Charles (Floyd) Hummel 
Charles, known as Floyd, was born on May 17th, 1895 in Owen County, Indiana. Floyd's father was Benjamin Frank Hummel and his mother was Levisa Ann Medaris. His maternal grandparents were Abraham Medaris and Sarah Elisabeth Bledsoe. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Edward, Archie, Ike, James, Lillie, Nancy, Olive, Ella and Effie. He was the second youngest of the ten children. He died at the age of 22 on August 27th, 1917. He was buried in Vincennes, Indiana.General Notes
He was killed in the US Marines on 27 Aug. 1917 at Camp Doniphin, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was killed in Howartzer training when a shell blew up and blew section of the barrel that decapitated him. He was in Battery B, 14th US Field Artillery.
He was never married, and is buried near his parents in Vincennes.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.07 Dec 1852 in Owen County, Indiana d.20 Mar 1931 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Indiana
- b.17 May 1895 in Owen County, Indiana d.27 Aug 1917
- b.21 Feb 1704 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1799
- b.~ 1759 in Dragon Swamp, Middlesex County, Virginia d.1829 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.20 Nov 1715 in Essex County, Virginia d.1795 in Tennessee
- b.13 Feb 1788 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.08 Feb 1878 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.~ 1762 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.19 May 1842 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.19 May 1829 in Indiana d.05 Aug 1889 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.07 Jan 1790 d.10 Apr 1838 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.06 May 1855 d.10 Mar 1931 in Worthington, Indiana
- b.1833 in Putnam County, Indiana d.30 Oct 1906
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