Cecil Orr BRITTON[1]
1896 - 1918 (22 years)
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Name Cecil Orr BRITTON Born 20 Jan 1896 Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 
[2, 3] Gender Male Military Sgt, US Army, 305th Trench Mortar Btry, 80th Inf Div, WW I (KIA) [4, 5, 6] Census 1900 Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV - In household of paternal grandparents. His father was not present, as he had remarried in 1899 and was enumerated in Ritchie County with his new wife.
Census 1910 Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation installer for telephone company in New Castle Pa [7] Residence Harrison Co, WV [8] Residence 1917 New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA [7] Died 11 Oct 1918 France [3, 4, 8] Buried Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, near Verdun, France [6, 9] - "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries through 1993" reports a marker for him also at the Harrisville IOOF Cemetery.
Notes - News article, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Sep 12 1918, in its entirety:
SGT. CECIL BRITTON WRITES FROM FRANCE
Camp de Meucon, A. E. F.
Aug. 23, 1918
Dear Aunt:
I am well and getting along fine. At present I am working in the office of Camp Hospital No. 31. But do not think I will be here very long, so when you write do not change my address.
When you are through with "The Doddridge County Republican," please mail it to me.
We are having some real nice weather. The days are very warm, but the nights are cool.
I will close with best wishes.
From,
Cecil Britton.
Sgt. Britton's address is 305 T. M. Battery, American E. F., via New York.
Person ID I11222 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 14 Jul 2016
Father Daniel Webster BRITTON, b. 11 Jun 1867, Doddridge Co, WV , d. Feb 1911 (Age 43 years) Mother Sarah Charlotte WADE, b. 13 Feb 1872, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 30 Jan 1896, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 23 years) Family ID F4035 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 20 Jan 1896 - Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 
Residence - 1917 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 
Buried - - Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, near Verdun, France = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
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Sources - [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).
- [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
- [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).
- [S2582] West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html), http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=1259.
- [S2590] American Battle Monuments Commission, (http://www.abmc.gov).
- [S2585] WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings [database online], (Ancestry.com and American Battle Monuments Commission).
- [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).
- [S1727] Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 5/30/2004.
- [S2590] American Battle Monuments Commission, (http://www.abmc.gov), Plot A Row 25 Grave 30.
- [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).
