Charles Barnes, who died in service to his country.

Wilson Daily Times, 31 July 1919.

Charles Barnes was the son of Wesley and Ella Mercer Barnes. In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on the N.&S. Railroad, drayman West Barnes, 22, wife Ella, 47, laundress, and children Sylvester, 17, drayman, Viola, 15, cook, and Charlie, 13, laborer at wholesale store, plus son-in-law James Watson, 23, drayman, wife Lucy, 22, cook, and children West, 4, and Lucy, 3 months. Charlie Barnes died of tuberculosis at an Army hospital in Asheville.

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  • Rev. B.P. Coward — Bryant P. Coward.
  • Arthur N. Darden
  • Elton Thomas
  • Arthur Moore — in the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: farm laborer John Moore, 36; wife Mattie, 36, dressmaker; and sons Arthur, 14, William B., 7, Zack, 6, and James, 5.
  • Brodie Reed — Brodie Reid.
  • Charlie Will Farmer
  • Moses Parker
  • Connie Rountree
  • George Batts
  • Cordie Tillery — Cordy Tillery registered for the World War I draft in Wilson in 1917. Per his registration card, he was born 9 August 1889 in Manchester, Virginia; lived on Spring Street, Wilson; and was a convict (“misdemeanants”) with County of Wilson. Per his service card, he served two years honorably.

  • Joseph Faulkland — in the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: widow Rachel Falkland, 44, and sons Jessie, 18, wagon factory laborer, Freddie, 18, farm laborer, John, 16, brickyard laborer, and Joseph, 13, farm laborer.
  • David McPhail
  • Burley Brooks

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