Mortie WILSEY ¹

  General Notes:

1900 MO CENSUS, Clark Co, Madison Twp:
Mortie Wilsey, 4, b. Aug 1895, b. MO, father b. IA, mother b. MO.
He was living with his parents, Henry and Mary Wilsey, and siblings.

WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD, 1917-1918:
Name: Mortie Wilsey
County: Clark
State: Missouri
Birthplace: Missouri,United States of America
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1895
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 21
Occupation: Farming, self-employed
Marital Status: Single
Dependents: aged parents
Claimed exemption from draft due to dependent relatives
Height/Build: Medium/Medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: Blue/
Lost one thumb

1920 MO CENSUS, Clark Co, Lincoln Twp, Kahoka city:
Mortie Wilsey, 24, single, b. MO, father b. IA, mother b. MO, laborer, general laborer.
He was living with his widowed mother, Mary, and siblings.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Mortie Wilsey
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence Age: 46
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1895
Birth Place: Kahoka, Missouri, USA
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Kahoka, Missouri, USA
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Military Draft Date: 1942
Occupation: County Clerk, Clark Co, MO
Relative: Mrs. Gertrude Wilsey
Height: 5 8
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Weight: 240
Complexion: Ruddy

SSDI: Mortie Wilsey, b. Aug 27, 1895, d. Aug 1974; last residence: Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois,

U.S., DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BIRLS DEATH FILE, 1850-2010:
Name: Mortie Wilsey
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1895
Death Date: 3 Aug 1974
SSN: 494077404
Enlistment Date 1: 18 Sep 1918
Release Date 1: 9 Dec 1918

U.S. VETERANS GRAVESITES, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Mortie Wilsey
Service Info.:PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1895
Death Date: 3 Aug 1974
Service Start Date: 18 Sep 1918
Interment Date: 7 Aug 1974
Cemetery: Rock Island National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1 Arsenal Drive Bldg 118 Rock Island, IL 61299-7090
Buried At: Section N Site 1729

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Mortie Wilsey
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1895
Birth Place: Missouri, United States of America
Death Date: 3 Aug 1974
Death Place: United States of America
Cemetery: Rock Island National Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Rock Island, Rock Island County (Rock Island), Illinois, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Spouse: Gertrude A Wilsey
Children: William Henry Wilsey

Mortie married Gertrude Aileen "Toots" BUTLER, daughter of Herbert Orrin BUTLER and Sarah Ann (Anna Mae) WICKHAM, on 26 May 1921 in Kahoka, Clark Co, MO. (Gertrude Aileen "Toots" BUTLER was born on 4 Jan 1901 in MO,^{1 5} died on 16 Apr 1977 in Rock Island, Rock Island Co, IL ^{1 5} and was buried on 19 Apr 1977 in Rock Island National Cem, Rock Island, Rock Island Co, IL ⁵.)