Private William Pumphrey

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Parents: Cyrus and Mary E. Pumphrey
Birth: August 11, 1888, near Hope, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Occupation: Farmer
Entered service: July 20, 1918, Columbus, Indiana
Sent to: Camp Taylor, Kentucky
Served as: cook in Central Officers Training School, 29th Cooks and Bakers Training School
Death: influenza-pneumonia October 20, 1918, Camp Taylor, Kentucky
Burial: Moravian Cemetery, Hope, Bartholomew County, Indiana

The Republic
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, October 10, 1918
Page 2

WILLIAM PUMPHREY FUNERAL

Funeral services for the late William Pumphrey, a Bartholomew county soldier, who died of Spanish influenza at Camp Taylor, was held from the home of the soldier's widowed mother, Mrs. Mary E. Pumphrey, near Rugby, this morning. The body was laid to rest in the Moravian cemetery at Hope. The arrival of the body was delayed since Monday, the time announced for its arrival.