Rock Island Auction '03 Sporter: Owner History

I was perusing the upcoming Rock Island Auction catalog and saw an advertised '03 sporter as having a brass tag with Stanton D. Custer inlaid in the forearm. On a whim, I hit the net and found this:

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Stanton D. Custer, the well known proprietor of Custer's Garage, 399 Bedford Street, Johnstown, is a veteran of the World war. He was born in this city, Nov. 29, 1894, and is a son of Daniel and Flora B. (Davis) Custer.
Stanton D. Custer received his education in the public schools of Johnstown. After his graduation from high school he entered the employ of E.F. Stahl, where he learned the trade of auto mechanic. Later he became connected with the Lincoln Auto Company as foreman of the repair shops. In 1915 he entered a partnership with Mr. Eicher, under the firm name of Custer & Eicher Garage. This business was conducted until 1918, when it was disposed of. On March 26, 1918, Mr. Custer enlisted in the ordinance department and was sent to the ordnance training school at State College, later being transferred to a provisional company of the ordnance department and was sent overseas. There he was transferred to the One Hundred Eleventh Ammunition Train, Ordnance Detachment, and was promoted to ordnance sergeant. He was discharge April 8, 1919,

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The wonders of modern information availability never ceases to amaze me.

What is really amazing may be how many Stanton D. Custer's exist and have existed. I have been transcribing Muster Rolls, and I have found individuals with the exact same name in the same battalions, and in one case, the same company. I am not talking about Smith's and Jones' either.

I have noticed the use of "Old World" names that one seldom sees today. Some of them are real jewels. One very well known Marine had the middle name of Emrick (Capt Keller Emrick Rockey - later an Assistant Commandant, and the Marine who carried 1st Sgt Daniel "Pop" Hunters' (KIA) watch to Pop's wife in 1919).

Jim

Jim,

I have noticed the same through various bouts with genealogy. Tends to be dang confusing when the same name keeps getting passed down. One or the other of my names has been swapped and reused for at least 5 generations. I agree that it's neat to see some of the old world names like Thaddeus, Orelia, Cordelia, Hezekiah, etc.

I wish y'all would explain that to all the customers who are confused after getting a "delay" following a NICS background check.

Of course with a name like mine, NICS always comes back with a proceed before you can catch a breath. But then I always have to spell it very slowly with proper enunciation at least three times!!

FWIW,

Emri

My maternal great-grandfather was named Benjamin Franklin Jarvis. Heck, I figured there could only be one of those in history. Found one living within 60 miles of him at the time he lived. Go figure.

My personal favorite was a distant aunt of mine with the given name of Robert E. Lee. I guess her father wanted a boy.

My Alabama family is famous for odd names with no hits on SpellChecker:
My mother - Shrille
My father - Clauselle
My uncle - Inmon Grey
A cousin - Tarleton Tarleton
Two other cousins - Paul Tarleton and Tarleton Paul (one of them was an Alabama baseball coach)
Another cousin - Coon Paul (no he wasn't)
My grandmother - Elmedia
My paternal grandfather - Bootsie
My maternal grandfather - Ghent
My great aunt - Gaddie

My paternal grandfather was a Tarleton and had 9 brothers and one sister. My paternal grandmother was a Paul and one of 12 girls. The ten Tarleton boys married ten of the Paul girls. I guess the pickings were slim. My paternal grandmother (Elmedia) dated both of my grandfathers before she got married to Bootsie. My grandfather Ghent married my other grandmother Lucile when she was 14 years old (her mother was present). Ghent was 32 years old. My grandfather Bootsie's first cousin Woody Dumas murdered my grandfather Ghent at church over a girl named Etta Goodwin who later married Woody (who never went to jail). Woody was my school bus driver when I was a kid. Genealogy can be a bummer.

Jim