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     Bertha Wilhelm married Anthony Skopaz.¹

     Ellsworth Hamilton married Elma Irene Graves on 15 May 1897, Cook County, IL.^2,3

     Elma Irene Graves married Ellsworth Hamilton on 15 May 1897, Cook County, IL.^1,2

     Howard J. Greenwood was born on 23 October 1900, Northbridge, MA.² He was the son of Ernest Greenwood and Sylvia Sawyer.² Howard J. Greenwood married Sadie Ruth Erdman, daughter of Ira Irvin Erdman and Mary Alta Boyer.¹ Howard J. Greenwood died on 27 October 1955, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA, at age 55.² He was buried on 31 October 1955, at Forest Hills Memorial Park, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA.²

     Simon P. Haas married Emma Seiler.¹

     Emma Seiler married Simon P. Haas.¹

     Doris J. Greenwood was born on 9 June 1923, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Howard J. Greenwood and Sadie Ruth Erdman.¹ Doris J. Greenwood died on 15 July 1972, Berks County, PA, at age 49.¹ She was buried at Forest Hills Memorial Park, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA.²

     Ernest Greenwood married Sylvia Sawyer.¹

     Sylvia Sawyer married Ernest Greenwood.¹

     James Earnest Greenwood was born on 14 May 1925.¹ He was the son of Howard J. Greenwood and Sadie Ruth Erdman.¹ James Earnest Greenwood died on 16 April 1945, at age 19. It is not clear exactly where James died. In October 1944, he was serving as an aircraft ordnanceman on a light aircraft carrier, USS Bataan (CVL-29) which was part of a task force off of Okinawa. In April, 1945, Bataan's "aircraft took part in the Battle of the East China Sea, when American search aircraft spotted a Japanese task force built around battleship Yamato. Swarms of carrier aircraft attacked the Japanese force as it steamed south in an effort to disrupt the American invasion of Okinawa. Bataan's pilots claimed four torpedo hits on the giant battleship, as well as hits on a cruiser and two destroyers, that helped sink most of the Japanese task force.
"Bataan spent the next 10 days alternating between CAP sweeps over Okinawa and air strikes on southern Kyushu and nearby islands. Every three days or so, she retired eastward to refuel, rearm, and replenish at sea. During four enemy attacks on the task group over this period, one crew member was killed and 24 wounded when the ship was sprayed with shell fragments."
It is possible that James, an aircraft ordnanceman 2nd class, was injured or killed in this action.^1,2,3,4,5,6 He was buried on 22 May 1950, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA; James was killed in action in WW II on April 16, 1945, while serving in the US Navy in Asia. It is not clear exactly where he died, but his remains were repatriated to the US and buried in Arlington National Cemetery on May 22, 1950.^7,8

     Asa Shipe married Eliza (?)¹

     Eliza (?) married Asa Shipe.¹

     Stillborn son Erdman died on 29 June 1925, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹ He was buried on 29 June 1925, at Saint Michaels Lutheran Church Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.¹ He was born on 29 June 1925, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹ He was the son of Howard Homer Erdman and Bessie Margaret Williams.