1 10 37 https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/fc90e5679000f4d4381e67a84981e966.jpg 0d39a46586a04f0e9ce8a1f0862a9865 Person An individual. Birth Date 1888 Birthplace Atlanta, GA Death Date 1954 Military Service Details 1st Lt. appointed to Dental Section from Officer’s Reserve Corps, June 11, 1918. 317th Sanitary (Medical) Train to ____. Overseas in France: July 17, 1918 to February 13, 1919. DC 157th Depot Brigade to discharge, Camp Gordon. Honorably discharged April 23, 1919. Occupation After graduation from Meharry, he practiced dentistry in Elberton, Ga. After the Armistice, Dr. Burney practiced in Athens, Georgia, before relocating his practice to Atlanta. He was treasurer of the Georgia State Dental Society for many years. Education Received his undergraduate degree from Atlanta University; graduated from Meharry School of Dentistry in 1913. Spouse Juanita Jones GPS 33.7490317,-84.3709825 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Burney https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/4ec6111ee2f2ce6fe5359d64b9d7e4c8.jpg 5fd9d5e7ea98ff58cbcb52cf8b78e060 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WWI Individuals Person An individual. Birth Date 1892 Birthplace Atlanta, GA Death Date 1947 Occupation Worked with his father and brother William Harold Cunningham in business as “S. Cunningham and Sons.” He was a member of the Empire Real Estate Board. Military Service Details May 22, 1918 - Inducted at Atlanta, GA. Signal Corps training at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Company C 325th Field Signal Battalion to July 13, 1918; HQ Detachment 325th Field Signal Battalion to discharge. Served overseas from June 9, 1918 to February 27, 1919. Honorably discharged Sgt. SC on March 21, 1919. Served in World War II. Awarded the Certificate of Merit and the Selective Service Medal. Education Graduated from Clark University in Atlanta. Earned M. A. in business administration from Harvard University. Spouse Eloise Greenwood GPS 33.7486432,-84.3709545 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wendell Thomas Cunningham Sr. https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/ebce4ee7a32f114a95845fcfb9c254f4.jpg 65b28b0115444d0bcce8ee515319e907 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View of one of the Army trucks. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “Atlanta University. View of one of the Army trucks.” Photograph. Retrieved from the National Archives and Records Administration, <https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26425192> Description An account of the resource Atlanta University. 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Retrieved from the National Archives and Records Administration, <<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26425174">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26425174</a>>. https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/afdb8e9a08305dddf1f35b5f6484a0de.jpg f0caba650b284725b99bb377bb5f2dbf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource United States Provisional Training Company No. 5 of the Colored Officers Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa Description An account of the resource "United States Provisional Training Company No. 5" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "United States Provisional Training Company No. 5," p. 106 of John L. Thomson, History and Views of Colored Officers Training Camp for 1917 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. <<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/emu.010001036369?urlappend=%3Bseq=112">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/emu.010001036369?urlappend=%3Bseq=112</a>>. https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/cd60f4ab7dde4326297d743d5ae22c75.jpg 9d1d1cd6f8e5798bdd8585e9b1666181 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Three Champions. Prize Winners in the Engineers Corps. Under Heavy Shell Fire They Laid the Track Right Up to the First Line Trenches. 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Retrieved from the National Archives and Records Administration, <<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26425190">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26425190</a>> https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/b2cd39b7f3bbc84443153758d7c647a0.jpeg dee04bfc6c512b8616fd6fba78205137 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. Nazaire Stevedores - Berlin Or Bust https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/4167493ddf68575fc55d74ee55d88500.jpg da9f37a0a272cdfbd27ee2817ce460b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WWI Individuals Person An individual. Birth Date Oct 9, 1898 Birthplace Athens, GA Death Date Oct 14, 1972 Military Service Details Oct 17, 1918 – Dec 18, 1918 Instructor for Student Army Training Corps at Howard University and at Candidate Officer’s Infantry School in Fort Pike, Arkansas. Biographical Text Order of the Good Samaritans: Asst. Grand Secretary, 1920-34, and General Manager, 1934-45. ♣ In 1953, Harris, at the time an automobile salesman, and two other African Americans, Attorney A. T. Walden and Dr. Miles Amos, won a court battle to be allowed the right to qualify for election to the City Executive Committee. Harris lost the election to Amos. Walden ran unopposed. Education Howard University in Washington, D. C. and Eastman Business College, in Poughkeepsie, NY. Spouse <a href="https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/neatline/show/wwi-map#records/41">Mary Davenport Cooper</a> Occupation He ran for city office in Atlanta. He is descended from the family of Atlanta’s first African American dentist. GPS 33.7484191,-84.3710962 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Roderick Badger Harris https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/c256ce8fe3bc2d2ad960912cb115392e.jpg 0aea56e209ac9e3b232ca368bce8d673 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recruits receiving instruction. Camp Gordon, Georgia Description An account of the resource “Colored Troops - Recruits receiving instruction. Camp Gordon, Georgia” Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “Colored Troops - Recruits receiving instruction. Camp Gordon, Georgia.” Photograph. 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