Recognizing their service does not glorify war but shows that, though Mooringsport may seem obscure and out of the way, its citizens were still drawn into the great events of their day.
Christian, Early Bickham (1895-1975) was born in Mooringsport and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture in 1917. While serving in WWI, he was awarded the French medal Croix de Guerre for "conspicuous bravery during a German air raid on the American Salient at St. Mihiel." After the war, he worked in the U.S. State Department where he served as vice-consul in Dublin and Stockholm.
Christian, Early Bickham (1895-1975) was born in Mooringsport and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture in 1917. While serving in WWI, he was awarded the French medal Croix de Guerre for "conspicuous bravery during a German air raid on the American Salient at St. Mihiel." After the war, he worked in the U.S. State Department where he served as vice-consul in Dublin and Stockholm.
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| Early B. Christian (Passport Photo 1922) |
Early was the great-grandson of James Christian (1795-1869), and grandson of James Marshall Christian (1832-1864), War of 1812 and Civil War veterans respectively listed below. His parents were Early Clayton (1858-1903) and Caroline Bickham (1867-1943) Christian.
He began his WWI service as an ambulance driver (shown below), and later entered the Air Force..
This newspaper article describes his military service including a remarkable incident in which he and pilot comrade were shot down by German planes, resulting in the loss of a leg.
Awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government.
Appointed to U.S. diplomatic mission to Ireland:
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Profiled in a 1930 State Department publication.
Not much is known about his later life. The 1940 census shows him living with his mother in Shreveport. He was very active in investigating his family history, evidenced by advertisements placed in numerous newspapers nationwide soliciting information about relatives. He was also instrumental in creating a history of the Mount Zion Cemetery in Longwood, LA; where members of his family and several notable former Mooringsport residents are buried, which is linked here.
He died in 1975 and is buried in Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, LA.
Christian, James (1795-1869), Private, War of 1812
James served in the militia of North Carolina, his home state, during the War of 1812 per this 1953 military headstone application.
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Note great grandson Early Bickham Christian (see above) filed the application..
He died in the Mittie Stephens steamboat fire in 1869 and is buried in the Mooring Family Cemetery southwest of town.
Christian, James Marshall (1832-1864), Captain, CSA, Civil War
Son of James and grandfather of Early, he served in the 27th Louisiana Regiment, Company H "Caddo Pioneers" during the Civil War.
Listed here as lieutenant, per his commemorative marker (noted below) he eventually became captain of the troop.
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (1890), Page 22
The cause of his death is unknown (i.e., mortal wound, infection, disease, etc.), however that regiment was engaged in battles from Murfreesboro (TN) to Chickamauga (GA) to Atlanta over the last year of his life.
Note his burial marker show the Caddo Pioneers to be part of the 25th Louisiana Infantry though all other records indicate it at least started under the 27th Infantry, an example shown here,
Source: A Soldiers Story of the War; Including the Marches and Battles (1874), Page 258
By the time of his death it's likely there was a lot of in-field reorganizing as the Confederate troops became more decimated with leaders killed, wounded, or captured.
He is buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Lowndes County, AL (southwest of Montgomery), but also has a marker in the Mooring Family Cemetery.
Dennison, Harold Alfred (1877-1954) Private, U.S. Army, Co. D., 1st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, Spanish-American War
U. S. Spanish-American War Volunteers, 1898
World War II draft registration shows birthplace as Mooringsport.
He is buried in Klamath Memorial Park, Klamath Falls, OR.
Ellett, Dick (1895-1961), Private, WWI
Served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the First World War. This picture is from a 1916 passport application where he planned to travel to the then British West Indies, specifically Trinidad, to work on oil drilling operations.
Dick is also notable in that he was involved in an incident with Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, arguably Mooringsport's most famous resident, and which resulted in the latter going to the state prison in Angola, and ultimately to his gaining fame as a folk and blued singer.
He is buried in Mooringsport Cemetery.
Moore, Anna Marie Schlums (1921-1980), USN
The following profile was provided by her son, Bob.
In following the theme of remembering our veterans, I offer the photo below and brief account of my Mom's service. She was a Navy WAVE who's primary work was as a clerk, stenographer, and typist. Anna Marie Schlums Moore never claimed to come from a military family, even though her dad was a WWI navy pilot, her cousin and childhood playmate Orla Krause was killed in action in WWII, she was a WAVE, and she married a navy pilot, Buck Moore.
After the war, they moved to Louisiana, to Moore Hill, just a few hundred yards from the house where Buck was born. In Mooringsport, folks knew her as Ann. She put four children through Mooringsport Elementary and Jr High School, scouting programs, and church activities. For many years one of the joys of her life was to teach the senior women's Sunday School class at M'sport Baptist Church, where, she said, "The ladies in the class taught me more than I ever taught them." For a time she was the librarian at the M'sport branch of the Shreve Memorial Library.
In 1976, as a service project of the Home Demonstration Club, she compiled the "Profiles of Mooringsport" booklet that tells short accounts of many of the town's families. For a girl from Massachusetts, she did a great job of adapting to southern life and culture.
Ann died in 1980 of cancer at age 58. She is buried in the Mooringsport Cemetery. She was approximately 23 years old when the photo was taken.
Source: Robert Moore
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Vogler, Patricia Ann "Patsy" Twilley (1933-2007), Captain, USMC, Vietnam War
Served 10 years, 1955 to 1965, in the U.S. Marine Corps,
Here is her high school picture as a senior at Fair Park High School in Shreveport, LA.
Source: 1951 Fair Park Sequoyah (yearbook), Page 37
Shown here while a student at Louisiana Tech University.
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Source: Ruston Daily Leader 08-Apr-1954 Page 1
Featured in an article about the recruitment of women to the Marines.
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Excerpted from her obituary:
Pasty graduated from Louisiana Tech University, where she was an active member in Phi Mu. Following graduation, Patsy joined the Marine Corps, where she met her husband, Lewis D. Vogler. After starting their family, Patsy left the Marines to focus on her family and volunteer work. She was active in many clubs and social organizations, including various Woodbridge Senior High School booster clubs, the Women Marines Association, the Officers' Wives' Club, the Retired Officers' Wives' Club and the International Wives' Club at Quantico, Va., the Quantico Garden Club and the American Legion Post 364 (Woodbridge, Va.). She also found time to continue her education and she earned a Master of Education degree from the University of Virginia in 1976. Once her children were grown, Patsy went back to work as the Supervisor of Communications for the American Legion at their headquarters in Washington, D.C. She retired in 2001 after 17 years of service.
Captain Vogler is buried in Quantico National Cemetery, Virginia.
Christian, James (1795-1869), Private, War of 1812
James served in the militia of North Carolina, his home state, during the War of 1812 per this 1953 military headstone application.
Note great grandson Early Bickham Christian (see above) filed the application..
He died in the Mittie Stephens steamboat fire in 1869 and is buried in the Mooring Family Cemetery southwest of town.
Christian, James Marshall (1832-1864), Captain, CSA, Civil War
Son of James and grandfather of Early, he served in the 27th Louisiana Regiment, Company H "Caddo Pioneers" during the Civil War.
Listed here as lieutenant, per his commemorative marker (noted below) he eventually became captain of the troop.
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (1890), Page 22
The cause of his death is unknown (i.e., mortal wound, infection, disease, etc.), however that regiment was engaged in battles from Murfreesboro (TN) to Chickamauga (GA) to Atlanta over the last year of his life.
Note his burial marker show the Caddo Pioneers to be part of the 25th Louisiana Infantry though all other records indicate it at least started under the 27th Infantry, an example shown here,
By the time of his death it's likely there was a lot of in-field reorganizing as the Confederate troops became more decimated with leaders killed, wounded, or captured.
He is buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Lowndes County, AL (southwest of Montgomery), but also has a marker in the Mooring Family Cemetery.
Cushman, Stanley (1911-1943) Staff Sgt, USAAC, WWII
Sgt. Cushman was killed in a crash of a B-24 Liberator* near Rapid City, SD. He was the son of Robert and Jodie Cushman of Mooringsport. Here is an article from the 22-May-1943 Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel that describes the incident:
Sgt. Cushman was killed in a crash of a B-24 Liberator* near Rapid City, SD. He was the son of Robert and Jodie Cushman of Mooringsport. Here is an article from the 22-May-1943 Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel that describes the incident:
* This was noted in the obituary of one of the other crewmen.
Note the article incorrectly identifies Mrs. Cushman as “Josie”.
Sergeant Cushman is buried in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Longwood, LA.
U. S. Spanish-American War Volunteers, 1898
World War II draft registration shows birthplace as Mooringsport.
He is buried in Klamath Memorial Park, Klamath Falls, OR.
Ellett, Dick (1895-1961), Private, WWI
Served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the First World War. This picture is from a 1916 passport application where he planned to travel to the then British West Indies, specifically Trinidad, to work on oil drilling operations.
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| Dick Ellett (1916) |
Dick is also notable in that he was involved in an incident with Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, arguably Mooringsport's most famous resident, and which resulted in the latter going to the state prison in Angola, and ultimately to his gaining fame as a folk and blued singer.
He is buried in Mooringsport Cemetery.
Hall, Arlis Ira (1923?-1943), Fireman 1st Class, USN, WWII
The son of Percy E. and Ollie Hall, he was lost in the sinking of the USS De Haven (DD-469) on 01-Feb-1943. Below he is identified in the official list of personnel from Louisiana (page 7) on the website State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel .
Here is an account of the sinking of the De Haven and list of sailors lost. He is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
Hall, Arlis I. Post No. 28, American Veterans (AMVETS)
Hall, Arlis I. Post No. 28, American Veterans (AMVETS)
Mooringsport once had a post of the American Veterans (AMVETS), named for F1C Ira Hall.
Initial officers listed for Post No. 26 included:
- Sam W. Bard (1918-2007), Commander
- Cecil V. Richards (1913-1979), 1st Vice Commander
- Robert L. Martin, Jr. (1925-2001), Adjutant
- Maxwell Eugene Ryan (1915-1988), Finance Officer
Moore, Anna Marie Schlums (1921-1980), USN
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| Anna Marie Schlums Moore |
The following profile was provided by her son, Bob.
In following the theme of remembering our veterans, I offer the photo below and brief account of my Mom's service. She was a Navy WAVE who's primary work was as a clerk, stenographer, and typist. Anna Marie Schlums Moore never claimed to come from a military family, even though her dad was a WWI navy pilot, her cousin and childhood playmate Orla Krause was killed in action in WWII, she was a WAVE, and she married a navy pilot, Buck Moore.
After the war, they moved to Louisiana, to Moore Hill, just a few hundred yards from the house where Buck was born. In Mooringsport, folks knew her as Ann. She put four children through Mooringsport Elementary and Jr High School, scouting programs, and church activities. For many years one of the joys of her life was to teach the senior women's Sunday School class at M'sport Baptist Church, where, she said, "The ladies in the class taught me more than I ever taught them." For a time she was the librarian at the M'sport branch of the Shreve Memorial Library.
In 1976, as a service project of the Home Demonstration Club, she compiled the "Profiles of Mooringsport" booklet that tells short accounts of many of the town's families. For a girl from Massachusetts, she did a great job of adapting to southern life and culture.
Ann died in 1980 of cancer at age 58. She is buried in the Mooringsport Cemetery. She was approximately 23 years old when the photo was taken.
Source: Robert Moore
Pate, Aubie U. (1897-1918), Private, U.S. Army, WWI
Private Pate was killed-in-action in World War I during the Meuse Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of the Argonne Forest. He was the son of Lemuel Jefferson and Frankie Craighead Pate.
Private Pate was killed-in-action in World War I during the Meuse Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of the Argonne Forest. He was the son of Lemuel Jefferson and Frankie Craighead Pate.
Here he is identified among the dead per the El Paso Herald 09-Dec-1918:
Linked here is the History of the Company B, 356th Infantry, of which Private Pate was a part.
He is buried in the Hurricane Cemetery near Arcadia, LA.
He is buried in the Hurricane Cemetery near Arcadia, LA.
Tyler, Harry M. (1919-1951), Captain, USAF, WWII, Korean War
Captain Tyler was a graduate of Mooringsport High School and served as a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War, and was killed-in-action in the latter.
Captain Tyler was a graduate of Mooringsport High School and served as a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War, and was killed-in-action in the latter.
Here is Captain Tyler's obituary from the Winn Parish (LA) Enterprise 08-Nov-1951:
Grandson of Mrs. W. M. Tyler Buried In Shreveport
Funeral services for Captain Harry M. Tyler, 32, who was killed in action May 25 in Korea, were held Wednesday, Oct. 31, in a Shreveport funeral home, with the Rev. A. C. Lawton, pastor of the Blanchard Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery with graveside services conducted by units from Barksdale Air Force Base. Capt. Tyler was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Tyler of Mooringsport, and the grandson of Mrs. W. M. Tyler of Wren Acres, Winnfield. He was on a jet fighter reconnaissance mission at the time of his death.
He is survived by his parents; his widow, the former Billie Crawford of Van Alstyne, Texas; three children, Tim, Glenn, and Barbara Louise; grandmothers, Mrs. Tyler of Winnfield and Mrs. Emma Lindsey of Mooringsport.
Capt. Tyler enlisted in the Army after his graduation from Mooringsport High School and took officers training at Ft. Benning, Ga. He served in Hawaii for three years prior to World War II.
He had been out of the army for a year when the Korean War started. During World War II, he served in the South Pacific. He was sent to Korean on May 10, only 15 days before his death.
Per the Korean War Veterans Honor Roll (open link and type in name to view):
"Captain Tyler was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing. On May 25, 1951, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy positions, he crashed into a ridge and burst into flames. Captain Tyler was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal."
Note there is a conflict between the obituary that states he was flying a jet fighter, while the Korean War Veterans Honor Roll lists the plane he was flying at the time of his death as a F-51D, which is the former P-51 Mustang , a plane he flew in WWII.
Captain Tyler is buried in the Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport, LA.
Vogler, Patricia Ann "Patsy" Twilley (1933-2007), Captain, USMC, Vietnam War
Served 10 years, 1955 to 1965, in the U.S. Marine Corps,
Here is her high school picture as a senior at Fair Park High School in Shreveport, LA.
Source: 1951 Fair Park Sequoyah (yearbook), Page 37
Shown here while a student at Louisiana Tech University.
Source: Ruston Daily Leader 08-Apr-1954 Page 1
Featured in an article about the recruitment of women to the Marines.
Excerpted from her obituary:
Pasty graduated from Louisiana Tech University, where she was an active member in Phi Mu. Following graduation, Patsy joined the Marine Corps, where she met her husband, Lewis D. Vogler. After starting their family, Patsy left the Marines to focus on her family and volunteer work. She was active in many clubs and social organizations, including various Woodbridge Senior High School booster clubs, the Women Marines Association, the Officers' Wives' Club, the Retired Officers' Wives' Club and the International Wives' Club at Quantico, Va., the Quantico Garden Club and the American Legion Post 364 (Woodbridge, Va.). She also found time to continue her education and she earned a Master of Education degree from the University of Virginia in 1976. Once her children were grown, Patsy went back to work as the Supervisor of Communications for the American Legion at their headquarters in Washington, D.C. She retired in 2001 after 17 years of service.
Captain Vogler is buried in Quantico National Cemetery, Virginia.
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