Preston Pike

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Biography

Dad was the son of F. M. Pike & Lula Wall Dorn born in Yosemite. He was the 4th sibling of 12. Francis Marion was a tenant farmer and dag helped yje farm and hired out to other farmers at 10 cents an hour. He would walk to Liberty Ky and enjoy a movie when he could. I believe his Dad had a radio at home and never owned a TV.

Dad took an Electronics course after he got out of the army. I still have his sodering iron. He didn't have the patience to finish it though he only missed 2 days work in 31 years. Back in the 1940s and 50s a person could start with a company and retire from the same company. Today, unless you have a bureaucratic government/ union job, the employers and employees don't have the same bonds and loyalty and work ethic to each other.^[1]

Preston lied about his age & joined the Army in June of 1940 and sworn in at Ft Knox in July. He served in North Africa & Italy. He made 2 landings. One at Oran, Algeria and the other at Salarno, Italy.^[2] Dad doctored a birth Certificate of his brother Harold to enlist at the age of 16.^[3]

Wounded south of Monte Casino and spent almost a year in the hospital in Naples. Morter or Artillery blast and a wall or building fell on him. Mom was still helping him pull scrapnelout of the back of his legs in the late 1950's. I didn't know that he had a plate in his head until he died.^[4]

When he returned to the U.S. Dad was stationed at Camp Atterburberry in Brown County Ind. where he met my mother while he was on leave in Evansville Indiana & married her on Oct 3, 1945 in Cincinnati.^[5]

I believe that Dad suffered from P.T.S.D from the war. His siblings noticed a big difference in him when he returned.^[6] Mom's name was Zelma Ilene Healy and was from Norris City, White County, Illinois. & Evansville Indiana.^[7]

He tried to work as a welder riveter in Illinois but it got on his nerves. Got a job at Hudepohl Brewery in 1946 and worked there until he became disabled in 1977.^[8]

Dad was placed in Dunham City Hospital in Cincinati only anout a mile from where I live now. He was diagnosed with TB by the V.A. and was in the Isolation Ward for mutiple weaks until they found out that it was sand from North Africa. Mom and Dad's relatives, that lived in the Cincinnati area, had 2 or more picnics on the lawn outside which was the only visitation they were allowed during his stay. The hospital grounds are now a park.

He died of heart problems. SSN 401-24-8238. Issued in Kentucky. Dorn is stated as his mother's maiden name & Pike his father's name. His death was at 9:20 AM. All the kids were at Jewish hospital throughout the night. He was on a respirator since the day before & that morning the Neurologist stated Dad was brain dead & asked Mom & the kids to take him off. The doctor got consent & Dad breathed no more. Technicly he died the day before on the 16th. Dad was a stern father. He mellowed out in the 1980's with the younger 4 children. He died at Old Jewish Hospital Cincinnati Ohio.

Preston, Ilene, Kenneth & Betty were cremated. Betty's ashes were given to her boyfriend. Pike-2301 08:27, 15 July 2016 (EDT)

Birth

M P Pike

Event 1923, Casey, Kentucky, United States

Mother L Wall^[9]

Enlistment

Preston M Pike, Private, Branch: Field Artillery, White, citizen, Birth: 1921 Ky

PIKE PRESTON M., Education Level, Grammar school, Single

S N 15043856, Affiliate ARC Identifier 1263923, Box Film 1762.33,

Event Type Military Service, 22 Jul 1940, Ft Knox, Kentucky, United States

Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Philippine Department

Army Component Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and :Enlisted Men)^[10]

1986 Address

Preston Pike, Residence Date: 1 Jan 1996-01 Jan 1998

Residence Place: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Phone (513) 961-2989, 1 Jan 1998

Address: 3217 Glendora Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45220^[11]

Death

Marion Preston Pike

Event Type: Death 17 May 1994 Time: 09:20 AM Place:Cincinnati,

Registration Place Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

Male, Age 70, Married, White, Industry: Beverage industries

Education Level: 4 Occupation: Truck drivers

S, S, N, 401-24-8238, Birth Date: 30 Jul 1923,  :Birthplace: Kentucky,

Father's Surname: Pike, Mother's Surname: Dorn,

Hospital Status: Hospital/Inpatient Referred to Coroner:

Autopsy Performed: Method of Disposition

Ohio Department of Health,

Infant Certificate Number: Certificate 38002, Volume 29825,

Census Tract: 71, Registration District: 3101, Line 37985

Affiliate File Name: DEATHS94.DAT ^[12][13]

Burial

Dad was buried at Arlington Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Cremation.^[14][15]

Sources

1. ↑ Information from my Mom, Dad, aunts, and uncles.
2. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OPERATION-TORCH-OVERVIEW.png
3. ↑ Information from myself, my Mom, Dad, aunts, and uncles.
4. ↑ Information from my myself, Mom, Dad, aunts, and uncles.
5. ↑ Information from my Mom, Dad, aunts, and uncles.
6. ↑ Information from my aunts and uncles.
7. ↑ Information from my Mom, Dad, aunts, and uncles.
8. ↑ Information from my Mom, Dad, aunts, and uncles.
9. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHB-WXLS : 1 July 2015), M P Pike, 1923; citing Birth, Casey, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort. Pike-2301 04:32, 23 October 2016 (EDT)
10. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GM-T7V : 5 December 2014), Preston M Pike, enlisted 22 Jul 1940, Ft Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Affiliate Publication Title, Electronic Army Serial Number, Merged File, ca. 1938-1946. Pike-2301 07:18, 3 January 2018 (EST)
11. ↑ :"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch :(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJJN-9LWT : accessed 25 July 2015), :Preston Pike, Residence, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States; a third party :aggregator of publicly available information. The dates above are incorrect! Pike-2301 04:32, 23 October 2016 (EDT)
12. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V29X-S1N
13. ↑ "Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKKT-5LW : accessed 14 July 2015), Marion Preston Pike, 17 May 1994; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 29825, certificate number 038002, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.Pike-2301 11:33, 10 April 2016 (EDT).
14. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGX-6FLH : accessed 14 July 2015), M Preston Pike, 1994; Burial, Mount Healthy, Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America, Arlington Memorial Gardens Cemetery; citing record ID 120496927, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Pike-2301 08:24, 15 July 2016 (EDT)
15. ↑ Name: M Preston Pike, Event Type: Burial No Burial as of July 14, 2015

    Event Date: 1994, Event Place: Mount Healthy, Hamilton, Ohio.

    M Preston Pike Birth Date:June 30, 1923 Death Date: May 17th, 1994

    Affiliate Record Identifier: 120496927 Pike-2301 04:32, 23 October 2016 (EDT)

• He was my father. Pike-2301