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Massive
matching headstones in the Giddings Cemetery mark the graves
of these two Lee
County cousins. Both died in France in the very last days of
WWI. Within a
short distance are the graves of at least two other Lee County
soldiers. A photo found in A History of Lee County by
the Lee County Historical Survey Committee shows 54 volunteers
from Lee County
posing on the steps of the courthouse
in 1917.
We found that
the York family of Giddings
/ Dime
Box moved to Texas from Tennessee around 1830. It is possible
that these two men are distantly related to Sgt. Alvin York,
America's most decorated hero from World
War I.
The York
family takes up a sizable portion of the index of the Lee
County history.
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The York Cousins
Tombstones
TE photo, 2000
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Randall L.
York was born in Giddings
in 1889. He enlisted in the Army and was sent to Company "G", 9th
Infantry. He was wounded July 18th of 1918 and returned to duty
on August 16th. It's probable that his promotion to corporal came
as a result of the actions that brought about his first wound.
According to
his tombstone, he "received his mortal wound" on October 8th,
1918, and died later that day. It was just 34 days short of
the end of the war.
His cousin Asa C. York ... next
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