Alfred enrolled in 1st Officers Training Camp, Fort Snelling, Minn., and "on May 15, 1917; called into active service, and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Aug. 15, 1917; assigned to 102nd Machine Gun Battalion, to discharge. Promoted: 1st Lieutenant, July 20, 1918; overseas from Sept. 6, 1917, to May 25, 1919; wounded, slightly, July 22, 1918; wounded, severely, Sept. 26, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne: St. Mihiel. Defensive: Champagne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Chemin-des-Dames, Pas-Fini (Ile-de-France); Toul-Boucq, Rupt, Troyon (Lorraine). Discharged at Washington, D. C., on Dec. 22, 1922, as a 1st Lieutenant. Cited in General Orders No. 74, Headquarters, 26th Division, AEF, France, Aug. 31, 1918. The Division Commander takes great pleasure in citing in orders the following named officers and men: * * *, * * *, 2nd Lieutenant Alfred J. Bartram, who showed marked gallantry and meritorious service in the capture of Torcy, Belleau, Givry, Bouresches Woods, Rochet Woods, Hill 190, overlooking Chateau-Thierry, Etrepilly, Bezuet, Epieds, Trugny and La Fere Woods to the Jaulgonne-Fere-on-Tardenois Road, during the advance of this Division against the enemy from July 18th to 25th. 1918, in the second Battle of the Marne. Cited in General Orders No. 88, Headquarters, 26th Division, AEF, France, Oct. 16, 1918. The Division Commander is pleased to cite in orders the following named officers and men: * * *, 1st Lieutenant Alfred J. Bartram, * * *, and congratulates them on their exceptionally meritorious service and gallant conduct during the operations of this Division against the enemy at Marcheville and Riaville on September 25th and 26th, 1918. Under a terrific enemy artillery bombardment lasting for nearly twenty-four hours and under intense machine gun fire and in fierce hand-to-hand conflicts with grenades, rifle, pistol and bayonet, these officers and soldiers accomplished their mission and broke up four counter-attacks." - from "Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service (including the Marine Corps) of the United States of its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918. Vol. I-IV," Bismarck, ND, USA: Bismarck Tribune Co., 1931.
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The 17 April 1940 federal census lists him in Wasington D.C. as "assistant to the chief" in the Dept. of Commerce; in his household is his mother-in-law, Martha E. Ritzman. Registering for the draft in 1942 he r. Washington, D.C. and is a Liaison Officer in the Dept. of Commerce.
[55815] Elizabeth is sad to be daughter of John Brown (1589-1686) & Sarah Walker (1618-1672).
[31025] William m. Elizabeth Oliphant (1558-1619).
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[40135] "The Akron Beacon Journal, 22 August 1929," p. 31: "Body of Mahlon O. Rohenstin, for years an Akron employe of the Kelly-Springfield Rubber Co., when that concern maintained a plant here, is to be brought to Akron for burial and services will be held Friday afternoon at E. Market St. Reformed church. Robenstine died In Cumberland, Md., Wednesday. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary Robenstine, his parents, two brothers, Newton and Walter, both of Mogadore, and three brothers and four sisters in Akron. The Akron relatives are James, Grant, Aaron, and Miss Vina Robenstine, Mrs. Elizabeth Brittian, Mrs. Lottie Taylor and Mrs. Bessie Thorn."