https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/files/original/0ad789b9916fc61d0359065c5e1f27b4.jpeg adf2a634c4f0e14a7385f1bc0ee3bfd9 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 1895 Birthplace Atlanta, GA Death Date 1933 Military Service Details Training camp at Ft. Des Moines IA. Service: 368 Infantry to discharge. Stationed in Camp Meade, MD; Camp Merritt, NJ; AEF; Camp Upton, NY, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Meuse-Argonne; Served overseas as 2nd Lt. June 15, 1918 to February 11, 1919; Honorary discharge February 28, 1919. Hospitalized at Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for illness caused by exposure to poison gas during military service; apparently, this was cause of death. Occupation He opened a dental practice in Cleveland, Ohio. Like his father, he was active in the Republican party. He served as the sergeant-at-arms at the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Education He attended Atlanta public schools and Atlanta University. In 1917, Wimbish was one of 20 Atlanta University men commissioned as officers (including his brother, 1st Lt. Christopher C. Wimbish). Graduated from Meharry Dental College in Nashville, TN. Biographical Text His father, Christopher C. Wimbish Sr., was a mail carrier and active in the Republican party. In 1898, he was appointed federal surveyor of customs for Atlanta by President William McKinley. His mother, Maggie Baker, was a teacher and principal of the E. P. Johnson night school. GPS 33.7483659,-84.3703978 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 Hugh Henry Wimbish