Person:James Lakin (1)

James Alford Lakin

d.1946

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m. 28 Jan 1878

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Name^[1]^[2]	James Alford Lakin
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	22 Jul 1893	Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Residence^[3]	1916	Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United Statesat 402 Ivy James Lakin (occ. car repairer) was listed in the Fort Scott city directory as boarding at this address, which was the residence of James M. Duncan and his wife Nancy J.
Residence^[1]	5 Jun 1917	Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United Statesat 941 Central James Alford Lakin signed a card for the first registration of the WW I draft. James (occ. car repairer for Un. Pac. R. R.) did not have any prior military service, and he claimed an exemption for support of his wife. The registrar's report describes him as medium height, medium build, brown eyes, dark hair, and without physical disability.
Death^[2]	1946
Burial^[2]		Evergreen Cemetery, Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
[roll KS69], FHL #1643583, Kansas City, Precinct 63, [digital image, Ancestry.com], registered 5 June 1917.

James Alford Lakin, age 23, was born 22 July 1893, in Fort Scott, Kansas.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 “James A. Lakin”, in Find A Grave
memorial 76910707.
↑ Fort Scott (Kansas) city directory. (Monitor Steam; Hoye Directory; Chittenden Directory; R. L. Polk)
1916.