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Sgt Cecil Commadore Everidge

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Sgt Cecil Commadore Everidge

Birth
Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Dec 1930 (aged 36)
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
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Cecil Commadore Everidge was born in either Knott county or Floyd County Kentucky. He was hoeing corn in the field one summer, and suddenly threw the hoe down and supposedly said, "This isn't for me, I am going to the army", and that is exactly what he did. He was very successful at this endeavor. He served in France, and eventually moved up through the ranks. He was a drill instructor at Fort Zachary Taylor in Kentucky during WW I. He made a very good friend while at Camp Taylor by the name of Henry T. Drochelmann. On several occassions Henry's sister, Hazel Margaret, came to visit him at Camp Taylor. While there she met Cecil Everidge. A romance started between Cecil and Hazel, and they visited at Camp Taylor and in nearby Evansville, Indiana where Hazel and Henry were born along with there sister Minnie. Cecil would be married to Hazel Margaret Drochelman on May 23, 1918. They had four children: Edwin b. 5/24/20, Walter b. 4/11/22, Cecil Jr. b. 6/11/25 and George b. 3/21/27. Hazel died on September 28, 1929 of a post-surgical hemorrhage after having gall bladder surgery. Cecil and the four boys returned to Knott Co. Kentucky to live with Cecil's parents, Moses and Emily Everidge. On November 11, 1930 Cecil Jr. died of influenza complications. Cecil Sr. returned to Evansville, Indiana to collect a life insurance policy, and died from appendicitis on December 24, 1930, before he could return home to his 3 remaining children. Within 15 months Cecil, Hazel, and one child passed away. Moses and Emily raised the remaining children as their own.
Cecil Commadore Everidge was born in either Knott county or Floyd County Kentucky. He was hoeing corn in the field one summer, and suddenly threw the hoe down and supposedly said, "This isn't for me, I am going to the army", and that is exactly what he did. He was very successful at this endeavor. He served in France, and eventually moved up through the ranks. He was a drill instructor at Fort Zachary Taylor in Kentucky during WW I. He made a very good friend while at Camp Taylor by the name of Henry T. Drochelmann. On several occassions Henry's sister, Hazel Margaret, came to visit him at Camp Taylor. While there she met Cecil Everidge. A romance started between Cecil and Hazel, and they visited at Camp Taylor and in nearby Evansville, Indiana where Hazel and Henry were born along with there sister Minnie. Cecil would be married to Hazel Margaret Drochelman on May 23, 1918. They had four children: Edwin b. 5/24/20, Walter b. 4/11/22, Cecil Jr. b. 6/11/25 and George b. 3/21/27. Hazel died on September 28, 1929 of a post-surgical hemorrhage after having gall bladder surgery. Cecil and the four boys returned to Knott Co. Kentucky to live with Cecil's parents, Moses and Emily Everidge. On November 11, 1930 Cecil Jr. died of influenza complications. Cecil Sr. returned to Evansville, Indiana to collect a life insurance policy, and died from appendicitis on December 24, 1930, before he could return home to his 3 remaining children. Within 15 months Cecil, Hazel, and one child passed away. Moses and Emily raised the remaining children as their own.

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