Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1918 — DEWEY BIGGS DIES IN FRANCE [ARTICLE]

DEWEY BIGGS DIES IN FRANCE

FIRST DEATH OF JASPER COUNTY SOLDIER IN FRANCE REPORTED. Mrs. Marion Biggs, the widowed mother of Dewey Biggs, received a message from Washington, D. C., announcing the death of her son in France on October '4. The cause of his death was pneumonia. Jasper county has been very fortunate and this is her first soldier reported to have given up his life in France. Today two gold stars must be added to our service flag. One for Dewey and the other for Arthur Murray, who died at Camp Sherman. Dewey Biggs was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion. Biggs. His father has been dead for fourteen years. His mother lives at 211 ,S. Milton street in this eity. This soldier was twenty-one years of age on January 14, 1918. He enlisted in the navy at the Great Lakes May 30, 1918. After taking training in the air service in New Jersey he left for France, arriving there August 5. . Dewey is survived by his mother, two sisters and three brothers. A. J. Biggs, of this city, was his uncle. He was a member oLthe Moose lodge, of this city. The widowed mother and children have the tender sympathy of the entire community, who mourn with them in the loss of so splendid a young man. He shall ever be remembered with honor and reverence.