Dawes
Tilton
"D.T."
McCracken
Sr.
Born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eula Orin (Shankland) McCracken
— married
8 Aug 1915 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Husband of
Marguerite (Woodall) McCracken
— married
22 Dec 1919 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Frank Campbell McCracken Sr., Dorothy Louise (McCracken) Wells, Helen Gilkey (McCracken) Haire, Ada (McCracken) Perry and Dawes Tilton McCracken Jr.
Died
at age 90
in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2016
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Biography
Seaman 2nd Class Dawes McCracken Sr. served in the United States Navy in World War I
Service started: 26 Mar 1918
Unit(s): USS TARBELL
Service ended: 4 Feb 1919
Service started: 26 Mar 1918
Unit(s): USS TARBELL
Service ended: 4 Feb 1919
Dawes Tilton McCracken gave is birth date as 10 June 1894 in Nicholas County, Kentucky on his draft registration for World War I. [1]
According to the HISTORY OF NICHOLAS COUNTY KENTUCKY IN WORLD WAR I War Record: Dawes T. McCracken Address: Myers, KY father: W.C. McCracken mother: Anna Jackson, age: 23 entered service: March 26, 1918, at Louisville, Kentucky Ship: TARBELL Seaman 2nd Class Discharged: February 4, 1919, Norfolk, VA Naval Trng Newport, R.I. 3/26/18 - - 8/1/18 Rc Ship Philadelphia, PA 8/1/18 - - 11/11/18 Note: His ship served as escort in the ship convoy that took President Wilson to Europe to sign the Armistice at the end of World War I.
By occupation he was a house painter and he owned Daughtery Paint and Supply in Paris, Kentucky for many years.
He died 1985 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky and was buried in the Paris Cemetery. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K35Y-L7C), Dawes Tilton Mccracken, 1917-1918; citing Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,653,776.
- ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC9-S4KD), Dawes T Mccracken, 18 May 1985; citing Death, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
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