William Webster Throckmorton - son of Thomas Morford Throckmorton & Anne Webster

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.4.17

Description

William Webster Throckmorton - son of Thomas Morford Throckmorton & Anne Webster. William was a member of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division during World War I. He was wounded in action 29 July 1918 in Cierges, Picardie, France. While hospitalized for wounds, William was exposed to the influenza epidemic and ultimately died 18 September 1918 in Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France, from lobar pneumonia, a complication of the flu.

Collection

Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1917

Lexicon

Search Terms

Military, Rain Day Boys, Throckmorton family, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K., Veterans--World War I

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CGSP_AN001_0013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Throckmorton, William Webster [1897-1918]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Nancy Laureanne (Throckmorton) Meighen Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The Nancy Laureanne (Throckmorton) Meighen Series photographs were passed from Thomas Morford Throckmorton [1858-1925] and his wife, Anna Webster [1867-1932], to their daughter, Nancy Laureanne Throckmorton [1899-1994], and her husband, Charles Patrick Meighen [1895-1980], to Mrs. Clara Meighen who donated the photographs to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370) in 2004. Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007. Source Citation: William Webster Throckmorton - son of Thomas Morford Throckmorton & Anne Webster, item no. CGSP_AN001_0013, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).