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| Keywords: harry sommers harrysommers mennonite conscientious objector conscientiousobjector world war i worldwari people indoor illustration Parole Work pass from the prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, December 29, 1918. Sommers was drafted September 17, 1917, and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. He declared his position of conscientious objection to military service in various ways and was court martialed for disobeying an order on May 17, 1918. He was sent to Fort Leavenworth, where he served his sentence from May 24, 1918 to January 27, 1919. Sommers was born January 21, 1894 in Peach Orchard, Arkansas, the son of Joseph J. and Mary Magdalene Zook Sommers. He married Mary Della Horst, and died in 1984. Harry Sommers Papers. HM1-887SC. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana. Parole Work pass from the prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, December 29, 1918. Sommers was drafted September 17, 1917, and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. He declared his position of conscientious objection to military service in various ways and was court martialed for disobeying an order on May 17, 1918. He was sent to Fort Leavenworth, where he served his sentence from May 24, 1918 to January 27, 1919. Sommers was born January 21, 1894 in Peach Orchard, Arkansas, the son of Joseph J. and Mary Magdalene Zook Sommers. He married Mary Della Horst, and died in 1984. Harry Sommers Papers. HM1-887SC. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana. | ||||
