Name/Title
Bill Throckmorton, (Camp Merritt, NJ) to Thomas Morford Throckmorton and family, letter, 30 April 1918Entry/Object ID
2009.4.21Scope and Content
Bill Throckmorton, (Camp Merritt, NJ) to Thomas Morford Throckmorton and family, letter, 30 April 1918; Nancy Laureanne (Throckmorton) Meighen Collection, held by Cornerstone Genealogical Society (CGS), Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 2004. Bill wrote this letter to his family in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, while he was at military training prior to being sent to Europe during World War I.
Bill was a member of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division. He was wounded in action 29 July 1918 in Cierges, Picardie, France. While hospitalized for wounds, Bill 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.
Transcribed by Candice Buchanan.
"Camp Merritt, N.J.
April 30 1918.
Dear Father, I just had Capt. Shidler to examine me. He didn't have [hard to read] and only made one copy, so you will have to have Mr. Woodruff to use it for both. Give Mr. Woodruff my best regards and tell him that I hope him a successful year.
Dear Bro, If we don't meet for a long time take this advice from Bill. Be true to your dear Father and Mother, and Alfred stick to them thick and thin. Don't be a slacker get all the military knowledge that you can but stay at home until 'the dear old flag' calls you. With love from from your Bro, 'Bill'
Dear Sister, I know not what to say to you as I think more of you than I can express be a real good girl and I know that you will be just as true and as pretty and sweet as ever when I get back With love and goodby 'Bill'
Dear Mother: Don't cry and worry always wear a smile and look for the day when we meet again. Don't worry it will soon be over and I'll be back to you. God be with us till we meet again. Your son, 'Bill'
Don't tell anyone out side that we have left. Dad when you receive this I will be on my way to somewhere to do our bit in the gigantic struggle. I will write to you as soon I arrive over there May you all live in happiness and success until we come back to you. We will do our duty like true americans and I know
that Greene Co. will be proud of us and appreciate our services. Give all my friends my regards.
With love and trueness to all I remain your son,
Bill"Collection
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Letters (Correspondence), Military, Rain Day Boys, Throckmorton family, Veterans--World War I, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K.Archive Details
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Apr 30, 1918Other Names and Numbers
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Other Number: CGSP-AN001-DOCU-0001Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Throckmorton, Alfred M. [1901-1919]Person or Organization
Throckmorton, Nancy Laureanne [1899-1994]Person or Organization
Throckmorton, Thomas Morford [1858-1925]Person or Organization
Throckmorton, William Webster [1897-1918]Person or Organization
Webster, Anna [1867-1932]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Nancy Laureanne (Throckmorton) Meighen Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society CollectionAcquisition Method
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The Nancy Laureanne (Throckmorton) Meighen Series was 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: Bill Throckmorton, (Camp Merritt, NJ) to Thomas Morford Throckmorton and family, letter, 30 April 1918, item no. CGSP-AN001-DOCU-0001, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).