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World War I
First Deaths in
Montgomery County, Texas
Submitted by:
Elaine Walton Lewis
From: Conroe Courier
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First Conroe Death At Front In France –
Lee McCowan, colored one of the draft soldiers, died on May 3rd in France
of pneumonia after being accidentally wounded. So far as known, this is the
first death of a Montgomery county soldier on the front. McCowan’s people live
in Conroe and he is supposed to have had $10,000 life insurance.
Conroe Courier ‑
May 9, 1918
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Earl Hicks Dies at Sea; Wounded In France
– Earl P. Hicks in, so far
as it is known, the first white man of Montgomery County to yield up the noble
sacrifice of his life on the fields of France in defense of liberty. He was
wounded in action and died at sea on the way home. Full particulars of his death
have not been sent to the family.
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Mr. J. H. Hicks, brother of
Earl, received a telegram last Friday stating that the body had arrived at
Hoboken, N. J. and would be sent home if desired. Mr. Hicks wired to have the
body sent to Willis and it arrived there yesterday afternoon. The funeral was to
be held today.
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Earl Hicks was 21 years old
and enlisted in the National Guard in Conroe last year. Conroe Courier –
July 11, 1918
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