The Spanish-American War (1898) - Version A

THE GEORGE S. ROBB

GENERAL SOURCES UTILIZED

THE SPANISHAMERICAN WAR (1898)

CENTRE FOR THE STUDY IN THIS COLLECTION OF THE GREAT WAR Adjutant General of the U. S.. 1798-1914. Register of Enlistments in

the

U.S.

Army.

Washington,

D.C.:

National

Archives

and

AT PARK UNIVERSITY

Records Administration.

Captain J.N. Coe (no date), 20th Regiment of Infantry. accessed Nov. 30, 2020.

Department of Veterans Affairs. 1960. Veterans Administration Master

Index.

St.

Louis,

National

Archives

and

Records

Administration..

Library of Congress Hispanic Division. 2011. The World of 1898:

McSherry

(no

date).

The

members of George Seanor Robb (1887-1972), a 1912 Park graduate, World War I veteran, and Medal of

The Spanish-American War. accessed Nov. 30, 2020.

Patrick

The Robb Centre was founded in 2005 by family

Spanish-American

War

Honor recipient. Robb, a white officer, served in the

Centennial Website. accessed Nov. 30, 2020.

369th

Office of the Adjutant General. 1898. State of Missouri Spanish-

segregated regiment composed of African-American

American War Muster Roll. Jefferson City, Mo., Secretary of State.

troops.

Office

Heart,

of

the

Quartermaster

General.

1960.

Applications

for

Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1970. Washington, D.C. , National Archives, Records of the Adjutant General's Office.

1898.

General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who

Served

During

the

War

with

Spain.

Washington,

(Harlem

Hellfighters)

National

la

Legion

d'

Honneur

Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italy) and Order of Prince Danilo I (Montenegro).

Contact: gsrcentre@park.edu (816) 584-6890

D.C.,

de

(France), Croix de Guerre with Bronze Palm (France),

the

Washington,

a

His valorous service earned him the Purple Ordre

Provo: Ancestry.com. U. S. Census Bureau. 1900. 12th Census of States.

Regiment,

D.C.,

National Archives and Records Administration.

United

Infantry

National

Archives

and

Records Administration.

U.

S.

Social

Security

Administration.

1963.

Social

Security

Applications and Claims. Provo: Ancestry.com.Various, hosted by the Library of Congress, 1914-1918. Declarations of War from

THE FRANCES FISHBURN

Around the World, accessed Nov. 30, 2020.

ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

The

Fishburn

Archives

preserves,

protects

and

provides information services related to Park College (1875-2000), Park University (2000 to present), the City of Parkville, Mo., (1844 to present), and the County of Platte, Mo., (1838 to present).

Contact: archives@park.edu (816) 584-6891

Park University's Collection of Student and Alumni Veterans

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

PARK UNIVERSITY'S STUDENTS AND ALUMNI

THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

The

Spanish-American

War

was

a

conflict

The names of Park University students and

involving the United States, Spain, Cuba, Puerto

alumni

Rico

that

served

during

the

Spanish-

and

the

Philippines.

Revolving

Spanish colonial rule in the Western Hemisphere

publications of The Stylus (Park's student

and the governments of Cuba, Puerto Rico and

newspaper; Volume 7, 1901-02) as well as

the Philippines, war was declared on Spain on

various volumes of the Narva yearbook.

April 25, 1898.

Surviving

War

were

personnel

collected

files

held

in

(Unknown)

around

from

American

BERT BARKHURST

Barkhurst

American support of revolutionaries in Cuba and

U.S. Army.

and

Spain prompted intervention. The war ended on

biographical

August

determine.

genealogical

expertise

of

researchers

the in

13,

1898,

and

established

the

from

Archives

Special

with

independence

United

Park's George S. Robb Centre for the Study

States Military Government of Cuba.

of

acquired Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam

D. BYBEE

from the Spanish.

(Unknown)

the

Great

information,

War,

finalized

service

biographical

information

and

or

Park

is

unknown.

Lack

of

information from files held in the Fishburn

the

along

demanding

Academy

His birth/death information and

location

University's Frances Fishburn Archives and Collections,

Philippines

Park

College in the early 1900s and served in the

burial the

attended

public

record

information

have

made

impossible

to

The U. S.

sketches on each servicemember.

Bybee attended Park Academy in 1900 and Photos,

documents

personnel provided

files

or

and

assistance

letters in

with

held

the

served in the U. S. Army. His birth/death

records

information and burial location is unknown.

narratives

Lack of information from files held in the

public the

in

authored in this collection.

Fishburn

Archives

and

public

record

have

made biographical information impossible to Digital

editions

of

the

Narva

can

be

determine.

accessed at: library.park.edu/home/archives.

HOMER DERR (Unknown)

Derr attended Park Academy or Park College in the early 1900s and served in the U.S. Army.

His birth/death information and burial

location is unknown.

Lack of information

from files held in the Fishburn Archives and public

record

have

made

biographical

information impossible to determine.

FRANK R HART

in South Dakota until the early 1930s before

They continued to live in Benton County, Ark.,

(1878-Unknown)

moving

until Law's death from heart disease. Law is

to

remaining Hart was born in Iowa in 1878 and attended Park College

in

1900,

but

it

is

unknown

if

he

San

Diego,

there

until

Calif.,

both

of

in

their

1935, deaths.

Lamme is buried at Fort Rosencrans National Cemetery in San Diego.

CHARLES MORRIS PIPKIN

graduated. Hart served in the U, S. Army. His death information and burial location is unknown.

ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON LAW

Lack

(June 30, 1875-Oct. 6, 1960)

of

information

from

files

held

in

the

buried in Bentonville Cemetery.

(Nov. 14, 1875-Dec. 8, 1941)

Fishburn Archives and public record have made late-life biographical information impossible to determine.

Law was born in Fountain Green, Ill., to Robert

Pipkin was born in Jameson, Mo.,, to Charles

ROBERT JOHNSTON LAMME

Isaac

Morris

(July 6, 1876-Sept. 14, 1965)

1885) Law, the oldest of six children. Raised in

Garrett (1851-1939) Pipkin, the second of five

Hancock County, Ill., Law enlisted in the U. S.

children. Pipkin was accepted into Park College

Army on June 14, 1898, serving in Company B,

in 1897, but left midway to begin his service,

3rd

enlisting in the U. S. Army on June 14, 1898.

Lamme was born in El Paso, Ill., to David (18401882) and Jennie Adams (1844-1887. Lamme, the fourth of six children. Lamme and his siblings (ages 7-15) were orphaned with the death of their parents. Lamme lived for a time with Jamison Graham (1857-1938), a homesteader most likely connected

through

the

Presbyterian

Church.

Lamme enlisted in the U. S. Army on May 10, 1898, serving as a corporal in Company I, 20th U.S.

Infantry,

regimentally

stationed

at

Camp

Poplar River, Mont. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 16, 1898. Sometime between 1899 and 1901, Lamme attended Park College, but it is unknown if he graduated. He married Mabelle Vankirk

(1879-1954)

on

March

27,

1902,

in

Grant, Ind., soon moving to South Dakota, where he established

a dentistry practice.

The couple

had two sons, Charles Wendell (1904-85) and Robert

Benedict

(1908-34), and

resided

(1845-1927)

Infantry

and

Alice

Regiment

Walker

of

the

(1844-

Missouri

Volunteer Infantry until his honorable discharge

He

as

Sr.

served

(1847-1923)

in

and

Company

Mary

B,

3rd

Frances

Infantry

his

Regiment of the Missouri Volunteer Infantry

from

until his honorable discharge as a private on

1899-1902, becoming a member of the Lowell

November 7, 1898. He returned to complete his

Literary Club, serving as its secretary in 1901

bachelor's degree,

the

Lowell Literary Club, a member of the baseball

a

private

discharge,

on

Law

Oratorical

Nov.

7,

attended

Club,

1898.

Park

the

After

College

College

Military

Department (an early version of World War I’s

and became president of the

team, Philosophical

Club,

the

College

Student Army Training Corps) and the Narva

Military Department, the Narva editing team,

yearbook editing team, serving as its assistant

serving as business manager in 1901 and an

business

actor in several class plays.

Law

manager

lived for

in

1901.

a time

After

graduating,

in Tatitlek Village,

Mary

Katherine

White

Pipkin married

(1881-1971),

a

Park

Alaska, an Alutiiq populated region along the

classmate, on Dec. 12, 1901, in Kansas City,

southern coast of the state.

Mo.

By 1911, Law had

The couple remained in Kansas City and

moved to Bentonville, Ark., where he met and

had four children, Francis Garrett (1904-81),

married

Katherine

Minnie

became a farmer.

Searcy

(1893-1985)

and

The couple had had four

Jane

(1906-83),

Elizabeth

Georgia

(1909-unknown) and Charles Morris III (1915-

children, Robert Archibald, Jr. (1912-72), Louis

98).

Edward

City Star, retiring in 1940. He was involved

(1919-2012),

Alice

Kathryn

2002) and Fredrick Duncan (1924-2011).

(1920-

Pipkin became an editor at The Kansas

a streetcar

accident on

Sept 20,

in

1940, and died of his injuries just over a year

as a civilian aid to the YMCA.

later. He is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery

New Orleans, La., in the 1920s working as a

concerns, he soon found himself in and out of

in Kansas City, Mo.

school

the hospital over the next 20 years, either as a

teacher

W.Va., H. SLOAN (Unknown)

Sloan attended Park College briefly and was scheduled

to

graduate

complete his degree.

Army.

in

1902,

but

did

not

He served in the U.S.

His birth/death information and burial

location is unknown. Lack of information from files held in the Fishburn Archives and public record

have

made

biographical

information

in

the

until

moving

early

1930s

Steele lived in

to

Leadsville,

where

he

was

Calif.

Initially

staying

due

to

minor

health

patient or assistant in several of the facilities on

employed with the West Virginia Division of

the property.

Forestry.

divorced soon afterwards; he never remarried or

By

1940,

Steele

was

retired

and

living in Leadsville, as well as spending time in

had

Boulder, Colo.

County,

Steele

died

at

his

home

Elkins, W.Va., outliving all of his siblings. never married and had no children.

in He

Woodard married in 1923, but

children.

Woodard

Calif.,

is

died

buried

in

in

San

Mateo

Golden

Gate

National Cemetery in San Bruno, Calif.

Steele is

buried in Little Arlington Cemetery in Elkins.

RESEARCHING VETERANS OF THIS

HARLIN JAMES WOODARD

ERA

(Dec. 1, 1876-Dec. 25, 1945)

impossible to determine.

The periods of service between the Civil War and World War I are often the most difficult to track, especially when

HORACE EATON STEELE (Oct. 10, 1878-Dec. 25, 1970)

unexpected Mina

children.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 27, 1898, serving in Company B, 3rd Infantry Regiment of

the

Missouri

Volunteer

Infantry

until

his

honorable discharge as a private on Nov. 7, 1898. graduating

Steele in

attended 1901,

Park

then

Academy,

attended

University of Kansas, graduating in 1911.

the He

was a teacher in a public school in Conway, Ark., until World War I when he went to France

to

a

state-level

American-Indian

married

(1832-96) Steele, the youngest of five children.

attached

(1853-1900) and Susan Matilda James (1855-

mother's

Scott (1833-1916) and Louisa Adele Blakely

are

militia over a national branch. Conflicts such as the

81) Woodard, the couple's only child.

Steele was born in Lawrence, Kan., to Lewis

servicemembers

Woodard was born in Pittsburg, Kan., to Orson

Davis

death, in

After his

Woodard's

1884

and

father

had

Spanish-American

War,

conflict period, but minimal in American interest and national mobilization.

two

Woodard enlisted in the U.S. Army

Finding information freely available to the public is

on April 30, 1898, in Fort Scott, Kan., serving

extremely

in Company F, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry

generation;

until his honorable discharge as a sergeant on Aug. 20, 1899.

Wars,

Philippine or China Insurrections were not just brief in

At the time of his father's death

limited

in

reference

however,

select

to

veterans

collections

Department of Veterans Administration General's

Office

within

the

National

Archives

starting

base,

where

Parchevard

regardless of conflict. Outside of national collections,

Oratorical

certain states have extensive online records accessible

Literary

a

Society,

Association,

and

member

of

secretary member

the

of of

the

the

College

Military Department. After graduating in 1903, Woodard became a real estate broker in Las

for

free;

individual

Missouri, service

confirming

in

and

in 1900, Woodard was a student at Park College was

helpful

the

and Adjutant

Administration including

be

any

Record

he

can

of

from

creating

military

for

example,

has

cards,

muster

rolls,

a

database

and

a

service,

of

statistical

reports regarding servicemembers from the War of 1812 to World War I. Genealogical databases are the best

Vegas, Nev., where he lived until the early

places to begin research, especially if you are unsure of

1920s.

the veteran's basic biographical information.

In 1923, Woodard was admitted into

Sawtelle Veterans

Hospital

in Los Angeles,