THE GEORGE S. ROBB
GENERAL SOURCES UTILIZED
THE SPANISHAMERICAN WAR (1898)
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY IN THIS COLLECTION OF THE GREAT WAR Adjutant General of the U. S.. 1798-1914. Register of Enlistments in
the
U.S.
Army.
Washington,
D.C.:
National
Archives
and
AT PARK UNIVERSITY
Records Administration. Captain J.N. Coe (no date), 20th Regiment of Infantry. accessed Nov. 30, 2020. Department of Veterans Affairs. 1960. Veterans Administration Master
Index.
St.
Louis,
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration.. Library of Congress Hispanic Division. 2011. The World of 1898:
McSherry
(no
date).
The
members of George Seanor Robb (1887-1972), a 1912 Park graduate, World War I veteran, and Medal of
The Spanish-American War. accessed Nov. 30, 2020. Patrick
The Robb Centre was founded in 2005 by family
Spanish-American
War
Honor recipient. Robb, a white officer, served in the
Centennial Website. accessed Nov. 30, 2020.
369th
Office of the Adjutant General. 1898. State of Missouri Spanish-
segregated regiment composed of African-American
American War Muster Roll. Jefferson City, Mo., Secretary of State.
troops.
Office
Heart,
of
the
Quartermaster
General.
1960.
Applications
for
Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1970. Washington, D.C. , National Archives, Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1898. General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who
Served
During
the
War
with
Spain.
Washington,
(Harlem
Hellfighters)
National
la
Legion
d'
Honneur
Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italy) and Order of Prince Danilo I (Montenegro).
Contact: gsrcentre@park.edu (816) 584-6890
D.C.,
de
(France), Croix de Guerre with Bronze Palm (France),
the
Washington,
a
His valorous service earned him the Purple Ordre
Provo: Ancestry.com. U. S. Census Bureau. 1900. 12th Census of States.
Regiment,
D.C.,
National Archives and Records Administration.
United
Infantry
National
Archives
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Records Administration. U.
S.
Social
Security
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Social
Security
Applications and Claims. Provo: Ancestry.com.Various, hosted by the Library of Congress, 1914-1918. Declarations of War from
THE FRANCES FISHBURN
Around the World, accessed Nov. 30, 2020.
ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
The
Fishburn
Archives
preserves,
protects
and
provides information services related to Park College (1875-2000), Park University (2000 to present), the City of Parkville, Mo., (1844 to present), and the County of Platte, Mo., (1838 to present).
Contact: archives@park.edu (816) 584-6891
Park University's Collection of Student and Alumni Veterans
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
PARK UNIVERSITY'S STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
The
Spanish-American
War
was
a
conflict
The names of Park University students and
involving the United States, Spain, Cuba, Puerto
alumni
Rico
that
served
during
the
Spanish-
and
the
Philippines.
Revolving
Spanish colonial rule in the Western Hemisphere
publications of The Stylus (Park's student
and the governments of Cuba, Puerto Rico and
newspaper; Volume 7, 1901-02) as well as
the Philippines, war was declared on Spain on
various volumes of the Narva yearbook.
April 25, 1898.
Surviving
War
were
personnel
collected
files
held
in
(Unknown)
around
from
American
BERT BARKHURST
Barkhurst
American support of revolutionaries in Cuba and
U.S. Army.
and
Spain prompted intervention. The war ended on
biographical
August
determine.
genealogical
expertise
of
researchers
the in
13,
1898,
and
established
the
from
Archives
Special
with
independence
United
Park's George S. Robb Centre for the Study
States Military Government of Cuba.
of
acquired Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam
D. BYBEE
from the Spanish.
(Unknown)
the
Great
information,
War,
finalized
service
biographical
information
and
or
Park
is
unknown.
Lack
of
information from files held in the Fishburn
the
along
demanding
Academy
His birth/death information and
location
University's Frances Fishburn Archives and Collections,
Philippines
Park
College in the early 1900s and served in the
burial the
attended
public
record
information
have
made
impossible
to
The U. S.
sketches on each servicemember. Bybee attended Park Academy in 1900 and Photos,
documents
personnel provided
files
or
and
assistance
letters in
with
held
the
served in the U. S. Army. His birth/death
records
information and burial location is unknown.
narratives
Lack of information from files held in the
public the
in
authored in this collection.
Fishburn
Archives
and
public
record
have
made biographical information impossible to Digital
editions
of
the
Narva
can
be
determine.
accessed at: library.park.edu/home/archives. HOMER DERR (Unknown)
Derr attended Park Academy or Park College in the early 1900s and served in the U.S. Army.
His birth/death information and burial
location is unknown.
Lack of information
from files held in the Fishburn Archives and public
record
have
made
biographical
information impossible to determine.
FRANK R HART
in South Dakota until the early 1930s before
They continued to live in Benton County, Ark.,
(1878-Unknown)
moving
until Law's death from heart disease. Law is
to
remaining Hart was born in Iowa in 1878 and attended Park College
in
1900,
but
it
is
unknown
if
he
San
Diego,
there
until
Calif.,
both
of
in
their
1935, deaths.
Lamme is buried at Fort Rosencrans National Cemetery in San Diego. CHARLES MORRIS PIPKIN
graduated. Hart served in the U, S. Army. His death information and burial location is unknown.
ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON LAW
Lack
(June 30, 1875-Oct. 6, 1960)
of
information
from
files
held
in
the
buried in Bentonville Cemetery.
(Nov. 14, 1875-Dec. 8, 1941)
Fishburn Archives and public record have made late-life biographical information impossible to determine. Law was born in Fountain Green, Ill., to Robert
Pipkin was born in Jameson, Mo.,, to Charles
ROBERT JOHNSTON LAMME
Isaac
Morris
(July 6, 1876-Sept. 14, 1965)
1885) Law, the oldest of six children. Raised in
Garrett (1851-1939) Pipkin, the second of five
Hancock County, Ill., Law enlisted in the U. S.
children. Pipkin was accepted into Park College
Army on June 14, 1898, serving in Company B,
in 1897, but left midway to begin his service,
3rd
enlisting in the U. S. Army on June 14, 1898.
Lamme was born in El Paso, Ill., to David (18401882) and Jennie Adams (1844-1887. Lamme, the fourth of six children. Lamme and his siblings (ages 7-15) were orphaned with the death of their parents. Lamme lived for a time with Jamison Graham (1857-1938), a homesteader most likely connected
through
the
Presbyterian
Church.
Lamme enlisted in the U. S. Army on May 10, 1898, serving as a corporal in Company I, 20th U.S.
Infantry,
regimentally
stationed
at
Camp
Poplar River, Mont. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 16, 1898. Sometime between 1899 and 1901, Lamme attended Park College, but it is unknown if he graduated. He married Mabelle Vankirk
(1879-1954)
on
March
27,
1902,
in
Grant, Ind., soon moving to South Dakota, where he established
a dentistry practice.
The couple
had two sons, Charles Wendell (1904-85) and Robert
Benedict
(1908-34), and
resided
(1845-1927)
Infantry
and
Alice
Regiment
Walker
of
the
(1844-
Missouri
Volunteer Infantry until his honorable discharge
He
as
Sr.
served
(1847-1923)
in
and
Company
Mary
B,
3rd
Frances
Infantry
his
Regiment of the Missouri Volunteer Infantry
from
until his honorable discharge as a private on
1899-1902, becoming a member of the Lowell
November 7, 1898. He returned to complete his
Literary Club, serving as its secretary in 1901
bachelor's degree,
the
Lowell Literary Club, a member of the baseball
a
private
discharge,
on
Law
Oratorical
Nov.
7,
attended
Club,
1898.
Park
the
After
College
College
Military
Department (an early version of World War I’s
and became president of the
team, Philosophical
Club,
the
College
Student Army Training Corps) and the Narva
Military Department, the Narva editing team,
yearbook editing team, serving as its assistant
serving as business manager in 1901 and an
business
actor in several class plays.
Law
manager
lived for
in
1901.
a time
After
graduating,
in Tatitlek Village,
Mary
Katherine
White
Pipkin married
(1881-1971),
a
Park
Alaska, an Alutiiq populated region along the
classmate, on Dec. 12, 1901, in Kansas City,
southern coast of the state.
Mo.
By 1911, Law had
The couple remained in Kansas City and
moved to Bentonville, Ark., where he met and
had four children, Francis Garrett (1904-81),
married
Katherine
Minnie
became a farmer.
Searcy
(1893-1985)
and
The couple had had four
Jane
(1906-83),
Elizabeth
Georgia
(1909-unknown) and Charles Morris III (1915-
children, Robert Archibald, Jr. (1912-72), Louis
98).
Edward
City Star, retiring in 1940. He was involved
(1919-2012),
Alice
Kathryn
2002) and Fredrick Duncan (1924-2011).
(1920-
Pipkin became an editor at The Kansas
a streetcar
accident on
Sept 20,
in
1940, and died of his injuries just over a year
as a civilian aid to the YMCA.
later. He is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery
New Orleans, La., in the 1920s working as a
concerns, he soon found himself in and out of
in Kansas City, Mo.
school
the hospital over the next 20 years, either as a
teacher
W.Va., H. SLOAN (Unknown)
Sloan attended Park College briefly and was scheduled
to
graduate
complete his degree. Army.
in
1902,
but
did
not
He served in the U.S.
His birth/death information and burial
location is unknown. Lack of information from files held in the Fishburn Archives and public record
have
made
biographical
information
in
the
until
moving
early
1930s
Steele lived in
to
Leadsville,
where
he
was
Calif.
Initially
staying
due
to
minor
health
patient or assistant in several of the facilities on
employed with the West Virginia Division of
the property.
Forestry.
divorced soon afterwards; he never remarried or
By
1940,
Steele
was
retired
and
living in Leadsville, as well as spending time in
had
Boulder, Colo.
County,
Steele
died
at
his
home
Elkins, W.Va., outliving all of his siblings. never married and had no children.
in He
Woodard married in 1923, but
children.
Woodard
Calif.,
is
died
buried
in
in
San
Mateo
Golden
Gate
National Cemetery in San Bruno, Calif.
Steele is
buried in Little Arlington Cemetery in Elkins. RESEARCHING VETERANS OF THIS
HARLIN JAMES WOODARD
ERA
(Dec. 1, 1876-Dec. 25, 1945)
impossible to determine.
The periods of service between the Civil War and World War I are often the most difficult to track, especially when
HORACE EATON STEELE (Oct. 10, 1878-Dec. 25, 1970)
unexpected Mina
children.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 27, 1898, serving in Company B, 3rd Infantry Regiment of
the
Missouri
Volunteer
Infantry
until
his
honorable discharge as a private on Nov. 7, 1898. graduating
Steele in
attended 1901,
Park
then
Academy,
attended
University of Kansas, graduating in 1911.
the He
was a teacher in a public school in Conway, Ark., until World War I when he went to France
to
a
state-level
American-Indian
married
(1832-96) Steele, the youngest of five children.
attached
(1853-1900) and Susan Matilda James (1855-
mother's
Scott (1833-1916) and Louisa Adele Blakely
are
militia over a national branch. Conflicts such as the
81) Woodard, the couple's only child.
Steele was born in Lawrence, Kan., to Lewis
servicemembers
Woodard was born in Pittsburg, Kan., to Orson
Davis
death, in
After his
Woodard's
1884
and
father
had
Spanish-American
War,
conflict period, but minimal in American interest and national mobilization.
two
Woodard enlisted in the U.S. Army
Finding information freely available to the public is
on April 30, 1898, in Fort Scott, Kan., serving
extremely
in Company F, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
generation;
until his honorable discharge as a sergeant on Aug. 20, 1899.
Wars,
Philippine or China Insurrections were not just brief in
At the time of his father's death
limited
in
reference
however,
select
to
veterans
collections
Department of Veterans Administration General's
Office
within
the
National
Archives
starting
base,
where
Parchevard
regardless of conflict. Outside of national collections,
Oratorical
certain states have extensive online records accessible
Literary
a
Society,
Association,
and
member
of
secretary member
the
of of
the
the
College
Military Department. After graduating in 1903, Woodard became a real estate broker in Las
for
free;
individual
Missouri, service
confirming
in
and
in 1900, Woodard was a student at Park College was
helpful
the
and Adjutant
Administration including
be
any
Record
he
can
of
from
creating
military
for
example,
has
cards,
muster
rolls,
a
database
and
a
service,
of
statistical
reports regarding servicemembers from the War of 1812 to World War I. Genealogical databases are the best
Vegas, Nev., where he lived until the early
places to begin research, especially if you are unsure of
1920s.
the veteran's basic biographical information.
In 1923, Woodard was admitted into
Sawtelle Veterans
Hospital
in Los Angeles,