Comments regarding Private Delmar C. MORRIS

Information compiled from various sources.

Military related information:

Service Number -1976408

Company L

31 August 1918 Monthly Roster: Sick-in-Hospital.

1919: Enroute to USA: Convalescent Det #236 Brest.

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 4 Oct 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred to 132nd INF per SO#108 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 20 Apr 1918. Assigned to Co L, 132nd INF per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO) 23 Apr 1918. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital.



WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
 

Return to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Delmar C. Morris
Departure Date: 7 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France

Arrival Date: 16 May 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Anna Illinois
Mother: Belle Morris
Ship: PLATTSBURG
Military Unit: L 132 INF
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1976408
Notes: CONVALESCENT DETACHMENT NO. 236 BREST

Walking patients requiring no dressing.

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Post War Occupations / Bio:

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Delmar C Morris
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Anna, Union, Illinois
Street: Tennessee St
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Name: Belle Morris
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Lineman
Industry: Light Plant

Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Belle Morris 52
William F Morris 26
Delmar C Morris 24
Luther E Morris 21
Daniel D Morris 19
Corlis Morris 16
Eva L Morris 11

Post War Known Addresses:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

 

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Name: Delmar Clatus Morris
Birth Date: 26 May 1895
Birth Place: Anna, Ill
Death Date: 28 Jul 1929
Death Place: Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois

Burial Date: 30 Jul 1929
Burial Place: Anna, Union, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Anna
Death Age: 34
Occupation: Cook
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Du Quoin, Perry, Ill.
Father Name: Daniel E. Morris
Father Birth Place: Frankfort, Kentucky
Mother Name: Belle Anderson
Mother Birth Place: Golconda, Ill.
FHL Film Number: 1643318

Find A Grave:
Delmar C. "Liquor Dick" Morris and his brother, Daniel Delbert Morris, were shot and killed Sunday (21 Jul 1929) in a brawl at a bootlegging joint on South Madison Street in Duquoin, Perry County, operated by Dan Gulley, and were buried in Anna Cemetery. Their funeral was at First Baptist Church. Dick had been in Duquoin five years, working as a cook and was keeping company with Gulley's daughter, Lelia Gulley. The two men were there with Jake Morris and Sonny Johnston when a fight broke out. Gulley was also shot and his daughter beaten. They were sons of the late Tip Morris, of Anna. They left their mother, four brothers, George Morris, Will Morris, Jake Morris, and Luther Morris; and one sister, Eva Morris, all of East High Street, Anna.
Obituaries and Death Notices in the Jonesboro Gazette
1929 - Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois
Transcribed by Darrel Dexter

Miscellaneous:

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