Memorials to Harvey County Heroes
Carl D. Johnson
Sergeant Carl D. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson of Newton, gave his life while grimly hholding on in the face of an attacking enemy in the front line trenches near Lovline, France, on June 29, 1918. Carl D. Johnson Killed In France. First Harvey County Soldier...
Joseph P. Trego, Jr.
Joseph P. Trego, Jr. was born in 1893, the son of Joseph P. Sr & Jennie C Trego. He died June 16, 1918 in England, after contracting an illness while traveling on a troop ship. He is buried in Halstead Cemetery, Halstead, Kansas. Joseph's HCGS Memorial Tribute...
Wayne Glen Austin
Wayne G. Austin, son of Mrs. Mary Austin of Burrton, Kansas, was born in Burrton July 17, 1897. He lived in Kansas all his life, the greater part in Burrton, until enlisting in the United States Marine, was trained at Port Royal barracks, South Carolina. He left for...
William M. Savage
William Savage was born in 1893 and died in WWI in 1918. But one home in Harvey county was bereft of 2 sons during the war. Mrs. M.S. Savage, a widowed mother, gave up her second eldest son, Private Melvin Savage, and her youngest son, Seaman William Savage. But 15...
Robert Elmer McConnell
Private Elmer McConnell was born at Washington, Iowa, August 16, 1881. He died at Sabetha, Kansas, May 23, 1918 while on a furlough visiting relatives there. He entered the service in the Quartermaster's Corps in Newton in November, 1917, and was stationed at...
David L. Hanselman
David L. Hanselman was born June 7, 1889, the son of Frankie M. Hanselman. David died in 1918, an Army Private stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas. David is buried in Star Cemetery, Burrton, Kansas. David Hanselman Dead. David Hanselman, a former resident of Burrton,...
MacArthur B. Brush
The first solider to die in World War I from Harvey county was Private MacArthur B. Brush, 354th Infantry,son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen & Nellie (MacArthur) Brush of Newton, was born at Walton, Kansas, July 24,1891. He graduated from the Newton high school in...
Leo Elmer Shepherd
Seaman Leo Elmer Shepherd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Shepherd, of Richland township, Harvey county, was reared on the home farm. He enlisted for service in the Navy and was in training at Great Lakes Training Station when he contracted pneumonia, and died on...
James Shea
Private James Shea enlisted in Co. K, 139th Infantry, in Newton, under Capt. Howard M. Randall, in the spring of 1917, as company cook. He had made his home here but a few years, and was quite well known and well respected. While the company was in training at Camp...
Max Reynolds
Seaman Max Reynolds was born and raised in Newton, and was the son of James W. Reynolds, of East Second Street. He was serving in the United States Navy on board the steamship Minnesota as cook when he was stricken with Cerebro Spinal Fever, and removed to the United...
