Homer Conway Kitchens (1892 - 1966)

Born 12 Apr 1892 in Waldo, Columbia, Arkansas, United States

Died 18 Apr 1966 at age 74 in Brick Township, Ocean, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Homer Kitchens served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 8 Dec 1917
Unit(s): 153rd Depot Brigade
Service ended: 28 Mar 1919

Homer Conway Kitchens was born on April 12, 1892, in Waldo, Arkansas, to James Monroe Kitchens and Margarette Frances Sherrill. He was one of their twelve children. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. He grew up in Lamartine and Magnolia, Arkansas, where he attended school and helped his family on the farm.

In 1917, he moved to Manhattan, New York, where he worked as a carpenter. He married Olga Whitehurst, a native of New Jersey, and they had one son, Jack Conway Kitchens, born in 1921. The family settled in Brielle, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where Homer continued his carpentry work. He also lived in Bradley Beach, Monmouth County, for some time.

Homer Conway Kitchens died on April 18, 1966, in Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, at the age of 74. He was buried in Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. His wife survived him, son, and several siblings. He was remembered as a hard-working and loving husband and father.

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Lamartine, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 54; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0053 Ancestry Record 7602 #35272451
• 1910 United States Federal Census: Year: 1910; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T624_46; Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1374059 Ancestry Record 7884 #196015151
• 1920 United States Federal Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T625_59; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 84 Ancestry Record 6061 #2032161
• 1930 United States Federal Census: Year: 1930; Census Place: Bradley Beach, Monmouth, New Jersey; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 2341105 Ancestry Record 6224 #2049593
• 1940 United States Federal Census: Year: 1940; Census Place: Bradley Beach, Monmouth, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02365; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 13-28 Ancestry Record 2442 #135154998
• 1950 United States Federal Census: 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: Bradley Beach, Monmouth, New Jersey; Roll: 3897; Sheet Number: 26; Enumeration District: 13-50 Ancestry Record 62308 #168685050
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