Barber County Kansas |
Draft Registration card: Willis G. Nixon of Medicine Lodge,
Barber County, Kansas.
United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.
Also see:
MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE: Clark Reeves and Willis Nixon
First Barber County Boys to Fall on Field of Battle.
Barber County Index, October 16, 1918.Soldier's Letter: Chester Hagerman, dated 10 Sept 1918
Barber County Index, October 23, 1918. -- "I guess poor Shorty Nixon was killed from all we can hear about him."News of Our Men & Women in Uniform, WWI
The Boys Are Writing: William Mader, Chester Hagerman, Milton Case & L.H. Sommer
Barber County Index, October __, 1918.Harry B. NIXON, U.S. Army, brother of Willis Nixon.
Surnames: Nixon.Capt. Jesse NIXON, U.S. Army
Surnames: Nixon.World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - List of 2,198 men who registered for the draft in Barber County, Kansas.
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