Killed In Action
An official notice was received by Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith this Thursday morning from Washington, D.C. which read "Deeply regret to inform you that Bugler Jacob L. Smith of the Infantry is officially reported as killed in action, September 22nd."
This terrible war is fast coming home to the hearts of the people of this community but Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith may be proud of him that he made the sacrifice bravely He is the first boy of this city to be killed in action. A member of the 89th Division, 353rd regiment, he was called to Camp Funston on April 26th for short training and was sent across very soon and had been in fighting line for some time. His parents received a letter only yesterday which was written Sept. 3rd and marked "Delayed".
Jake Smith was born and raised in this community and finished the Cawker City high school, later taking a business course at the college at Lawrence, Kans He taught one term of school He was employed in the H.B. Mayer grocery store until he was called and everyone always found him efficient and courteous. The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community and their scores of friends will await farther particulars of his death.
Notes for Jacob L. Smith:
Cawker City Public Record
7 Nov 1918
A copy of the obituary & additional family information is available at the North Central Kansas Genealogical Society, Cawker City, KS , [email protected]
An official notice was received by Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith this Thursday morning from Washington, D.C. which read "Deeply regret to inform you that Bugler Jacob L. Smith of the Infantry is officially reported as killed in action, September 22nd."
This terrible war is fast coming home to the hearts of the people of this community but Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith may be proud of him that he made the sacrifice bravely He is the first boy of this city to be killed in action. A member of the 89th Division, 353rd regiment, he was called to Camp Funston on April 26th for short training and was sent across very soon and had been in fighting line for some time. His parents received a letter only yesterday which was written Sept. 3rd and marked "Delayed".
Jake Smith was born and raised in this community and finished the Cawker City high school, later taking a business course at the college at Lawrence, Kans He taught one term of school He was employed in the H.B. Mayer grocery store until he was called and everyone always found him efficient and courteous. The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community and their scores of friends will await farther particulars of his death.
Notes for Jacob L. Smith:
Cawker City Public Record
7 Nov 1918
A copy of the obituary & additional family information is available at the North Central Kansas Genealogical Society, Cawker City, KS , [email protected]
Killed In Action
An official notice was received by Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith this Thursday morning from Washington, D.C. which read "Deeply regret to inform you that Bugler Jacob L. Smith of the Infantry is officially reported as killed in action, September 22nd."
This terrible war is fast coming home to the hearts of the people of this community but Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith may be proud of him that he made the sacrifice bravely He is the first boy of this city to be killed in action. A member of the 89th Division, 353rd regiment, he was called to Camp Funston on April 26th for short training and was sent across very soon and had been in fighting line for some time. His parents received a letter only yesterday which was written Sept. 3rd and marked "Delayed".
Jake Smith was born and raised in this community and finished the Cawker City high school, later taking a business course at the college at Lawrence, Kans He taught one term of school He was employed in the H.B. Mayer grocery store until he was called and everyone always found him efficient and courteous. The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community and their scores of friends will await farther particulars of his death.
Notes for Jacob L. Smith:
Cawker City Public Record
7 Nov 1918
A copy of the obituary & additional family information is available at the North Central Kansas Genealogical Society, Cawker City, KS , [email protected]
An official notice was received by Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith this Thursday morning from Washington, D.C. which read "Deeply regret to inform you that Bugler Jacob L. Smith of the Infantry is officially reported as killed in action, September 22nd."
This terrible war is fast coming home to the hearts of the people of this community but Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith may be proud of him that he made the sacrifice bravely He is the first boy of this city to be killed in action. A member of the 89th Division, 353rd regiment, he was called to Camp Funston on April 26th for short training and was sent across very soon and had been in fighting line for some time. His parents received a letter only yesterday which was written Sept. 3rd and marked "Delayed".
Jake Smith was born and raised in this community and finished the Cawker City high school, later taking a business course at the college at Lawrence, Kans He taught one term of school He was employed in the H.B. Mayer grocery store until he was called and everyone always found him efficient and courteous. The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community and their scores of friends will await farther particulars of his death.
Notes for Jacob L. Smith:
Cawker City Public Record
7 Nov 1918
A copy of the obituary & additional family information is available at the North Central Kansas Genealogical Society, Cawker City, KS , [email protected]
Inscription
CO G 353 INF 89 DIV
BGLR / CO G 353 INF 89 DIV / 34 CO 164 DEP BRIG.
Gravesite Details
according to St Peter & Paul Cemetery records, this burial was moved from the original St Peter & Paul cemetery south of Cawker City, KS to the current location north of Cawker City due to Waconda Lake & Glen Elder Dam being built
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