Newspaper clipping from July 19, 1948 of General Pershing’s viewing in the Capitol Rotunda. General Pershing was a 3rd cousin to my Great Great Grandfather. According to family lore, General Pershing was a 2nd cousin rather than a 3rd.
Joanna Stouffer Wilkinson, Nellie Stouffer, Pershing, Stouffer
2 Pershing Cousins, Ex-Chef Live in the city
July 18, 1948This a newspaper article that mentions that my Grandmother and Great Grandmother are related to General John Pershing, who died that week.
My Grandmother (who is referred to as “Mrs. Francis Wilkinson” rather than her own name) also discusses when she met General Pershing at a Family reunion in 1923.
I also find it a bit strange that someone who cooked for Pershing gets top billing over actual relatives of his.
Picture of Frank, Joanna, and Bob “stagging” the table for the Rose Society. Newspaper from circa 1948
Here are several articles from the Syracuse Herald-Journal commemorating General John Pershing (my Great Grandmother’s third cousin).
