Memorial Day

First Cousin Six Times Removed

Edward McKune was born in 1832 in Pennsylvania.¹ He married on 2 November 1856 in Illinois.² He held the rank of private.³ He died on 8 October 1862 in Kentucky.³

1 1850 U.S. census, Lee Co., Ill., sch. 1, Hanno Township, p. 125, line 32, dwelling 6, family 6, Hesekiah McKuen.
2 Illinois, "Compiled Marriages, 1851–1900," database, Ancestry, Edward McKune and Minerva Hastings, 1856.
3 "Illinois Veterans Index, 1775–1995," database, Ancestry, Edward McKune.

First Cousin Six Times Removed

Harry McKune was born in 1841 in Pennsylvania.¹ He enlisted in Illinois.² He served in the U.S. Army, and he held the rank of private.³ He died on 8 July 1864 at Andersonville Prison in Georgia.² He was buried in Andersonville National Cemetery.³

1 1850 U.S. census, Lee Co., Ill., sch. 1, Hanno Township, p. 125, line 32, dwelling 6, family 6, Hesekiah McKuen.
2 History of the Thirteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 495.
3 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Harry A McKune, 1864.

Second Cousin Twice Removed

James Augustus Jewell was born on 25 April 1893 in Colorado.¹ He served in the U.S. Army, and he held the rank of private first class.² He died on 6 June 1918² in France.³

1 Sullivan, Nevada's Golden Stars, 142.
2 American Battle Monuments Commission, James A. Jewell, 1918.
3 Find a Grave, James Augustus Jewell, 1918, memorial 47090112.

Second Cousin Four Times Removed

Phelps Rounds Holman was born on 23 October 1877¹ in Oregon.² He married on 2 July 1905 in Washington.³ He served in the U.S. Army, and he held the rank of first lieutenant.⁴ He died on 26 May 1919 in France, and his death was due to heart disease.¹ He was buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery.⁴

1 Nichols, Round Rounds Genealogy, 133.
2 Ore., State Births, 1842–1921, 94, George Phelps Holman, 23 December 1910.
3 Wash., County Marriages, 1855–2008, 3809, Phelps Holman and Grayce Gregory, 2 July 1905.
4 American Battle Monuments Commission, Phelpe R. Holman, 1919.

Third Cousin Once Removed

Raymond Thomas Bond was born on 10 November 1921 in Colorado.¹ He served in the U.S. Navy, and he held the rank of pharmacist’s mate third class.² He died on 24 July 1944, and he was buried at sea.²

1 "World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947," digital images, Ancestry, Raymond Thomas Bond, 1921.
2 American Battle Monuments Commission, Raymond T. Bond, 1944.