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Stories of our Jarvis and Teply ancestors

Month: February 2020

57 – Anna Kloppenberg (1G)

February 29, 2020October 26, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

We’ve just read Anna’s own words in the last post. Let’s fill in a few details about her early life.

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KloppenbergHanover, Kansas, Kloppenberg, Washington County

56 – Anna Mengers (1G) – In Her Own Words

February 26, 2020October 26, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

We have a guest author for this post – Anna Kloppenberg Teply Mengers (1G).

This article is copied from “The Kloppenberg / Overwald Family History”, by Ed Kloppenberg.

The article was written in December 1992. I suspect it was really written by Alice Teply Karr, Anna’s daughter.

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Kloppenberg, TeplyHanover, Kloppenberg, Teply, Washington County

55 – Gallagher Jarvis Cheney – WWI

February 22, 2020October 26, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

Here are others of our great-grandfathers who served in World War I.

  • Thomas P Gallagher
  • Ralph H Jarvis
  • Ralph E Cheney
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Cheney, Gallagher, Jarvis, TeplyCheney, France, Gallagher, Jarvis, Military, Teply, WWI

54 – Ben Teply – WWI – Discharge and Home

February 19, 2020October 26, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

The Armistice occurred on November 11, 1918.

By the end of November, the army had refocused its mission:

  1. The army in Europe was now an army of occupation
  2. A major demobilization was begun to return the troops to civilian life.
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TeplyHanover, Military, Teply, WWI

53 – Ben Teply – WWI – Armistice!

February 15, 2020October 26, 2021Mark Jarvis1 Comment

At 0830 on the morning of November 11, word was received at 89th Division headquarters that an armistice would go into effect at 1100 and that all firing should cease at that time.

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TeplyHanover, Military, Teply, WWI

52 – Ben Teply – WWI – Medical Treatment

February 12, 2020October 26, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

Ben Teply took a shrapnel wound in his right thigh on the afternoon of September 12.

Using his own records, some collateral info, and a bit of conjecture, we can follow his medical treatment.

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TeplyFrance, Medical, Military, Teply, WWI

51 – Ben Teply – WWI – St Mihiel Salient

February 8, 2020October 26, 2021Mark Jarvis1 Comment

The battle of St. Mihiel was the first major operation of an all-American force.

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TeplyFrance, Military, Teply, WWI

50 – Ben Teply – WWI – Into the Line

February 5, 2020October 26, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

By 1918, the war in Europe had become a bloody stalemate.

In 1916 alone, battles at Verdun and the Somme each resulted in nearly one million killed and wounded.

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TeplyFrance, Military, Teply, WWI

49 – Ben Teply – WWI – Deployment

February 1, 2020October 26, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

On April 27, Colonel Reeves of the 353rd held a secret meeting with the company commanders.

“We’re going over soon; make your plans accordingly.”

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TeplyFrance, Military, Teply, WWI

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