Wilbur S. Nutt

6th Battalion, 20th Engineers, Co. D (16th Co.)
PHOTO	Kenneth Brown nkbrown3{at}cox.net Grandnephew
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	Wilbur S. Nutt – Spring Valley, Ohio Army Rank: Private (1918). Assigned Unit: 6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Co. D 6^th Battalion 20^th Engineers Co D: Dec. 12, 1917 – Oct. 17, 1918 20^th Engineers, 16^th Company: Oct. 18, 1918 - June 15, 1919 Army Serial Number: 250,376 National Army Inducted: Dec. 12, 1917 Fort Bliss, Texas (27 years old) Promoted: Inducted: June 15, 1919 Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – May 28, 1919 Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918 Member of the Tuscania Survivors Association (1938) Address: Centerville, Montgomery Co., OH (1900) (1910) Address: Silver City, Grant Co., New Mexico (1917) Address: Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH (1920) Address: 18 South Central Ave., Osborn, Ohio (1938) Features: Medium Height & Build, Brown Hair & Eyes Fathers Name: John M. Nutt (b. Jan. 1854 Ohio) (d. July 31, 1936 Centerville, Montgomery Co., Ohio) Mothers Name: Mary E. Wilson (b. Aug 1859 Ohio) Married: 1880 Brothers: Edwin Nutt Sisters: Louella & Gladys Nutt Civilian Occupation: Auto Salesman (1917) Watkins Motor Co., Silver City, NM (1917) Born: Jan. 2, 1890 Centerville, Ohio Died: Oct. 15, 1973 Fairborn, Ohio (age 83) Cemetery: Plot:
My great uncle Wilber Nutt was aboard the Tuscania when it was sunk. I have a newspaper account that quotes from my great uncle's letter to his parents (my great grandparents) Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nutt. It is quite a well written, harrowing account of his experience and survival. As the newspaper says, "It reads like a page from the adventures of Robinson Crusoe.." It appears that there is a mistake regarding where Wilber S. Nutt he was from Spring Valley, Greene County, Ohio, not Oregon. I am attaching a copy of the article that appeared in the local paper that I mentioned to you in my last email. I have the original clipping but can't tell the name or date of the paper. The nearest large town to where the Nutt's lived was Dayton. Wilber's sister, Julia Nutt Blowers is still living and will be 90 this coming September. Her health is very good for her age. I will ask her the name of the newspaper when I send her a copy of the material I copied from your website. I met Wilber as a boy by the way and remember him well. He was quite a character, as they say. Thank you very much for your work in persevering this interesting history. Kenneth Brown Saturday, May 23, 2002