I thought a military theme discussion should be brought up in honor of
Memorial Day.

On October 28 1940, the Richmond Times-Dispatch printed 37,385 names and
serial numbers of registered young men for the draft in Richmond,
Henrico, and Chesterfield.  The cities were broken down into districts
and each started with #1 on up to whatever the total names registered at
the draft board.  Church Hill was District 3 and 4.  The following day
the lottery began and ran through the night.  On the 30th a list of the
numbers drawn in order were printed to let everyone know where they
stood in rank of being called.  You would be surprised just how many
people show up in ones neighborhood.   I live on the 400 block of North
27th Street in Richmond an a total of 12 names residing in 17 houses on
the block were registered:

402 N 27th - John Thomas Blackburn  #1705
405 N 27th - Wallace B. Willis  #159
407 N 27th - Paul Ray Thompson  #3443
407 N 27th - Thomas J. Windsor  #3665
407 1/2 N 27th - Patrick Bristol Henry  #2398
410 N 27th - Richard H. Overton  #1411
412 N 27th - John Nelson  #3179
412 N 27th - Fred Alson Eanes  #2110
412 N 27th - William Russell Wilburn  #1952
418 N 27th - Ned Randolph Stevens  #2970
419 N 27th - George H. Stowe  #2875
419 N 27th - Earnest Leo Owen  #2438


From what I have been able to research some may not have been called but
all seemed to have survived the war with one questionable exception...
Paul Ray Thompson died in 1946 and is buried at Richmond National.
Could have been from wounds but still have to research.

No one wants to be #1 but there were several men in the Richmond area
that were including a man only a couple doors down on the corner at 324
N 27th.  Harold E. Baker.  His serial number was #158 which was the very
first number called in the lottery.  Enlisted in the Navy he also
survived.  Was the son-in-law of Morris who owned the grocery store at
that location.  Another in the district was Harris McLane of 2709 Q
Street.

Eric Huffstutler 
 
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