Uncle John and Aunt Marie

This is my mother's oldest brother, John Goldsmith Cornwell. He was born 2 Jan 1892 in Wichita Kansas. His parents were Chales B. Cornwell and Sarah Allen Cornwell. He was 20 years old when my mother, Alice, was born in 1912.

This is Uncle John in his army uniform.

Uncle John served in World War I. He was stationed at a Fort Columbia (on the Washington side) at the headwaters of the Columbia River. I remember going there with him, my folks, Dolph and Aunt Marie when Dolph and I were first married. In the Family Bible it says that he served 16 months in the Army and went to France on October 4, 1917.