Saturday, February 12, 2011

Robert Bunts III - Draft Card

I know a draft card doesn't sound like much, but it seems to me like there's some good info in there.




Since he filled this out at age 44, it means this was probably done in 1918.

He lists his occupation as the Superintendent of the Pulaski Foundry and Manufacturing Company, a business that he started in Pulaski, Virginia.

Looks like he called his wife "Susie" - my great grandmother, Susannah Ward Bunts.










The back of the card reveals that he was tall and slender. 

He also had black hair and blue eyes.

The card also has a section about if there are any physical disqualifications and the answer is

"Yes, he has crippled legs, caused by vericose veins."
Family story was that he hurt his legs as a kid jumping from the hayloft of a barn.

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