Ray Clayton Stairs

Occupation Details
- From May 25th, 1918 to April 29th, 1919 Ray's occupation was Soldier in public administration for US Army, in USA (United States Of America).
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_rayclayton.htm
      
      A veteran of World War I
      
      When World War I broke out, Ray joined the US Army on May 25, 1918. He is pictured in the book Westmoreland Towns in the World War, which says that he "was sent to Camp Greenleaf. He was attached to Base Hospital No. 61, later assigned to the Infantry officers' School Infirmary at Camp Lee and was honorably discharged April 29, 1919."
      
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      http://www.archive.org/stream/westmorelandtown00kenn/westmorelandtown00kenn_djvu.txt
      
      "Westmoreland towns in the world war"
      
      http://www.archive.org/stream/westmorelandtown00kenn/westmorelandtown00kenn_djvu.txt
      
      STAIKS, KAY- Sdti ni .Mr ;iM'l
      Mrs. Lehman Stairs, entered service
      May 25, 1918, and was sent to Camp
      Greenleaf. He was attached to Base
      Hospital No. 61, later assigned to the
      Infantry Officers' School Infirmary at
      Camp Lee and was honorably dis-
      charged April 29, 1919.
  From after May 25th, 1918 his occupation was Soldier in public administration for US Army, at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, Georgia, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_rayclayton.htm
      
      A veteran of World War I
      
      When World War I broke out, Ray joined the US Army on May 25, 1918. He is pictured in the book Westmoreland Towns in the World War, which says that he "was sent to Camp Greenleaf. He was attached to Base Hospital No. 61, .........
      
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      Medical Officer's Training Camp at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia
      
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      http://www.schistory.net/fortoglethorpe/History.htm
      
      .... On the Camp Greenleaf site, one of the camps which merged into the Fort Oglethorpe Post, the Army established a medical and sanitary corp. Many of the horse drawn ambulances which drew their way across the War's battlefields had their origin at Fort Oglethorpe, where the formation and training was a Camp Greenleaf specialty. Furthermore, he sanitary procedures prescribed for trench warfare and trench life also arose in the Sanitary Corps' method of development at Fort Oglethorpe. ....
      
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      http://www.nps.gov/archive/chch/adhi/adhi6a.htm
      
      At Camp Greenleaf the School of Applied Surgical Mechanics started instruction in November, 1917, and other schools dealing in dentistry, nutrition, anatomy, plastic and oral surgery, urology, opthalmology, psychology, surgery, neurosurgery, veterinary medicine, and roentgenology soon followed. ....... By late November, 1918, medical training activities at Camp Greenleaf were suspended ... In the previous nineteen months over 60,000 troops had passed through the center.
  To about April 29th, 1919 his occupation was Soldier in public administration for US Army, at Infantry officers' School Infirmary at Camp Lee (Fort Lee), Prince George County, Virginia, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_rayclayton.htm
      
      ......later assigned to the Infantry officers' School Infirmary at Camp Lee and was honorably discharged April 29, 1919."

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Lehman Garner Stairs
  - b.~23 Aug 1860 d.~26 Apr 1930 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Ray Clayton Stairs
  - b.12 Apr 1895 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.27 Mar 1924 in Frick Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Jacob Henry Minerd
  - b.1751 in Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA d.1811 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Jacob Minerd Jr
  - b.~  1780 in Ruscombmanor Township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.~11 Nov 1842 in Hexebarger (Hexaburger), Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Maria Margaret Neun
  - b.1755 in Oley Township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.1820 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Eli Minerd
  - b.Sep 1831 in Hexebarger (Hexaburger), Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA d.11 Apr 1911 in Frick Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Johann Heinrich “Henry” Junghen ^*
  - b.31 Jan 1717 in Hesse, Germany d.20 Feb 1787 in Haycock Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Johannes Michael “John” Younkin
  - b.28 Nov 1756 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.Oct 1826 in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Catharina Scherer (Junghen)^*
  - b.1726 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.~  1825 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Catherine Younkin (Minerd)
  - b.18 Aug 1787 in Lovittsville, Loudoun county, Virginia, USA d.12 Aug 1847 in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Catharina Dorsheimer (Younkin)
  - b.~  1760 d.~  1840 in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Martha Jane Minerd (Stairs)
  - b.~06 Nov 1863 in Bridgeport, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.~27 Mar 1931 in North Diamond Street, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Baer
  - b. in Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Mary Ann Baer (Minerd)
  - b.17 Jul 1836 in Allegheny, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.05 Nov 1887 in Alverton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  (Baer)
  - b. in Pennsylvania, USA
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Ray Clayton Stairs

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