22 August 2017

Ernest Wasmus, Little Bighorn Survivor


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[Excerpt taken from Health of the Seventh Cavalry: A Medical History, edited by P. Willey, Douglas D. Scott, 2015]


The Globe
St. Paul, Minnesota
14 November 1886



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Register of Enlistment Fold3 Source
1886 - U. S. Army
Wasmus Ernest
Where Enlisted: Ft. Snelling, Minn.
By Whom: Lt. Col. Vincent
Where Born: Brunswick, Germany
Age: 38
Occupation: Clerk
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Complexion: Fair
Height: 5'8" 3/4
Dept. Dak.

Ernest Wasmus' wife, Jemima (Jennie) Beulah Cornell, was the sister of Meta Irene (Cornell) Stone. Meta was the grandmother of Jim's cousin, Brandon White.



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