From: KyArchives [archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:22 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Sheffer.Eldridge.ww1.1917.Breckinridge.MILITARY-Other World War 1 Draft Registration Card ww1 Breckinridge County KyArchives Military Other World War 1 Draft Registration Card World War I Draft Registration Card A—(5 June 1917) REGISTRATION CARD No.: 42 1. Name in full Given Name: Eldridge Family name: Sheffer Age in Years: 23 2. Home Address No.: Street: City: Earleigh State: KY 3. Date of birth Month: January Day: 13 Year: 1894 4. Are you 1) natural-born citizen 2) naturalized citizen 3) alien 4) or have you declared your intention (specify which): Natural born 5. Where were you born? Town: Earleigh State: KY Nation: 6. If not a citizen, of what nation are you a citizen or subject: 7. What is your present trade, occupation, or office: Farmer 8. By whom employed: Myself Where employed: near Earleigh, KY 9. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which): Wife 1 child 10. Married or single (which): Married Race (specify which): Caucasian 11. What military service have you had? Rank: Pvt. Branch: Inf. Years: 2 Nation or state: State Guard 12. Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds): Disability from State Guard I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true. Signature or mark: Eldridge Sheffer If person is of African descent, cut off this corner (is corner missing?): Present REGISTRAR’S REPORT 1. Tall, medium or short (specify which): Tall Slender, medium, or stout (which): Slender 2. Color of eyes: L. Blue Color of hair: Light Bald: No 3. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled (specify): Disability from Co. 2, 3rd Inf. I certify that my answers are true that the person registered has read his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: Signature of: S. W. Arms Precinct: 17 City or County: Breck. State: KY Date of registration: 6/5/1917 Submitted by: Dana Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001067 Additional Comments: The actual image of this card can be obtained through microfilms at NARA, or through a paid subscription to Ancestry.com. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/