WW I service: as J. L. Ruther; Co. A, 78th Reg., 312th Engineers.
1920 Census: Holt Pct., Keya Paha Co., NE (with parents).
Honorably discharged (WW I) because of his health. He never married and
died while enroute to a Grand Island hospital after a short illness ("Keya
Paha County, 100 Years, 1885-1985").
Age 5 in 1900 (b. Aug 1895), 15 in 1910, 25 in 1920.
Called Lawrence in 1900 and 1910, Lawrence in SSDI, Joseph L. on headstone.
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