Individual Details

12 Nov 1918 - Northern Pacific, Sailed from Hoboken, NJ
Comp Johnson, October Automatic Replacement
Passenger #149 John H. Wirey, private. Mrs. Ruth F. Wirey, mother, of Tower Hill, IL to be notified in case of emergency

13 Jun 1919 - USS Zeelandia, Sailed from Port of St. Nazaire, France
Field Remount Sqaudron #305
Passenger #112
John H. Wirey, private, Mrs. Ruth Wirey, mother, of Tower Hill, IL to be notified in case of emergency

US Dept of Veterans Affairs Death File shows John enlisted 27 Jun 1918 and was discharged 8 Jul 1919.

1920 Census. Tower Hill, Shelby, IN, Hh 342
W. H. Wirey, 67, Farmer
Ruth, wife, 68
Elsie, dau, 38
John, son, 30

1925 Tower Hill City Directory
Wirey, Elsie, dressmaker
Wirey, Harvey (Ruth) farmer
Wirey, John (Orla), laborer

1928 Tower Hill City Directory
Wirey, Elsie
Wirey, Harvey (Ruth) farmer
Wirey, John H. (Orla F) laborer

1930 Census. Tower Hill, Shelby, IN, Hh 32
John H. Wirey, 40, married at age 33, b. IL, Section laborer, Railroad
Oral F., wife, 26, married at 20, b. IL
P. Eugene, son, 5
N. Undine, dau, 2

1930 Tower Hill City Directory
Wirey, Elsie, housekeeper
Harvey Wirey (Ruth) farmer
Wirey, John (Orla), switchman

1940 Census. Tower Hill, Shelby, IN, Hh 212
Lived in same house in 1935
John Wirey, 50, Laborer, Railroad Section
Elsie, Sister, 58 - lived in same place in 1935

Birth	23 Sep 1888	Shelby County, Illinois
Marriage	Abt 1924	Orla Frances Maloney
Death	27 Feb 1975	Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Divorce	abou 1935	Shelby County, Illinois - Orla Frances Maloney

Spouse	Orla Frances Maloney (1903 - 1982)
Child	Paul Eugene Wirey (1925 - 2011)

Father	William Harvey Wirey (1852 - 1937)
Mother	Ruth Ann Perry (1851 - 1939)