Samuel Wise Quertermous (1897 - 1919)

Born 25 Aug 1897 in Clay County, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Jan 1919 at age 21 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Biography

Samuel Wise Quertermous was born on August 25, 1897 in Clay County, Illinois^[1]. He was the son of Samuel Quertermous and Arra Williams.^[2] Samuel married Phyllis Lucile Hammonds on October 14, 1918 in Los Angeles.^[3] When he registered for the draft in WWI, Samuel was a pharmacist who owned his own drug company.^[1] He died of bronchial pneumonia on January 9, 1919 in Los Angeles.^[4] Samuel is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood (Los Angeles County), California.^[5]

Census Notes

1910 Census: Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles County, California^[2]

Samuel Quertermous Head Male 45 Kentucky Married 18 years, Asst. Supt., Life Insurance

Arra B Quertermous Wife Female 45 Kentucky Married 18 years, 2 children born, 2 living

James W Quertermous Son Male 17 Illinois Messenger boy, Newspaper

Samuel W Quertermous Son Male 12 Illinois

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} FamilySearch WWI Draft
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} FamilySearch 1910 Census
3. ↑ FamilySearch California Marriage
4. ↑ FamilySearch California Death
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #82416408

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch 1910 Census, Samuel W Quertermous in the household of Samuel Quertermous, Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 176, sheet 9A, family 263, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 82; FHL microfilm 1,374,095.
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch WWI Draft, Samuel Wise Quertermous, 1917-1918.
• California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, database with images, FamilySearch California Marriage, Samuel Wise Quertermous and Phyllis Lucile Hammonds, 14 Oct 1918; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,284.
• California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, database with images, FamilySearch California Death, Samuel W Quertermons, 1919.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2020), memorial page for Samuel W. Quertermous (1897–1919), Find A Grave Memorial no. 82416408, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by BJW (contributor 47094611). Find A Grave: Memorial #82416408