This post is a bit removed from my immediately family tree, but still interesting. I am currently doing some study on the classical masters of horse training and as I was doing that research I stumbled into the name Harry Chamberlin as the person who brought the US Cavalry up to its peak in theContinue reading “Brigadier General – Harry Dwight Chamberlin – Olympic Gold!”
Category Archives: World War I
Published Genealogy Stories
A big thank you to the Peoria County Genealogy Society for their Prairie Roots publication and their ideas for stories. Thanks to them I have now written and shared four different stories. I believe they have all been told via this blog in some fashion, but it doesn’t hurt to put them all in oneContinue reading “Published Genealogy Stories”
Otto Mauser WWI Service
One of the fun things that has been uncovered in our family history search is the WWI Footlocker from Otto Mauser. Otto is the brother of my Great Grandfather Ben Mauser. This footlocker was really a treasure of information. It included Otto’s full uniform and most of the supplies and literature he received during hisContinue reading “Otto Mauser WWI Service”
Walter Kallsen WWI Photo and Document Gallery
Walter Kallsen, my great grandfather on my paternal side, served the United States in WWI from Deuel County, Nebraska. What do we know about Walter and his service? I have a copy of his discharge papers from the Veterans Service Office in Deuel County, Nebraska that I was asked not to duplicate, but that combinedContinue reading “Walter Kallsen WWI Photo and Document Gallery”
Cory and Nicole Family History 