Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1918 — DEWEY BIGGS DIES IN FRANCE [ARTICLE]

DEWEY BIGGS DIES IN FRANCE

Was Sailor On U. S. Transport Henderson——Died of Pneumonia. Mrs, Clara Biggs of this city received a message from Washington, D. C., Thursday morning informing her of the death of her son, Dewey Biggs, in France on Friday, October 4, from pneumouia. Dewey enlisted in the U. S navy at the Great Lakes Training station on May 30, 1918, and. after a few months training was transferred to the TT. S. transport Henderson and sailed about August 8 for France. , He was 21 years of age last January, and is survived by his -mother, two sisters and three brothers. He was a nephew of A. J. Biggs of this city.