Numbers of Local Men in Great Conscription Lottery

The following article* appeared in the Oakland City, Ind., Journal on Friday, July 13, 1917. It was submitted by Don Counts.

With the assistance of Postmaster Curtis Butler, who made a trip to Princeton with a Journal representative, the following list of names of young men who receive their mail at Oakland City postoffice, and their number in the great conscription lottery, was compiled. Preserve the list and as the drawing proceeds you will be able to tell those of your neighborhood who will be required to enter the service of their country. The number opposite each name is the number on file in Washington, D.C. and the one which will be used in the drawing.

(Note: The list of names was originally in order of the numbers drawn, which appear next to the names. I re-sorted the names in alphabetical order for an easier search.—Peggy K. Newton, 2018.)

*Originally reprinted in the Tri-State Packet, March 1985.

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_ emby ?, Denis 1779
__ oush ?, Ed 2169
____ ?, _lain 983
____?, Paul 1772
______ ?, Jesse _______ 1643
___ck ?, Steele 1709
___ton ?, Carl 1841
__oush ?, ____ 2036
__sch ?, Edwa ? 982
_mith?, E_____ 1642
_nnis ?, Talms_ ? 1710
_utler , Cur_ 2237
Abbott, Ezra 2043
Abbott, Howard ? 2170
Alexander, Alva 1843
Allen, Claude S. 1777
Allen, Roy 1909
Annis ?, Jas. G. 2236
Annis, Floyd 1776
Annis, Herman 2242
Armstrong, John 322
Bailey, Homer 2368
Baker, Pascal 2302
Beasley ?, R___ 1978
Bell, Harold 2305
Benedict, Lewis 1711
Billart, Frank 848
Black, Wier 388
Blessinger, Henry F. 914
Blue, Walter ? 2038
Blythe, Carl ? 2105
Bradbury, Roy 2171
Briggs, Jas. R. 2371
Bryant, Harrison 1645
Burbank, Charles 1381
Bush, Floyd 1249
Bush, Floyd 1315
Chandler, Carl 61
Clem, Edgar 1183
Clifford, Charles 1513
Clifford, Russel 851
Coe, Luther no # listed
Coleman, Bige 1“`046
Coleman, Francis 917
Coleman, Oscar 980
Collins, Arthur 2303
Conley, John 1112
Coomer, Roy, 127
Corn, Roscoe 1574
Crecelius, Etna 1447
Crow, Wm. 1049
Cummings, Everett 2369
Curd, Clitus 452
Davis, Otis 518
DeBruler, Edgar A. 782
Dedrick, Seymour 584
Dill, Barrett 1115
Dill, Curtis 650
Dodds, Nathan 1577
Dougan, Reavis 455
Douglass, Prentice 716
Duncan, Chalmer 1057
Duncan, Finis 193
Earles, Jas. 521
Earles, Thomas 587
Earles, Wm. 849
English, Wilford 259
Erdell, Edward 719
Erdell, Henry J. 653
Falls, Courtney 325
Falls, Elmer 1970
Falls, Gilbert, 785
Faries, Alva 463
Faries, Onie 1585
Farmer ?, Russel 1973
Feltner, Lee 915
Finch, Oscar 458
Fisher, Robert 1775
Foley, Ross 981
Foster, Jas. W. 1907
Fritz, Louie 391
Geise, Ro__ ? 2108
Geiss, Edgar 2041
Gladish, Russel 1904
Goebel, Wm. 1047
Goldman, Glen 64
Gooden, Ted 2174
Green, John, 1838
Greene, Orvil 2240
Hal_ ?, Deforest 1706
Hale, Elmer 1247
Harper, Claude 2372
Harper, George 2306
Harper, Wallace 1313
Hayden, Joe 852
Heathman, Homer 1379
Hedges, Hovey 918
Hedlund, Marcus 1640
Hensley, Lawrence 984
Holcomb, Rex 1445
Holcomb, Roger 1511
Holder, Rodney 1113
Holderbaugh, Harry 1181
Houchins, Lytle 1050
Hougland, Albert H. 1316
Hughes, Cecil 1244
Hughes, Russell 1310
Hulett, Victor 59
Hyslop, Orb 196
Jackson, John N. 1116
Jackson, Roy 1578
Jenkins, Cecil 125
Johnson, Charles 191
Johnson, Christopher 1575
Jones, Curtis 456
Jones, George E. 1376
Jones, Janral 1442
Jones, Luther 522
Kell, Robert 588
Kelly, Waldorf 1508
Kilpatrick, Howard 654
Knier, Herman 1178
Lamb, John 720
Langford, Nolan 453
Lapsley, Elmer 1716
Lee, Ira 257
Lee, Oliver 786
Leech, J. W. 519
Loper, Wm. F. 326
Love, Robert 323
Lovelace, Goodlet 389
Loveless, Rufus 1974
Loveless, Wm. E. 122
Mans, Chas. L. 459
Mans, Otho J. 525
Martin, Raymond 717
Mason ?, Rus__ L. 2238
Mason, Paul K. 188
Matthews, Jas. C. 783
McCandless, Curtis 254
McConnell, Earl 585
McConnell, Roy E. 392
McDowell, Carl 2172
McDowell, Earl 2039
McDowell, John O. 2106
McKedy, Thos. H. 651
McNeeley, Wm. 1908
Meier, Arnold 2304
Metcalf ?, Lonie 1842
Montgomery, Donald 1971
Mounts, Otto 2370
Murphy, Floyd 1905
Noblett, Simon 320
Norton, Charles 1644
O’Neal, Vernie 1453
O’Neal, Walter 1519
Osborne, John 1773
Osborne, Riley 1839
Osborne, Verner 850
Owens, Alva 386
Owens, Floyd A. 1248
Paul, Daniel O. 2373
Phillips, Guy 1707
Pipes, Earl 1314
Powers, Ray 916
Rainey, Claude D. 1114
Rainey, Ralph 1048
Randolph, Louis 2103
Reese, Fred 1377
Reich, Herman 1576
Reid, Clyde 1380
Reid, Jas. V. 454
Richardson, Herman 1446
Richardson, Joseph L. 2235
Rickard, Garrett 1245
Rideout, Marion 1311
Rinehart, Claude 520
Risley, Frank 586
Risley, Harley 652
Ross, Oscar 1443
Rutter, Thos. A. 718
Schenk, Herman 784
Schmuck, Carl 1512
Schotz, Wm. 1111
Shanner, Edgar 1045
Shanner, Wilfred 1509
Simpson, Ton_ ? 1906
Sims, Grover 1179
Sims, Jesse 1972
Sisson, Robert 57
Skelton, Glenn 1774
Skelton, Howard 1840
Smith, D. F. 979
Smith, Herman 1708
Soakland, Herman E. 1246
Steele, Dello 1182
Stevens, Wm. R. 265
Street, Roy 123
Strupe, Earl 60
Sturgeon, George 2367
Sturgeon, Prentice 2301
Sumners, Frank 847
Sumners, Ralph 913
Sylcox, Culmer 1312
Templeton, Claude 126
Thompson, Pearl 1378
Tisdale, Harvey Hopkins 390
Tisdale, Keller 324
Tooley, Charles 1573
Tooley, Donald 192
Tooley, Ollie 258
Troder, Carl 1444
Trusler, Claude 1510
Usery, Hosea 189
Wade, Dennis 2040
Walker, Heber 255
Wallace, Earl 1180
Wallace, John W. 451
Waller, Chas. 58
White, Pearl 387
Whiteman, Horace ? 2107
Whitman, George ? 2037
Whitman, Truman 517
Wilder, Jas. W. 2173
Wilhite, Clarence 190
Williams, C. D. 787
Williams, Edward W. 124
Willis, Rome 2231
Willis, Willard 256
Wise, Ed 321
Woods, Louis M. 2104
Woolsey, Virgil 583
Yeager, Fred 649

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