World War I veteran, US Army
Cook - 20th Engineers, 18th Co.
18th Co. 20th Engineers (Forestry) 15 Dec 1917 to 29 Nov 1918; Co. C Convalescent Center, Camp Dodge, Iowa 30 Nov 1918 TO 8 FeB 1919; Casual Detachment Co. 5, 2nd Battalion, 163 Depot Brigade 9 Feb 1919 TO 12 Feb 1919; 62nd Co. 16th Recruit Battalion, Camp Pike, Arkansas 13 Feb 1919 to discharge.
Survivor of the German U-boat attack that sank the troopship SS "Tuscania" in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland on the evening of 5 February 1918, with 215 casualties.
U.S. Census:
1900 Tywappity Township, Scott County, Missouri with parents.
1910 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith and sister Bernice
1920 cannot locate
1930 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith, married brother Kelley and Kelley's wife Bertha King Tolbert
George was the oldest of the three surviving children of John Anderson Tolbert and Edith Ann (Marcus) Tolbert. Two siblings had died between the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
His surviving siblings were:
Bernice L. Tolbert Phillips Wallace Earhart (married to James E. Phillips, William L. Wallace and Rufus Edwin Earhart/Erhardt), 1902 MO - 1980 MO. Find A Grave 25951413
Rev. Kelley Clarence Tolbert, 1911 MO - 1994 MO. Find A Grave 31680693
George's obituary was published in the Sikeston MO "Standard" of Friday, 9 February 1931, page 8:
EX-SOLDIER SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
George Tolbert, of this city, died last Monday in Little Rock, Ark., following an illness dating to service in the late World War, where he saw thirteen months of active service. He was gassed during one encounter and never fully regained his health, although he spent months in various government hospitals.
Mr. Tolbert was born in Eddyville, Ky., February 15, 1895 and died October 5, 1931, at the age of 36 years, 4 months and 16 days. The body arrived in Sikeston Wednesday morning being taken to the Welsh Funeral Parlor before its removal to the home of his mother, Mrs. Edith Tolbert, in northwest Sikeston, where funeral services were conducted that afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Ernst. Interment was made in the Sikeston City Cemetery with Welsh in charge.
Surviving besides his mother are one brother, Kelly Tolbert and one sister, Mrs. Bernice Wallace, both of Sikeston.
Tolbert enlisted in the army and served 13 months overseas. Recent weeks wee spent in Hot Springs, Ar., and in the Little Rock institution, where he died.
Parents:
John Anderson Tolbert
Edith Ann Marcus Tolbert
His paternal grandfather was also named George Washington Tolbert.
Cook - 20th Engineers, 18th Co.
18th Co. 20th Engineers (Forestry) 15 Dec 1917 to 29 Nov 1918; Co. C Convalescent Center, Camp Dodge, Iowa 30 Nov 1918 TO 8 FeB 1919; Casual Detachment Co. 5, 2nd Battalion, 163 Depot Brigade 9 Feb 1919 TO 12 Feb 1919; 62nd Co. 16th Recruit Battalion, Camp Pike, Arkansas 13 Feb 1919 to discharge.
Survivor of the German U-boat attack that sank the troopship SS "Tuscania" in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland on the evening of 5 February 1918, with 215 casualties.
U.S. Census:
1900 Tywappity Township, Scott County, Missouri with parents.
1910 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith and sister Bernice
1920 cannot locate
1930 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith, married brother Kelley and Kelley's wife Bertha King Tolbert
George was the oldest of the three surviving children of John Anderson Tolbert and Edith Ann (Marcus) Tolbert. Two siblings had died between the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
His surviving siblings were:
Bernice L. Tolbert Phillips Wallace Earhart (married to James E. Phillips, William L. Wallace and Rufus Edwin Earhart/Erhardt), 1902 MO - 1980 MO. Find A Grave 25951413
Rev. Kelley Clarence Tolbert, 1911 MO - 1994 MO. Find A Grave 31680693
George's obituary was published in the Sikeston MO "Standard" of Friday, 9 February 1931, page 8:
EX-SOLDIER SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
George Tolbert, of this city, died last Monday in Little Rock, Ark., following an illness dating to service in the late World War, where he saw thirteen months of active service. He was gassed during one encounter and never fully regained his health, although he spent months in various government hospitals.
Mr. Tolbert was born in Eddyville, Ky., February 15, 1895 and died October 5, 1931, at the age of 36 years, 4 months and 16 days. The body arrived in Sikeston Wednesday morning being taken to the Welsh Funeral Parlor before its removal to the home of his mother, Mrs. Edith Tolbert, in northwest Sikeston, where funeral services were conducted that afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Ernst. Interment was made in the Sikeston City Cemetery with Welsh in charge.
Surviving besides his mother are one brother, Kelly Tolbert and one sister, Mrs. Bernice Wallace, both of Sikeston.
Tolbert enlisted in the army and served 13 months overseas. Recent weeks wee spent in Hot Springs, Ar., and in the Little Rock institution, where he died.
Parents:
John Anderson Tolbert
Edith Ann Marcus Tolbert
His paternal grandfather was also named George Washington Tolbert.
World War I veteran, US Army
Cook - 20th Engineers, 18th Co.
18th Co. 20th Engineers (Forestry) 15 Dec 1917 to 29 Nov 1918; Co. C Convalescent Center, Camp Dodge, Iowa 30 Nov 1918 TO 8 FeB 1919; Casual Detachment Co. 5, 2nd Battalion, 163 Depot Brigade 9 Feb 1919 TO 12 Feb 1919; 62nd Co. 16th Recruit Battalion, Camp Pike, Arkansas 13 Feb 1919 to discharge.
Survivor of the German U-boat attack that sank the troopship SS "Tuscania" in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland on the evening of 5 February 1918, with 215 casualties.
U.S. Census:
1900 Tywappity Township, Scott County, Missouri with parents.
1910 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith and sister Bernice
1920 cannot locate
1930 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith, married brother Kelley and Kelley's wife Bertha King Tolbert
George was the oldest of the three surviving children of John Anderson Tolbert and Edith Ann (Marcus) Tolbert. Two siblings had died between the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
His surviving siblings were:
Bernice L. Tolbert Phillips Wallace Earhart (married to James E. Phillips, William L. Wallace and Rufus Edwin Earhart/Erhardt), 1902 MO - 1980 MO. Find A Grave 25951413
Rev. Kelley Clarence Tolbert, 1911 MO - 1994 MO. Find A Grave 31680693
George's obituary was published in the Sikeston MO "Standard" of Friday, 9 February 1931, page 8:
EX-SOLDIER SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
George Tolbert, of this city, died last Monday in Little Rock, Ark., following an illness dating to service in the late World War, where he saw thirteen months of active service. He was gassed during one encounter and never fully regained his health, although he spent months in various government hospitals.
Mr. Tolbert was born in Eddyville, Ky., February 15, 1895 and died October 5, 1931, at the age of 36 years, 4 months and 16 days. The body arrived in Sikeston Wednesday morning being taken to the Welsh Funeral Parlor before its removal to the home of his mother, Mrs. Edith Tolbert, in northwest Sikeston, where funeral services were conducted that afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Ernst. Interment was made in the Sikeston City Cemetery with Welsh in charge.
Surviving besides his mother are one brother, Kelly Tolbert and one sister, Mrs. Bernice Wallace, both of Sikeston.
Tolbert enlisted in the army and served 13 months overseas. Recent weeks wee spent in Hot Springs, Ar., and in the Little Rock institution, where he died.
Parents:
John Anderson Tolbert
Edith Ann Marcus Tolbert
His paternal grandfather was also named George Washington Tolbert.
Cook - 20th Engineers, 18th Co.
18th Co. 20th Engineers (Forestry) 15 Dec 1917 to 29 Nov 1918; Co. C Convalescent Center, Camp Dodge, Iowa 30 Nov 1918 TO 8 FeB 1919; Casual Detachment Co. 5, 2nd Battalion, 163 Depot Brigade 9 Feb 1919 TO 12 Feb 1919; 62nd Co. 16th Recruit Battalion, Camp Pike, Arkansas 13 Feb 1919 to discharge.
Survivor of the German U-boat attack that sank the troopship SS "Tuscania" in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland on the evening of 5 February 1918, with 215 casualties.
U.S. Census:
1900 Tywappity Township, Scott County, Missouri with parents.
1910 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith and sister Bernice
1920 cannot locate
1930 Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, with widowed mother Edith, married brother Kelley and Kelley's wife Bertha King Tolbert
George was the oldest of the three surviving children of John Anderson Tolbert and Edith Ann (Marcus) Tolbert. Two siblings had died between the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
His surviving siblings were:
Bernice L. Tolbert Phillips Wallace Earhart (married to James E. Phillips, William L. Wallace and Rufus Edwin Earhart/Erhardt), 1902 MO - 1980 MO. Find A Grave 25951413
Rev. Kelley Clarence Tolbert, 1911 MO - 1994 MO. Find A Grave 31680693
George's obituary was published in the Sikeston MO "Standard" of Friday, 9 February 1931, page 8:
EX-SOLDIER SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
George Tolbert, of this city, died last Monday in Little Rock, Ark., following an illness dating to service in the late World War, where he saw thirteen months of active service. He was gassed during one encounter and never fully regained his health, although he spent months in various government hospitals.
Mr. Tolbert was born in Eddyville, Ky., February 15, 1895 and died October 5, 1931, at the age of 36 years, 4 months and 16 days. The body arrived in Sikeston Wednesday morning being taken to the Welsh Funeral Parlor before its removal to the home of his mother, Mrs. Edith Tolbert, in northwest Sikeston, where funeral services were conducted that afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Ernst. Interment was made in the Sikeston City Cemetery with Welsh in charge.
Surviving besides his mother are one brother, Kelly Tolbert and one sister, Mrs. Bernice Wallace, both of Sikeston.
Tolbert enlisted in the army and served 13 months overseas. Recent weeks wee spent in Hot Springs, Ar., and in the Little Rock institution, where he died.
Parents:
John Anderson Tolbert
Edith Ann Marcus Tolbert
His paternal grandfather was also named George Washington Tolbert.
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