Military Tuesday~In Remembrance~Pvt. William Samuel Brock

In Remembrance

William Samuel Brock

BIRTH: 31 Aug 1896

 DEATH: 10 Nov 1918 (aged 22)

Died in France

 BURIAL: Brock Cemetery 

Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

 

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Private William Samuel Brock, died in France on 10 November, 1918. On the day the armistice was signed he developed influenza, followed by pneumonia resulting in his death. He was 22 years od. 

He was a son of Joel Washington Brock and Mary Jane Brock. He was married to Cora Mae Bell Lee. William & Cora were married on 19 September 1916 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. Cora Lee later married Lonnie Lee Parks.

William Samuel Brock is my 3rd Cousin Twice Removed.

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1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLY8-NDS7

2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 June 2012); Memorial page for William Brock; (31 August 1896–10 November 1918); Find a Grave Memorial # 32256092, Citing Brock Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

3. James C. Pigg, Obituaries from the Chesterfield Advertiser 1892-1926; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 2001, 55. Tombstone of Private William Samuel Brock; 31 August 1896–10 November 1918, Brock's Mill Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

4. "Army and Marine Corps Casualties," War Casualty, The Columbia Record, Columbia, Siouth Carolina, 12 December 1918, Page 8, Column 2; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : viewed 15 September 2023).