WWI Veteran~John Franklin Huneycutt

John Franklin Huneycutt
Wadesboro, NC

Photo courtesy of Julius Burr

Son of Joanna Douglas and Toby A. Huneycutt.

Private Battery "D" 113th Field Artillery NC 30th Division

Enlisted at Wadesboro, N.C. June 17, 1917.

Served overseas from 26 May 1918 to 19 March 1919.
Engagements:

Private John Franklin Huneycutt participated in 5 major engagements in France while overseas. These engagements centered around the Toul Sector of north-eastern France and included the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse–Argonne offensive.

John Franklin Huneycutt was discharged on 28 March 1919 and returned home to his family in Wadesboro, North Carolina. 

John Franklin Huneycutt never married. After the war, he worked in the Cotton Mills. His life was cut short on 29 October 1937 when he was killed after being struck by a train.

Private John Franklin Huneycutt is my 2nd Cousin 2X Removed.

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1.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976,  Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com:  3 August 2020),  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, John Franklin Honeycutt; Certificate number , 29 October 1937.
2. 1900 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0003, Page: 1A44(Stamped); Line 41, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Household of Tobe A. HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 August 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
3. 1910 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro Ward 2, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0015, Page: 22B/251 (stamped); Line 93, Dwelling 451; Family 456, Household of Tobias A. HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.
4. Craighead-Dunlap Chapter DAR, Anson County in the World War 1917-1919 (Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Co.,, 1929), page 121.
5. 1920  U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 015, , Page: 2A/209 (Stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 22, Family 24, Household of Tobie HUNEYCUTT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283.
6. 1930 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Center, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0005, Page: 12B/265 (Stamped); Line 95, Dwelling 236, Family 248, Household of Joanna HUNEYCUTT; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov : viewed 6 August 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1721.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  6 August 2020); Memorial page for John Franklin Huneycutt; (3 October 1891–29 October 1937); Find a Grave memorial # 71019855, Citing Mount Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.