Ancestry.com is one of my favorite websites. The things you can learn there are absolutely amazing! Take this document, for example. It's a copy of Charles Washington Witham's WWI Draft Registration Card - IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING!! How neat is that?!
(Remember to click on the photo to view it in a larger size)
We can learn a thing or two about grandpa Charley from this document, also. It looks like he was 30 years old when he filled this out and he was living in rural Jacksonville at the time. It looks like he was working as a farmer for a William Masters in Jacksonville. He was tall and stout with brown eyes and dark brown hair. He may have also claimed an exemption from the draft on the basis that he was needed to provide support for his wife and kids.
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