Albert was born on Tuesday, June 19th, 1894 in Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana to Kate Hogan and Taylor Hill. Nothing is known of his early life until he reaches age 23.
The San Angelo Weekly Standard, Hinton, San Angelo, Texas, dated April 6th, 1917 carried the headline "WAR RESOLUTION IS EXPECTED TO PASS BY A BIG MAJORITY; SENTATE ADOPTED IT". With President Wilson's signature that day, the United States was officially at war with Germany and a part of the World War that had been raging in Europe since 1914. The following month, May 18th, Congress passed the Selective Service Act that gave the Federal Government the authority to temporarily expand the military through conscription and set three mandatory registration dates. The first was on June 5th, 1917 for men ages 21 to 30, and Albert, now age 23 complied at Precinct 16, in Shelby County, Texas.
The registration card titled "Form 1", was a simple form that asked fifteen questions and revealed this about Albert Hill: he was a natural-born citizen, he worked as a farmer for J. S. Horbuck of Timpson, he was single, was of the Negro race, did not have prior military service, and claimed no exemption to the draft. Physically he was described as of medium height and build, with black eyes and black hair, and was not bald. Draft # 1872 was handwritten on the card next to his mark (X).
Albert received his draft notice and took the oath of enlistment on Monday, August 19th, 1918 in Shelby County, Texas, becoming US Army Private Hill, serial # 3513246. He and the other inductees were then entrained to the 165th Depot Brigade, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas for basic training. On September 6th, 1918, he was reassigned to Company G of the all-African American 815th Pioneer Infantry Regiment that had just been organized at Camp Funston, Kansas. Later that month they moved to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and the following month, to the Port of Embarkation at Hoboken, New Jersey.
October 11th, 1918, saw Albert and the 815th board the troop transport USS Maui (ID-1514) at Hoboken and prepared to depart for France under the command of Colonel Lawrence P. Butler. He listed a friend, Tom Williams of Timpson as the next of kin in the event of an emergency. For an unknown reason, his name on the passenger list was "redlined" and he was sent back to Camp Merrit. The war ended on November 11th, 1918 and Albert was honorably discharged just before Christmas, December 21st, 1918. He received no disability, and the following year he and all World War veterans would be authorized the Victory Medal upon application.
Following his discharge, he married Miss Parthenia Harris, and they would be blessed with four sons and a daughter. On April 27th, 1942 Albert again registered for the military draft and although not called to duty at the age of 47, he would see another world war begin and end in his lifetime. Albert lived his life as a farmer until he passed at the Panola General Hospital in Carthage, Texas at the age of 68 on October 19th, 1962. Two days later he was buried in the Smyrna Cemetery, Timpson, Shelby County, Texas under the direction of Taylor Funeral Home. His wife Parthenia applied for his flat granite footstone that now marks his resting place. She would join him in 1980. Day is done, God is nigh.
SOURCES:
(1): Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Shelby County
(2): "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
(3): The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 493
(4): Year: 1930; Census Place: Timpson, Shelby, Texas; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2342124
(5): Year: 1940; Census Place: Shelby, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04136; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 210-21
(6): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 690
(7): United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Shelby, Texas; Roll: 1613; Sheet Number: 15; Enumeration District: 210-36
(8): Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
(9): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
The San Angelo Weekly Standard, Hinton, San Angelo, Texas, dated April 6th, 1917 carried the headline "WAR RESOLUTION IS EXPECTED TO PASS BY A BIG MAJORITY; SENTATE ADOPTED IT". With President Wilson's signature that day, the United States was officially at war with Germany and a part of the World War that had been raging in Europe since 1914. The following month, May 18th, Congress passed the Selective Service Act that gave the Federal Government the authority to temporarily expand the military through conscription and set three mandatory registration dates. The first was on June 5th, 1917 for men ages 21 to 30, and Albert, now age 23 complied at Precinct 16, in Shelby County, Texas.
The registration card titled "Form 1", was a simple form that asked fifteen questions and revealed this about Albert Hill: he was a natural-born citizen, he worked as a farmer for J. S. Horbuck of Timpson, he was single, was of the Negro race, did not have prior military service, and claimed no exemption to the draft. Physically he was described as of medium height and build, with black eyes and black hair, and was not bald. Draft # 1872 was handwritten on the card next to his mark (X).
Albert received his draft notice and took the oath of enlistment on Monday, August 19th, 1918 in Shelby County, Texas, becoming US Army Private Hill, serial # 3513246. He and the other inductees were then entrained to the 165th Depot Brigade, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas for basic training. On September 6th, 1918, he was reassigned to Company G of the all-African American 815th Pioneer Infantry Regiment that had just been organized at Camp Funston, Kansas. Later that month they moved to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and the following month, to the Port of Embarkation at Hoboken, New Jersey.
October 11th, 1918, saw Albert and the 815th board the troop transport USS Maui (ID-1514) at Hoboken and prepared to depart for France under the command of Colonel Lawrence P. Butler. He listed a friend, Tom Williams of Timpson as the next of kin in the event of an emergency. For an unknown reason, his name on the passenger list was "redlined" and he was sent back to Camp Merrit. The war ended on November 11th, 1918 and Albert was honorably discharged just before Christmas, December 21st, 1918. He received no disability, and the following year he and all World War veterans would be authorized the Victory Medal upon application.
Following his discharge, he married Miss Parthenia Harris, and they would be blessed with four sons and a daughter. On April 27th, 1942 Albert again registered for the military draft and although not called to duty at the age of 47, he would see another world war begin and end in his lifetime. Albert lived his life as a farmer until he passed at the Panola General Hospital in Carthage, Texas at the age of 68 on October 19th, 1962. Two days later he was buried in the Smyrna Cemetery, Timpson, Shelby County, Texas under the direction of Taylor Funeral Home. His wife Parthenia applied for his flat granite footstone that now marks his resting place. She would join him in 1980. Day is done, God is nigh.
SOURCES:
(1): Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Shelby County
(2): "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
(3): The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 493
(4): Year: 1930; Census Place: Timpson, Shelby, Texas; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2342124
(5): Year: 1940; Census Place: Shelby, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04136; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 210-21
(6): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 690
(7): United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Shelby, Texas; Roll: 1613; Sheet Number: 15; Enumeration District: 210-36
(8): Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
(9): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
Albert was born on Tuesday, June 19th, 1894 in Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana to Kate Hogan and Taylor Hill. Nothing is known of his early life until he reaches age 23.
The San Angelo Weekly Standard, Hinton, San Angelo, Texas, dated April 6th, 1917 carried the headline "WAR RESOLUTION IS EXPECTED TO PASS BY A BIG MAJORITY; SENTATE ADOPTED IT". With President Wilson's signature that day, the United States was officially at war with Germany and a part of the World War that had been raging in Europe since 1914. The following month, May 18th, Congress passed the Selective Service Act that gave the Federal Government the authority to temporarily expand the military through conscription and set three mandatory registration dates. The first was on June 5th, 1917 for men ages 21 to 30, and Albert, now age 23 complied at Precinct 16, in Shelby County, Texas.
The registration card titled "Form 1", was a simple form that asked fifteen questions and revealed this about Albert Hill: he was a natural-born citizen, he worked as a farmer for J. S. Horbuck of Timpson, he was single, was of the Negro race, did not have prior military service, and claimed no exemption to the draft. Physically he was described as of medium height and build, with black eyes and black hair, and was not bald. Draft # 1872 was handwritten on the card next to his mark (X).
Albert received his draft notice and took the oath of enlistment on Monday, August 19th, 1918 in Shelby County, Texas, becoming US Army Private Hill, serial # 3513246. He and the other inductees were then entrained to the 165th Depot Brigade, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas for basic training. On September 6th, 1918, he was reassigned to Company G of the all-African American 815th Pioneer Infantry Regiment that had just been organized at Camp Funston, Kansas. Later that month they moved to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and the following month, to the Port of Embarkation at Hoboken, New Jersey.
October 11th, 1918, saw Albert and the 815th board the troop transport USS Maui (ID-1514) at Hoboken and prepared to depart for France under the command of Colonel Lawrence P. Butler. He listed a friend, Tom Williams of Timpson as the next of kin in the event of an emergency. For an unknown reason, his name on the passenger list was "redlined" and he was sent back to Camp Merrit. The war ended on November 11th, 1918 and Albert was honorably discharged just before Christmas, December 21st, 1918. He received no disability, and the following year he and all World War veterans would be authorized the Victory Medal upon application.
Following his discharge, he married Miss Parthenia Harris, and they would be blessed with four sons and a daughter. On April 27th, 1942 Albert again registered for the military draft and although not called to duty at the age of 47, he would see another world war begin and end in his lifetime. Albert lived his life as a farmer until he passed at the Panola General Hospital in Carthage, Texas at the age of 68 on October 19th, 1962. Two days later he was buried in the Smyrna Cemetery, Timpson, Shelby County, Texas under the direction of Taylor Funeral Home. His wife Parthenia applied for his flat granite footstone that now marks his resting place. She would join him in 1980. Day is done, God is nigh.
SOURCES:
(1): Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Shelby County
(2): "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
(3): The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 493
(4): Year: 1930; Census Place: Timpson, Shelby, Texas; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2342124
(5): Year: 1940; Census Place: Shelby, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04136; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 210-21
(6): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 690
(7): United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Shelby, Texas; Roll: 1613; Sheet Number: 15; Enumeration District: 210-36
(8): Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
(9): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
The San Angelo Weekly Standard, Hinton, San Angelo, Texas, dated April 6th, 1917 carried the headline "WAR RESOLUTION IS EXPECTED TO PASS BY A BIG MAJORITY; SENTATE ADOPTED IT". With President Wilson's signature that day, the United States was officially at war with Germany and a part of the World War that had been raging in Europe since 1914. The following month, May 18th, Congress passed the Selective Service Act that gave the Federal Government the authority to temporarily expand the military through conscription and set three mandatory registration dates. The first was on June 5th, 1917 for men ages 21 to 30, and Albert, now age 23 complied at Precinct 16, in Shelby County, Texas.
The registration card titled "Form 1", was a simple form that asked fifteen questions and revealed this about Albert Hill: he was a natural-born citizen, he worked as a farmer for J. S. Horbuck of Timpson, he was single, was of the Negro race, did not have prior military service, and claimed no exemption to the draft. Physically he was described as of medium height and build, with black eyes and black hair, and was not bald. Draft # 1872 was handwritten on the card next to his mark (X).
Albert received his draft notice and took the oath of enlistment on Monday, August 19th, 1918 in Shelby County, Texas, becoming US Army Private Hill, serial # 3513246. He and the other inductees were then entrained to the 165th Depot Brigade, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas for basic training. On September 6th, 1918, he was reassigned to Company G of the all-African American 815th Pioneer Infantry Regiment that had just been organized at Camp Funston, Kansas. Later that month they moved to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and the following month, to the Port of Embarkation at Hoboken, New Jersey.
October 11th, 1918, saw Albert and the 815th board the troop transport USS Maui (ID-1514) at Hoboken and prepared to depart for France under the command of Colonel Lawrence P. Butler. He listed a friend, Tom Williams of Timpson as the next of kin in the event of an emergency. For an unknown reason, his name on the passenger list was "redlined" and he was sent back to Camp Merrit. The war ended on November 11th, 1918 and Albert was honorably discharged just before Christmas, December 21st, 1918. He received no disability, and the following year he and all World War veterans would be authorized the Victory Medal upon application.
Following his discharge, he married Miss Parthenia Harris, and they would be blessed with four sons and a daughter. On April 27th, 1942 Albert again registered for the military draft and although not called to duty at the age of 47, he would see another world war begin and end in his lifetime. Albert lived his life as a farmer until he passed at the Panola General Hospital in Carthage, Texas at the age of 68 on October 19th, 1962. Two days later he was buried in the Smyrna Cemetery, Timpson, Shelby County, Texas under the direction of Taylor Funeral Home. His wife Parthenia applied for his flat granite footstone that now marks his resting place. She would join him in 1980. Day is done, God is nigh.
SOURCES:
(1): Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Shelby County
(2): "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
(3): The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 493
(4): Year: 1930; Census Place: Timpson, Shelby, Texas; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2342124
(5): Year: 1940; Census Place: Shelby, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04136; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 210-21
(6): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 690
(7): United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Shelby, Texas; Roll: 1613; Sheet Number: 15; Enumeration District: 210-36
(8): Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
(9): National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
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