Individual Details

Lieutenant Colonel Elbert Elvero PERSONS M.D.

(1 Jul 1869 - 8 Jul 1924)

Events

Birth1 Jul 1869Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Residence6 Aug 1870with his parents - Perkins, Erie County, Ohio
Residence7 Jun 1880with his parents on Center Street - Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio
Graduated1891the Ohio Wesleyan University - Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio
Occupation1892traveling salesman - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Residence1892as a boarder at 25 Norwood - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Occupation1 Jun 1900physician in the 4th Cavalry - Philippine Islands
MilitaryAbt 1900served as a physician in the 4th Cavalry - Philippine Islands
MarriageAbt 1904Helen Louise LAPSLEY
Occupation15 Apr 1910army officer - Manhattan, New York County, New York
Miscellaneous6 Nov 1911represented the army at the second session of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
OccupationAbt 1917/18an expert in military sanitation and organized the U.S. Ambulance Service during World War I
Military3 Oct 1918was commander of an ambulance unit during World War I - Italy
Occupation10 Jan 1920medical officer - Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Residence10 Jan 1920with his family at 700 Franklin Ave. - Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Degree15 Jun 1921honorary doctor of law - Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio
Death8 Jul 1924
BurialAft 8 Jul 1924in Section SE, Site 3093 at the Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Families

SpouseHelen Louise LAPSLEY (1872 - 1952)
ChildElbert L PERSONS (1905 - 1970)
FatherReverend Elvero Greenleaf PERSONS LL.B, D.D. (1842 - )
MotherGertrude Adelia REED (1843 - )
SiblingFrank PERSONS (1871 - 1871)
SiblingAlfred Cookman PERSONS (1873 - 1881)
SiblingJohn Reed PERSONS (1876 - )
SiblingAlice Lora PERSONS (1877 - 1953)
SiblingVictor Smith PERSONS (1878 - )
SiblingChristopher Edgar PERSONS (1882 - )
SiblingVincent John PERSONS (1884 - )