Dorsey Otis WARNER
1889 - 1918 (29 years)
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Name Dorsey Otis WARNER Born 1 Apr 1889 Market, Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Military Pvt, U.S. Army, Co C, 319th Inf, World War I (KIA) [2, 4] - Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, May 16 1918, in part:
"Miss Ida J. Warner spent a few days last week at Camp Lee, Va., visiting her brother Dorsey O. Warner and reports seeing the following young men from our county who all appeared in good health and find spirits: Sam Weekley of Shirley, Mitchell Snider, Bruce Bland, Frank Duckworth, Clyde Spencer, Ernest Ford, ...." (remainder illegible)
On May 17, 1918, Dorsey and his fellow soldiers in Co C, 319th Infantry, 80th Division, set sail for Europe from Newport News aboard the U.S.S. Madawaska.
Census 1910 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation 1910 [5] store clerk Occupation 1917 [1, 6] Doddridge County Constable Residence 1917 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 1 Aug 1918 France [2, 3] Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [2, 7] Person ID I64418 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 26 Jun 2018
Father Alvin M. WARNER, b. 4 Jul 1848, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) , d. 3 Nov 1916, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 68 years) Mother Prudence Lavina JOHNSON, b. 21 Sep 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 12 Nov 1901 (Age 50 years) Family ID F17726 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, May 16 1918, in part:
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Born - 1 Apr 1889 - Market, Doddridge Co, WV 
Census - 1910 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Residence - 1917 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 
Buried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV = Link to Google Earth
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64418_DorseyOWarner_USArmy_WWOne.jpg 64418_WARNER_DorseyOtis_1889-1918_IOOF-BlockhouseHillCem_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg 64418_DorseyOWarner_USArmy_WWOne_Labeled.jpg
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Sources - [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).
- [S2582] West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html).
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S5] Headstone.
- [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
- [S691] West Union Herald, 1/18/1917.
- [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).
- [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).
