World War I: James Bethel Gresham

Evansville Courier cartoonist Karl Kae Knecht's illustration promoting the newspaper's campaign to build a home for Alice Gresham Dodd in memory of her son, Corporal James Bethel Gresham, following the war; c. 1920 (Knecht Collection)

James Bethel Gresham's mother after her son's death; c. 1919 (Knecht 538)

Alice Gresham Dodd (center) marching in a war rally; c. 1918 (Knecht 571)

The log cabin in McLean County, Kentucky, where James Bethel Gresham was born on August 23, 1893 (Knecht 1020)

The coffin of Corporal James Bethel Gresham in transport from a hearse to his gravesite at Locust Hill Cemetery; July 1921 (Knecht 1012)

The coffin of Corporal James Bethel Gresham during burial ceremonies at Locust Hill Cemetery; July 1921 (Knecht 1013)

Mourners at the gravesite service for Corporal James Bethel Gresham at Locust Hill Cemetery in July 1921 (Knecht 3356)

Mourners at the burial service of Corporal James Bethel Gresham in Locust Hill Cemetery; July 1921 (Knecht 3358)

Mourners at the burial service of James Bethel Gresham; the woman in black (near center) is his mother, Alice Gresham Dodd; July 1921 (Knecht 3367)

A crowd watches as military personnel carry James Bethel Gresham's remains into the Coliseum on July 15, 1921 (Knecht 387)

Mourners gather at the home of Alice Gresham Dodd, which was located on Wedeking Ave. adjacent to Garvin Park; photo dated 1921 (Knecht 530)

Upper image shows Gresham's body lying-in-state at the Coliseum after it's return to Evansville in July 1921; the other image shows sailors bearing his remains up the steps into the building (Knecht 537)

Soldiers firing a salute to Corporal James Bethel Gresham during burial ceremonies at Locust Hill Cemetery in July 1921 (Knecht 567)

Group standing next to the grave of Corporal James Bethel Gresham in Locust Hill Cemetery in July 1921 (Knecht 1016)

The unmarked grave (foreground) of Corporal James Bethel Gresham soon after his burial in Locust Hill Cemetery in July 1921; at left is a glass olive jar placed there by his mother containing his name, birth and death dates (Knecht 1875)