Kingston Daily Freeman

January 21, 1918, page ?

Shokan

Merritt Personeus, the first of our boys to enter the National Army, is now stationed at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C.

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Kingston Daily Freeman

February 21, 1947, Page 5

Shokan

Sunday, February 22, 1920, three Olive residents were numbered among the next of kin to soldiers who died overseas in World War I receiving Memorial certificates presented by the Republic of France. The parents thus honored at a Legion ceremonial in the Kingston High School were Mrs. Clarke Personneus [sic] and David L. Windrum of Shokan and Ephraim Altheiser of Olive Bridge. The deceased soldiers were Chauncey Windrum, Cook, Supply Co., 77th Field Artillery; Pvt. Jason B. Altheiser, Co. C, 7th Infantry, and Pvt. Merritt Personeus, also of Co. C, 7th Infantry. Of these three boys, Merritt was best known to the people of Shokan where he had made his home. Previous to enlistment he had been employed on the Winchell farm here. Shortly before he was killed at 2nd Marne, Merritt wrote local friends that he had "gone over the top several times" and expected soon to go over again. Private Personeus was a brother of Gould Personeus of Kripplebush and Emery Personeus of Kingston.