Husband: Edwin Loran Brinton
Born: Aug-20-1923 in Philadelphia, PA 1,2 Died: Dec-14-2007 2 Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Mogadore, Summit Co, OH 3 Resided: 1958 in Mogadore, Summit Co, OH 1 Military: Mar-15-1943 - Sep-15-1945 Cpl/Tec5, Surgical Technician, Medical Corps, US Army, World War II 4,1 Father: Edwin Kirk Brinton (1877 - 1945) Mother: May Eva Conrad (1884 - 1927)
Wife: Elizabeth Cowman 5
Also known as: Lydia Elizabeth Cowman 1,6
Married: Nov-21-1945 1
Born: Jul-14-1916 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,8,2
Died: Jul-28-1993 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 8,2
Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Mogadore, Summit Co, OH 7
Resided: in Mogadore, Summit Co, OH 9,1
Census: 1940 in Washington, DC (see note 1)
Census: 1920, 1930 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 10,11
Occupation: Registered Nurse 8
Education: Doddridge Co HS, Capitol City School of Nursing, Washington DC (1937) 7
Military: Apr- 1-1942 - Jan- 6-1946 1st Lt, US Army Nurse Corps, 42nd Gen Hosp, World War II 1,7 (see note 2)
Father: Phillip Sherdeain Cowman (1883 - 1944)
Mother: Maud Edna Shuman (1892 - 1975)
Sources: (1) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Membership No. 84002. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Military Grave Marker. (5) Obituary of wife's sister. (6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) Obituary. (8) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Florida before 1951. (10) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (11) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). Event Notes Note (1) Listed as Elizabeth Cowman, 23, single, 4 yrs high school, Registered Nurse, one of many "lodgers" at the National Homeopathic Hospital, c/o 2nd & M St NW. Birthplace incorrectly entered as Distric of Columbia. Note (2) Prior to World War II, Elizabeth Cowman was a nurse with the American Red Cross. In April 1942, she became the first nurse from Doddridge County to volunteer for the Army Nurse Corps. She served in Australia and the Philippines as a First Lieutenant with the 42nd General Hospital, and was discharged with honor in January 1946. Awards: AP Theater Ribbon, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, four O/S Service Bars. Her Class A uniform was donated to the Doddridge County Historical Society's museum, where it is on prominent display. Sources: Obituary, article in West Union Herald (4/2/1942), and military discharge record (WD AGP Form 53-98). The 42nd General Hospital in World War II - http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8538399 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8538400