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Issue 110, Spring-Summer 2016Newsletter of the

BONDURANT FAMILY ASSOCIATIONWebsite: www.bondurant-family.org

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In this issue:Our Family Goes to War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Documenting Service in World War I . . . . . 2Henry Benton Bondurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3World War I Service List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4World War I Draft Registration . . . . . . . 9-10Bondurants on the World War I Draft

Registration List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102017 BFA Meeting Registration (enclosed)

Our Family Goes to War

The 100th anniversary of the United States entering World War I was April 6, 2017. There are notvery many left who can remember the impact of this momentous decision on our home lives. Thereare still lots of Bondurants (of all spellings) who “did their bit” in the next great conflict of WorldWar II, or have heard many stories from those who did. So this issue is dedicated to documentingand remembering those who served the “Great War” as it was called.

Over 4.7 million men and women served in the regular U.S. forces, national guard units, and draftunits. There were 53,402 killed in action, 63,114 deaths from disease and other causes, and about205,000 wounded. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio furnished the most soldiers.Newspapers of the era often dedicated whole pages to the casualty lists issued by the AdjutantGeneral’s Office in the War Department for the whole nation. Unfortunately these lists do notinclude the names of men who were wounded and did not die of their wounds. Nor do they includethose who served in the Navy or Marines.

This issue is prepared in remembrance of the manyhours of research on Bondurants in the military of alleras by our late cousin Clint Bondurant (1953-2014) ofSenoia, Georgia. He frequently gave talks at BFAmeetings about the information he had found, andalways shared his knowledge with anyone who asked.Thanks, Clint!

Bondurant Family Association Newsletter Issue 114, Summer 2017

Henry Benton Bondurant in his WWIuniform, shared by granddaughterSharon Talley on the BFA Facebookpage (used with permission)

Documenting Service in World War I

Research on those who saw active service in World War I is made more difficult by the fire at theNational Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO, in 1973, which destroyed approximately 80%of the records for U.S. Army personnel discharged Nov. 1, 1912 to Jan. 1, 1960.

The National Archives has a great website with articles by Constance Potter, a retired referencearchivist, called “Documenting Doughboys” with numerous hints and resources for looking up yourWorld War I service person (yes, women went over as nurses, ambulance drivers, shuttle pilots,support staff, and telephone operators).1

Henry Benton Bondurant of Bazine, Kansas

Henry Benton Bondurant was born 23 Apr 1891 in Bazine,Ness County, Kansas, son of John Allen Bondurant (1863-1952) and Rose Wybrandt Bondurant (1869-1928). Hedied 24 Sep 1977 in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.He married Edna Catherine Antenen 31 Dec 1923. Theycelebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1973.

His World War I draft registration card was filled out on24 May 1917, and says that he was 26 years old, a studentat Kansas State Agricultural College and single. He is ofmedium height, medium build, has brown hair and darkeyes. When asked if he had grounds to claim exemptionfrom the draft, he said that he has stomach trouble and hasa farm. He signed the form H B Bondurant.

When he filled out the World War II draft registration cardin 1942, he was the minister at the First Baptist Church ofFort Lupton, Weld County, Colorado. His height was 5’ 8½”, brown eyes, grey hair, weight 160 lbs.

Many thanks to his granddaughter, Sharon Talley, forsharing his photo and dogtags with us.

1 The Documenting Doughboys website link is located at http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/documenting-doughboys.html

You can create a memorial of your own doughboy, with stories of service, photos, etc., athttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/submit-a-story-of-service.html

You may also create a remembrance page on the National World War I Memorial’s Roll of Honor athttps://www.rollofhonor.org/ww1/


Henry Benton Bondurant’s WWI dogtags, courtesyof his granddaughter, Sharon Talley

Henry Benton Bondurant’s WWI draft registration card, from Ancestry

Henry Benton Bondurant’s WWII registration card, from Ancestry.


World War I Service of Bon Durant, Bondurant, Bundrant & Bundren Servicemen

Compiled by your editor from records found on Ancestry.com and Fold3.com July 2017The World War I draft registration records contain thousands of men’s names, with birth dates, place of birth, height, weight, hair color, eye color, place

of employment (1917-1918), and their nearest relative. But these records do not indicate actual service in the war. So we have used the US Army TransportService passenger lists, US Marine Corps muster rolls, US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS death files, Alabama military card files, and headstoneapplications for military veterans from 1917-1919 to compile the information below.

Do you have a World War I Bondurant (or other spellings) veteran in your family? We’d appreciate your sharing any information about him (or her) sothat they can receive the recognition they deserve.

Name Rank Military Unit Next of Kin, ResidenceType of Service Record (Passenger list, muster

rolls, etc.)

Bon Durant, Charles R Gunner, US Navy 1918-1921

Commissioned & Warrant Officers of US Naval &Reserve Force

Bon Durant, Edgar H. Pvt N.A. QMC father Isaac S. Bon Durant, Sloan, IA ship Empress of Russia, left NYC 8-18-1918

Bon Durant, Harmon Earl 2nd Lt Sanitation Corps Elizabeth A. Bondurant, 215 HaldyAve., Columbus, OH; Donald E. Bondurant, 234 S. PowellAve., Apt. C, Columbus, OH

Ohio Soldiers in WWI, headstone application -enlisted 12-19-1917, medical discharge 12-10-1918

Bon Durant, Oscar H. Cpl Btry F, 147th FieldArtillery

father William R. Bon Durant, Arpan,SD

ship No. 527, left Hoboken, NJ 1-11-1918

father lives at Nisland, SD ship Kansas, left Brest, France, 5-1-1919, arrived inPhiladelphia 5-13-1919

Bon Durant, Robert 1st Lt Convalescent Detachment350, Brest

mother Mrs. F.S. Bon Durant, GuarantyTrust Co., NYC

ship Orizaba, left Brest, France 6-25-1919, arrived (pneumonia convalescent)

Bondurant, Albert G. Residence 1917: No. 1, Hampton Court,Pueblo, CO

Drafted at Pueblo, CO, to be sent to Camp Funston9-18-1917 for training



rolls, etc.)

Bondurant, Benjamin B. Sgt 35th Division (Doniphan) mother Mrs. C.P. Bondurant, St. Louis,MO

ship Mauretania, left NYC 6-4-1918

Co. M, 138th Infantry ship Siboney, left Bordeaux France 2-20-1919,arrived Hoboken, NJ 3-3-1919

Bondurant, Clark Allen Pvt 8th Co., 159th DepotBrigade

wife Mary S. Bondurant, Paducah, KY(1961)

headstone application, drafted 6-29-1918,discharged 12-24-1918

Bondurant, David S. 1st Lt ASSC mother Mrs. Mary J. Bondurant, Cairo,IL

ship Louisville, left NYC 9-14-1918

ship Duca D’Abruzzi, left Marseilles, France 1-28-1919, arrived NYC 2-11-1919

Bondurant, Frank H. Capt Co. A, 10th Machine GunBattalion

wife Alice C. Bondurant, Norfolk, VA ship Mobile, left Brest, France 7-16-1919, arrived inHoboken, NJ 7-27-1919

Bondurant, Henry B[enton](see above)

Cpl Co. F, 353rd Infantry,89th Division

father John A. Bondurant, Bazine, KA ship Karmala, left NYC 4-25-1918

LeMans Casual Co. No.1232

ship Seattle, left Brest, France 4-8-1919, arrived atHoboken, NJ 4-20-1919

Bondurant, Horace Ripley Pvt 29th Engineers Mrs. Grace Dougherty, 1828 ColumbusAve., Minneapolis, MN (1947)

headstone application - enlisted 2-12-1918,discharged 7-12-1919

Bondurant, Hugh B. Pvt ReplenishmentDetachment No. 1,Quartermaster MechanicalRepair Shop 303

father James R. Bondurant, Martinsville,VA

ship 510 (no name given), left from Hoboken, NJ 1-12-1918

PFC 303rd Motor TransportCorp, St. Aignan CasualCo. No. 1477 (Virginia)

ship President Grant, left from Brest, France 3-20-1919, arrived at Newport News, VA 4-3-1919

Bondurant, John Dewey Pvt Escambia Co., AL military card files 1917, residentof Flomaton, AL



rolls, etc.)

Bondurant, Joseph Alonza Pvt 6th Co., 2nd REC Bn,,157th Infantry

son John L. Bondurant Jr., Rt. 1, Box 82,Flomaton, AL (1962)

Escambia Co., AL military card files 1917, residentof Flomaton, AL

Bondurant, Joseph L. Pvt Escambia Co., AL military card files, resident ofFlomaton, AL, farmer, enlisted 7-9-1918, sent toCamp Shelby

Bondurant, Lloyd H. Pvt Co. D, Parris Island, SC Marine Corps muster rolls, enlisted 5-15-1918,discharged 4-22-1919, character excellent

140th Marines Casual Co.,Quantico, VA

Bondurant, Omer Dee Pvt 450th Engineer MotorTransport Service Co.

sister Zelma Jewell Bondurant, Reedley,CA

ship Great Northern, left Hoboken, NJ 8-31-1918

Cpl Motor Transport Co. 690 father Bush F. Bondurant, Reedley, CA ship Santa Malta, left Bordeaux, France 7-3-1919,arrived Brooklyn, NY 7-15-1919

690th MTC headstone application-Reedley Cemetery, Redley,CA

Bondurant, William H. Pvt 79th Prov. Co., Sept. AutoRepl. Draft

father Simeon H. Bondurant, Rice, VA ship KD Nederlander, left NYC 9-18-1918

Camp Lee Detachment,160th Infantry

ship Antigone,left Bordeaux, France ___, arrived inHoboken, NJ 3-24-1919

Bundrant, Mather J. Pvt Btry E, 306th FieldArtillery

mother Mrs. Elizabeth Bundrant, 5814Quimby Ave., Cleveland, OK

ship Agamemnon, left Brest, France 4-21-1919,arrived at Hoboken, NJ 4-29-1919

Bundrant, Walker Pvt Co. F, 807th PioneerInfantry

cousin Charlie Maxwell, 65 Camden St.,Roxbury, MA

ship Maul, left Hoboken, NJ 9-4-1918

cousin Martha Maxwell ship Pastores, left Bordeaux, France 1-31-1919 (hecame home with TB)



rolls, etc.)

Bundrant, William E. Pvt Camp Gordon, InfantryCo. 12

mother Mrs. Fannie H. Bundrant,Lawrenceburg, TN

ship Tunesian, left Montreal, Canada 8-24-1918\

Co. M, 326th Infantry ship Eurana, left Pauillac, France 5-24-1919,arrived at Hoboken, NJ 6-6-1919

Bundren, Albert R. Pvt Co. D, 117th Engineers,42nd & 26th Div. Det.

mother Mrs. Lucy E. Bundren, 913Downey Rd, Los Angeles, CA

ship Iroquois, left Newport News, VA 12-8-1917

Wag-oner

ship Pueblo, left Brest, France 4-17-1919, arrived atHoboken, NJ 4-28-1919

Bundren, Claude E. Pvt 660th Aero SupplySquadron, Air Service

mother Mrs. Myrtle M. Bundren, RFD 4,Germantown, OH

ship Rochambeau, left NYC 5-7-1918

mother’s name given as Mary ship Guiseppe Verdi, left Marseille, France 4-30-1919, arrived at NYC 5-14-1919

Bundren, Isaac M. PFC Ambulance Co. 137,110th Sanitary Train, 35thDivision

mother Mrs. Fannie J. Bundren, Findon,MT

ship Louisville, left NYC 5-19-1918

mother now lives at Barlowtown, MT ship Antigone, left St. Nazaire, France, 4-14-1919,arrived at Newport News, VA 4-27-1919

Bundren, James Mike Pvt Co. L, 140th Infantry wife Mary Bundren, 342 HansonAvenue, Indianapolis, IN

ship Nasemond, left St. Nazaire, France 4-15-1919

Bundren, Jesse M. Pvt Co. G, 334th Infantry wife Mary Bundren, 342 Hansen Ave.,Indianapolis, IN

ship Aquitania, left NYC 9-2-1918

Bundren, John B. Clerk Medical Dept. ship Sheridan, leftHonolulu, HI 4-13-1916, arrived at San Francisco,CA 5-5-1916

Bundren, Lee W. Sgt Bakery Co. No. 321,QMC, NA 36th Division

brother James F. Bundren, Llano, TX ship Rijndam, left Hoboken, NJ 7-18-1918



rolls, etc.)

“12-question Draft Card” for Joseph Alonzo Bondurant of Flomaton, AL.

September 1918 draft registration card for John William Bundrant ofRising Star, TX.

Bundren, Wesley Pvt 8th Co., Camp Shelby father John Bundren, Henderson, KY ship Anchises, left Hoboken NJ 6-12-1918

Co. K, 167th Infantry ship Montana, left Brest, France 4-15-1919, arrivedat Hoboken, NJ 4-25-1919

Bundrum (none found)


U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men living in the United States completed a World WarI draft registration card. That accounts for approximately 98 percent of men in the U.S. born between1872 and 1900. The total U.S. population in 1917-1918 was about 100 million individuals, so closeto 25 percent of the total population is represented in these records.

The WWI draft registration cards database can be an extremely useful resource because it coversa significant portion of the U.S. male population in the early twentieth-century. If you had family inthe United States during WWI, you are likely to find at least one relative’s information within thislarge collection. In addition, these cards contain more than just names and dates; they can containsignificant genealogical information such as birthplace, citizenship status, and information on theindividual’s nearest relative.

History of the DraftOn 6 April 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and officially entered World War I.Six weeks later, on 18 May 1917, the Selective Service Act was passed, which authorized thepresident to increase the military establishment of the United States. As a result, every male livingwithin the United States between the ages of eighteen and forty-five was required to register for thedraft.

The period of 1880-1920 was a high immigration period to the United States. Young men wererequired to register for the draft regardless of their U.S. citizenship status. Of course, not all the menwho registered actually served in the armed forces, and there were some who enlisted and served inthe war but did not register for the draft.

Draft RegistrationThe World War I draft consisted of three separate registrations:First Registration. The registration on 5 June 1917, was for men aged twenty-one to thirty-one –

men born between 6 June 1886 and 5 June 1896.Second Registration. The registration on 5 June 1918, was for men who had turned twenty-one

years of age since the previous registration—men born between 6 June 1896 and 5 June 1897.Men who had not previously registered and were not already in the military also registered. Inaddition, a supplemental registration on 24 August 1918, was for men who turned twenty-oneyears of age since 5 June 1918.

Third Registration. The registration on 12 Sept 1918, was for men aged eighteen to twenty-one andthirty-one to forty-five—men born between 11 Sept 1872 and 12 Sept 1900.

Draft Registration CardsEach of the three separate registrations used a slightly different version of the draft registration card.Because different cards were used for the three registration periods, the information included in eachvaries. In general, the registration cards included the following information:• Full name• Home address• Date and place of birth• Age, race, and country of citizenship• Occupation and employer• Physical description (hair and eye color, height, disabilities)• Additional information such as address of nearest relative, dependent relatives, marital status,

father’s birthplace, or previous exemption from service• Signature


Draft registration of William Albert Bondurant of Mount Sterling, KY

The date and place of registration and the name of person taking the registration can give clues as toplace of residence at that time.

The card used for the first registration (sometimes called the Twelve-Question card because oftwelve questions on the front) includes this information: name, age, address, date and place of birth,citizenship status, employer’s name and address, dependent information, marital status, race,military service, and physical appearance. (see examples above and below)

Source InformationAncestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo,UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System DraftRegistration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

Bondurants on the World War I Draft Registration List

Your editor has abstracted from the World War I Draft Registration database on Ancestry.com anyentries with any variation of the Bondurant name, including Bon Durant, Bonnerant, Bundran,Bundrant, Bundren, and Bundrum. This table is 27 pages long, legal size, 10 point font, so it isobviously too large to include in this issue of the newsletter. So we have asked our webmaster,David W. Bondurant, to create a new World War I webpage on the BFA website (www.bondurant-family.org) and post it there. If you would like to share photos of your own World War I veteranBondurant ancestor, either in the newsletter or on the webpage (or both), please send the digital filesand details to your editor at [email protected]. Be sure to give details about who is in thephoto and include a phrase that gives us permission to use your materials. Thanks!

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