Joe Hubert Moore WWI Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0301

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

There is a map, prayer book, pay record book and a military guide book in the collections. Researchers may find the guide book to San Antonio particularly interesting because it includes descriptions of Fort Sam Houston, Leon Springs Military Reservation, Camp Stanley, Kelly Field, the Balloon School, Camp Travis, Army YMCA, Camp Logan, and Camp McArthur.

Dates

Creation: 1918-1919

Language of Materials

The collection is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Hubert Moore (1892-1944) served in Company L, 359th Infantry, 90th Division as a supply sergeant. His enlistment dates were April 26, 1918 to June 24, 1919. At the time of his draft registration, Moore worked as a laborer for the Blount-Decker Lumber Company in Alto, Texas. He registered for the draft during World War II, but did not serve. A 1940 census record shows Moore as an inmate at a Veteran’s Affairs neuropsychiatric hospital facility. He died in 1944 and was buried in the Old Palestine Cemetery, Alto, Texas.

Source Information:

Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

“Joseph H. Moore.” 1940 U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.