#7 Corporal Herman F. Bartells and #8 Private Haddie M. Warren
Private Haddix ("Haddie") M. Warren
Private Warren was given the name Haddix at birth, the maiden name of his paternal grandmother. His nickname, "Haddie," was used by many. Born in Defiance to parents, Isaac Nathan and Mary Ellen (Gooden) Warren sometime in 1875, he grew up with an older sister, Darcy D. Two other siblings died in early childhood.
When he was 23, he enlisted into Company M on July 2, 1898, and was placed in the fourth squad, with Harry Vanhorn as his leader. He became sick that first winter and was discharged with a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability on January 8, 1899.
Then he became lost...
With no census records since 1880 in Defiance, no obituary or place of burial found anywhere, and no mentions in the newspapers, we were left with only two pieces of information.
1. Christiana Rakestraw, a Hicksville resident, named Haddie Warren in her will as next of kin, a grandnephew. Unfortunately, no one knew where he was either in 1906.
2. In 1913, at the age of 39, he was admitted to the Home for Disabled Soldiers in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was specifically identified as a Spanish-American War veteran from Defiance, Ohio.
His disabilities included lumbago (lower back pain), enteritis (an inflammation of the small intestine/stomach/colon), and chronic bronchitis. He was admitted on April 1, 1913.
His prior residence was listed as Kansas City, Missouri at admittance, with his sister, Daisy Hogan of North Baltimore, Ohio, as contact. Haddie was described as a single man, 5'9 1/2 feet tall with a ruddy complexion and brown hair and eyes. He was discharged about four months later on September 8, 1913.
From that day, no trace has been found for him in any state and all national cemeteries have been checked. If you have information to add, please email defiancegenealogy2002@yahoo.com.
Dianne Kline, Researcher
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