Cook Ormal L. “Lane” Allen, born 29 Dec 1892 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, was the son of George R. and Sarah Allen of Cheney, Kansas. Cheney is 29 miles due west of Wichita. Clinton Missouri is 80 miles southeast of Kansas City.
In the 1900 census 7-year-old Lane is living with his parents and siblings Letha 18, Esma 12, Ira 9, Clarence 8, and Fay 3, in rural Clinton. His father is a nurseryman.Lane’s mother, Sarah, died sometime before the 1905 Kansas state census. IN the 1905 Kansas state census 11-year-old Lane is living with his widowed father and siblings Letha 22, Esma 17, Ira 15, Clarence 14, and Fay 7, in rural Morton Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Morton is two miles southeast of Cheney.In the 1910 census 17-year-old Lane is living with his sister Letha, her husband Frank Branine and their 3-year-old son on a farm in rural Morton. Lane is a farm laborer for Frank.On his 1917 draft registration Lane lists his home address as Glenrose, Arthur County, Nebraska. Arthur County is in western Nebraska 70 miles northwest of North Platte.Lane sailed for France with Company F of the 109th Engineers attached to the 34th Division, from New York City aboard the RMS Cretic on 17 Sep 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his brother Ira W. Allen in Castleton, Kansas. Castleton is 43 miles west northwest of Wichita.The biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of Nebraska lists Allen, Ormal M., ASN 1,438,126, Company F, 109th Engineers as Died of Disease on 22 Mar 1919. Lane died of pneumonia, a complication of the Spanish flu, at Base Hospital No. 54 in Mesves-Bulcy. Meves-Bulcy is on the Loire River 126 miles south of Paris.The Cheney Sentinel (Cheney, Kansas) – 24 Apr 1919, Thu – Page 1 – LANE ALLEN MAKES SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR FRANCE – Mrs. Irene Hessel received the following letter from Sergeant Crouse telling her of the death of her brother, Lane Allen, which occurred in France on March 22.March 25, 1919Dear Friends:It is with great sorrow that I write to inform you of the death of your brother, Cook Ormal L. Allen, F. Co., 109th engineers. He died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 54, Mesves’ Bulcy, Hospital Center, France, March 22 at 11:30 P.M. and was buried March 24 at 3 P.M. as Mesves American Military Cemetery with all military honors. You will undoubtedly be notified of his death through proper military channels, but I am talking the liberty of writing, thinking it might be of some conciliation to you to know the particulars from one who has been with him almost every day for about ten years. He was a man that you can very well be proud to say, he was my Brother. Both as a boy and a man, he was always true to even his smallest ideals. He idolized his friends and both in civil and military life he never shirked a duty, no matter how small or disagreeable it was. He was a man that anyone might well be proud to say, he is my friend. He took the influenza about the first of this month, it developed into pneumonia. The doctors thought for a while that he was getting along fine and would surely get well, but two or three days before he died, he took worse and was unconscious most of the last day. About half an hour before he died, he roused enough to recognize me. He passed away without any pain at all. I think everything possible was done for him. The Base he was in, is considered one of the best ones in camp and I think they have some of the best doctors in the world there. There were usually several nurses on duty in his ward during the daytime and his night nurse was with him constantly. She and I were with him when he crossed the Valley and Shadow. The cemetery he is buried in is located on a beautiful little green hill surrounded by vineyards. The people in this province are old fashioned, peace loving people of the peasant type. There is a beautiful little river that flows at the foot of the hill and is bordered by trees. I will find out what its name is before I come back to America. I will also bring the number of Lane’s grave and pictures enough for all of you, of the cemetery and the grave. I expect to be back in America by the first of July. My address there will be Arthur, Neb. I will also enclose my present address. If there are any other particulars you wish to know, please let me know as I am always ready to serve anybody connected with Lane Allen. Th entire company join me in sending you our sympathy. We all loved him. “Bump”Sgt. Wm. Crouse,F. Co., 109th Eng’rsVia N.Y. Amer. E. F., France
In the 1900 census 7-year-old Lane is living with his parents and siblings Letha 18, Esma 12, Ira 9, Clarence 8, and Fay 3, in rural Clinton. His father is a nurseryman.Lane’s mother, Sarah, died sometime before the 1905 Kansas state census. IN the 1905 Kansas state census 11-year-old Lane is living with his widowed father and siblings Letha 22, Esma 17, Ira 15, Clarence 14, and Fay 7, in rural Morton Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Morton is two miles southeast of Cheney.In the 1910 census 17-year-old Lane is living with his sister Letha, her husband Frank Branine and their 3-year-old son on a farm in rural Morton. Lane is a farm laborer for Frank.On his 1917 draft registration Lane lists his home address as Glenrose, Arthur County, Nebraska. Arthur County is in western Nebraska 70 miles northwest of North Platte.Lane sailed for France with Company F of the 109th Engineers attached to the 34th Division, from New York City aboard the RMS Cretic on 17 Sep 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his brother Ira W. Allen in Castleton, Kansas. Castleton is 43 miles west northwest of Wichita.The biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of Nebraska lists Allen, Ormal M., ASN 1,438,126, Company F, 109th Engineers as Died of Disease on 22 Mar 1919. Lane died of pneumonia, a complication of the Spanish flu, at Base Hospital No. 54 in Mesves-Bulcy. Meves-Bulcy is on the Loire River 126 miles south of Paris.The Cheney Sentinel (Cheney, Kansas) – 24 Apr 1919, Thu – Page 1 – LANE ALLEN MAKES SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR FRANCE – Mrs. Irene Hessel received the following letter from Sergeant Crouse telling her of the death of her brother, Lane Allen, which occurred in France on March 22.March 25, 1919Dear Friends:It is with great sorrow that I write to inform you of the death of your brother, Cook Ormal L. Allen, F. Co., 109th engineers. He died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 54, Mesves’ Bulcy, Hospital Center, France, March 22 at 11:30 P.M. and was buried March 24 at 3 P.M. as Mesves American Military Cemetery with all military honors. You will undoubtedly be notified of his death through proper military channels, but I am talking the liberty of writing, thinking it might be of some conciliation to you to know the particulars from one who has been with him almost every day for about ten years. He was a man that you can very well be proud to say, he was my Brother. Both as a boy and a man, he was always true to even his smallest ideals. He idolized his friends and both in civil and military life he never shirked a duty, no matter how small or disagreeable it was. He was a man that anyone might well be proud to say, he is my friend. He took the influenza about the first of this month, it developed into pneumonia. The doctors thought for a while that he was getting along fine and would surely get well, but two or three days before he died, he took worse and was unconscious most of the last day. About half an hour before he died, he roused enough to recognize me. He passed away without any pain at all. I think everything possible was done for him. The Base he was in, is considered one of the best ones in camp and I think they have some of the best doctors in the world there. There were usually several nurses on duty in his ward during the daytime and his night nurse was with him constantly. She and I were with him when he crossed the Valley and Shadow. The cemetery he is buried in is located on a beautiful little green hill surrounded by vineyards. The people in this province are old fashioned, peace loving people of the peasant type. There is a beautiful little river that flows at the foot of the hill and is bordered by trees. I will find out what its name is before I come back to America. I will also bring the number of Lane’s grave and pictures enough for all of you, of the cemetery and the grave. I expect to be back in America by the first of July. My address there will be Arthur, Neb. I will also enclose my present address. If there are any other particulars you wish to know, please let me know as I am always ready to serve anybody connected with Lane Allen. Th entire company join me in sending you our sympathy. We all loved him. “Bump”Sgt. Wm. Crouse,F. Co., 109th Eng’rsVia N.Y. Amer. E. F., France
Cook Ormal L. “Lane” Allen, born 29 Dec 1892 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, was the son of George R. and Sarah Allen of Cheney, Kansas. Cheney is 29 miles due west of Wichita. Clinton Missouri is 80 miles southeast of Kansas City.
In the 1900 census 7-year-old Lane is living with his parents and siblings Letha 18, Esma 12, Ira 9, Clarence 8, and Fay 3, in rural Clinton. His father is a nurseryman.Lane’s mother, Sarah, died sometime before the 1905 Kansas state census. IN the 1905 Kansas state census 11-year-old Lane is living with his widowed father and siblings Letha 22, Esma 17, Ira 15, Clarence 14, and Fay 7, in rural Morton Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Morton is two miles southeast of Cheney.In the 1910 census 17-year-old Lane is living with his sister Letha, her husband Frank Branine and their 3-year-old son on a farm in rural Morton. Lane is a farm laborer for Frank.On his 1917 draft registration Lane lists his home address as Glenrose, Arthur County, Nebraska. Arthur County is in western Nebraska 70 miles northwest of North Platte.Lane sailed for France with Company F of the 109th Engineers attached to the 34th Division, from New York City aboard the RMS Cretic on 17 Sep 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his brother Ira W. Allen in Castleton, Kansas. Castleton is 43 miles west northwest of Wichita.The biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of Nebraska lists Allen, Ormal M., ASN 1,438,126, Company F, 109th Engineers as Died of Disease on 22 Mar 1919. Lane died of pneumonia, a complication of the Spanish flu, at Base Hospital No. 54 in Mesves-Bulcy. Meves-Bulcy is on the Loire River 126 miles south of Paris.The Cheney Sentinel (Cheney, Kansas) – 24 Apr 1919, Thu – Page 1 – LANE ALLEN MAKES SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR FRANCE – Mrs. Irene Hessel received the following letter from Sergeant Crouse telling her of the death of her brother, Lane Allen, which occurred in France on March 22.March 25, 1919Dear Friends:It is with great sorrow that I write to inform you of the death of your brother, Cook Ormal L. Allen, F. Co., 109th engineers. He died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 54, Mesves’ Bulcy, Hospital Center, France, March 22 at 11:30 P.M. and was buried March 24 at 3 P.M. as Mesves American Military Cemetery with all military honors. You will undoubtedly be notified of his death through proper military channels, but I am talking the liberty of writing, thinking it might be of some conciliation to you to know the particulars from one who has been with him almost every day for about ten years. He was a man that you can very well be proud to say, he was my Brother. Both as a boy and a man, he was always true to even his smallest ideals. He idolized his friends and both in civil and military life he never shirked a duty, no matter how small or disagreeable it was. He was a man that anyone might well be proud to say, he is my friend. He took the influenza about the first of this month, it developed into pneumonia. The doctors thought for a while that he was getting along fine and would surely get well, but two or three days before he died, he took worse and was unconscious most of the last day. About half an hour before he died, he roused enough to recognize me. He passed away without any pain at all. I think everything possible was done for him. The Base he was in, is considered one of the best ones in camp and I think they have some of the best doctors in the world there. There were usually several nurses on duty in his ward during the daytime and his night nurse was with him constantly. She and I were with him when he crossed the Valley and Shadow. The cemetery he is buried in is located on a beautiful little green hill surrounded by vineyards. The people in this province are old fashioned, peace loving people of the peasant type. There is a beautiful little river that flows at the foot of the hill and is bordered by trees. I will find out what its name is before I come back to America. I will also bring the number of Lane’s grave and pictures enough for all of you, of the cemetery and the grave. I expect to be back in America by the first of July. My address there will be Arthur, Neb. I will also enclose my present address. If there are any other particulars you wish to know, please let me know as I am always ready to serve anybody connected with Lane Allen. Th entire company join me in sending you our sympathy. We all loved him. “Bump”Sgt. Wm. Crouse,F. Co., 109th Eng’rsVia N.Y. Amer. E. F., France
In the 1900 census 7-year-old Lane is living with his parents and siblings Letha 18, Esma 12, Ira 9, Clarence 8, and Fay 3, in rural Clinton. His father is a nurseryman.Lane’s mother, Sarah, died sometime before the 1905 Kansas state census. IN the 1905 Kansas state census 11-year-old Lane is living with his widowed father and siblings Letha 22, Esma 17, Ira 15, Clarence 14, and Fay 7, in rural Morton Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Morton is two miles southeast of Cheney.In the 1910 census 17-year-old Lane is living with his sister Letha, her husband Frank Branine and their 3-year-old son on a farm in rural Morton. Lane is a farm laborer for Frank.On his 1917 draft registration Lane lists his home address as Glenrose, Arthur County, Nebraska. Arthur County is in western Nebraska 70 miles northwest of North Platte.Lane sailed for France with Company F of the 109th Engineers attached to the 34th Division, from New York City aboard the RMS Cretic on 17 Sep 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his brother Ira W. Allen in Castleton, Kansas. Castleton is 43 miles west northwest of Wichita.The biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of Nebraska lists Allen, Ormal M., ASN 1,438,126, Company F, 109th Engineers as Died of Disease on 22 Mar 1919. Lane died of pneumonia, a complication of the Spanish flu, at Base Hospital No. 54 in Mesves-Bulcy. Meves-Bulcy is on the Loire River 126 miles south of Paris.The Cheney Sentinel (Cheney, Kansas) – 24 Apr 1919, Thu – Page 1 – LANE ALLEN MAKES SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR FRANCE – Mrs. Irene Hessel received the following letter from Sergeant Crouse telling her of the death of her brother, Lane Allen, which occurred in France on March 22.March 25, 1919Dear Friends:It is with great sorrow that I write to inform you of the death of your brother, Cook Ormal L. Allen, F. Co., 109th engineers. He died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 54, Mesves’ Bulcy, Hospital Center, France, March 22 at 11:30 P.M. and was buried March 24 at 3 P.M. as Mesves American Military Cemetery with all military honors. You will undoubtedly be notified of his death through proper military channels, but I am talking the liberty of writing, thinking it might be of some conciliation to you to know the particulars from one who has been with him almost every day for about ten years. He was a man that you can very well be proud to say, he was my Brother. Both as a boy and a man, he was always true to even his smallest ideals. He idolized his friends and both in civil and military life he never shirked a duty, no matter how small or disagreeable it was. He was a man that anyone might well be proud to say, he is my friend. He took the influenza about the first of this month, it developed into pneumonia. The doctors thought for a while that he was getting along fine and would surely get well, but two or three days before he died, he took worse and was unconscious most of the last day. About half an hour before he died, he roused enough to recognize me. He passed away without any pain at all. I think everything possible was done for him. The Base he was in, is considered one of the best ones in camp and I think they have some of the best doctors in the world there. There were usually several nurses on duty in his ward during the daytime and his night nurse was with him constantly. She and I were with him when he crossed the Valley and Shadow. The cemetery he is buried in is located on a beautiful little green hill surrounded by vineyards. The people in this province are old fashioned, peace loving people of the peasant type. There is a beautiful little river that flows at the foot of the hill and is bordered by trees. I will find out what its name is before I come back to America. I will also bring the number of Lane’s grave and pictures enough for all of you, of the cemetery and the grave. I expect to be back in America by the first of July. My address there will be Arthur, Neb. I will also enclose my present address. If there are any other particulars you wish to know, please let me know as I am always ready to serve anybody connected with Lane Allen. Th entire company join me in sending you our sympathy. We all loved him. “Bump”Sgt. Wm. Crouse,F. Co., 109th Eng’rsVia N.Y. Amer. E. F., France
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