20 January 1946.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: United States Army, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 November 1992.
SOURCES: Census. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death. U. S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index. Virginia Marriage Records. NOTE: I placed my husband's second-cousin-one-time-removed, Argus Linsey Sammons on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

SAMMONS, CHARLES CARLOS (1922-2011), UNITED STATES ARMY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Clifford, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Columbus, Ohio. Tennessee.
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 May 1922.
PARENTS: Farabell “Fairy Bell” Moore and James Samuel Sammons.
GRANDPARENTS: Rachel E. Hammonds and Jeremiah J. Sammons.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Cox and Rowland Salmons.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 20 October 1942 in Huntington, West Virginia.
DATE OF DEATH: 18 February 2011.
SOURCES: Census. U. S. Social Security Death Index. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records.
NOTE: I placed my husband's second-cousin-one-time-removed, Charles Carlos Sammons on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

SAMMONS, GARLAND (1918-1959), U. S. ARMY, PURPLE HEART, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Clifford, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Rockcastle, Lawrence County, Kentucky. Wayne County, West Virginia. Inez, Martin County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 August 1918, Lawrence County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Farabell “Fairy Bell” Moore and James Samuel Sammons (11 March 1881-29 January 1959).
GRANDPARENTS: Rachel E. Hammonds and Jeremiah J. Sammons.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Cox and Rowland Salmons.
SPOUSE: Nola Mae Hammond.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 15 September 1941 in Huntington, West Virginia.
DISCHARGE DATE: 20 July 1945.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35212235.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: HQ CO, 751st Tank Battalion, U. S. Army, World War II.
MEMBER OF UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA.
DATE OF DEATH: 1 May 1959, killed at work during a slate fall, Delbarton, West Virginia.
CEMETERY: Sammons Cemetery, Clifford, Lawrence County, Kentucky.
U. S. HEADSTONE APPLICATIONS FOR MILITARY VETERANS: 1959, signed by Nola M. Sammons. (spouse).
U. S. MEDAL: Purple Heart.
SOURCES: Big Sandy News, 1959 Obituaries. Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. Lawrence County, Kentucky Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc.; lckghs.com. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. NOTE: I placed my husband's second-cousin-one-time-removed, Garland Sammons on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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