Scrapbook Page for Lenley B. Tavenner


Register of Births Book, Wood County, West Virginia

Pages 228-229, Line 838 (left side) - Date of return: 22 Dec 1893; Name of child: -- Tavenner; Sex: Male; Number of child of this mother: 6; Date of Birth: 6 Aug 1893; Place of Birth: Lauchport, West Virginia

Register of Births Book, Wood County, West Virginia

Pages 228-229, Line 838 (right side) - Full name of mother: Tavenner; Maiden name of mother: Farrell; Residence: Lauchport, West Virginia; Full name of father: Henry Tavenner; Occupation: Laborer; Name of medical attendant: Dr. W. H. Sharp

World War I - Military Registration Card

Draft Card for Lenley B. Tavenner.

Probably Lenley B. Tavenner

NOTE: I'm not really sure this is Lenley, but it was among the pictures left by my parents and the time period fits. He probably sent it to his brother (my grandfather) and then it went into my parents... (Continued with next picture)

Back of picture

...collection after my grandfather died. This may explain why it was there. Text in ink: taken before I left Akron. Another person wrote in pencil: Akron O–— L B Tavenner (Believed taken at his parents' house at 137 Ira Ave., Akron, Summit Co., Ohio)

Partial Map of Akron, Ohio

View of 137 Ira Avenue and 80 Lake Street. When Lenley enlisted in the Army, he wrote Ira Avenue as his home address. In 1918, when he died in action, the military notified his mother at the Lake Street address.

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - Romagne, France

Section of WWI American cemetery. (NOTE from Frank Tavener: I visited this cemetery in late summer 2003 and took these pictures.)

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - Romagne, France

Chapel and portion of the loggias where "Tablets of the Missing" are engraved.

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - Romagne, France

Photo-montage (taken in the west loggia of the "Tablets of the Missing") containing the name, rank, unit, date of death and home state of Lenley B. Tavenner.

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - Romagne, France

Map detail of area of combat of the 37th Inf. Div. According to documents at the cemetery, the probable location of Lenley, when he became a "Missing" casualty, was to the right of the top red X on the left of the number 37 (near town of Ivoiry).

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Area assigned to the American troops shown in red. (NOTE: Operational maps obtained from the Superintendant of the Cemetery)

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Area assigned to the 37th Inf. Division shown in red. On Sept 27th, the day Lenley became a casualty, the 146th Infantry Regiment was approximately center-left in the red area (indicated by the small oval of vegetation).

37th Infantry Division Emblem

Uniform shoulder patch (WWI). Lenley B. Tavenner was assigned to the 146th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. (NOTE: This picture and the following five were found on the internet)

Ivoiry, France

According to documents at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - the most likely place where Lenley Tavenner became a "Mission in Action" casualty.

Aerial View of Montfaucon

Montfaucon was taken by the 37th Infantry Division on 28 Sept. 1918 - the third day of the offensive.

No-Man's Land

View between Ivoiry and Montfaucon.

WWI temporary grave

Grave of Ross Besse, 74th Infantry Brigade south of Ivoiry, France. (This is the same combat area (near town of Ivoiry) where Lenley Tavenner became a "Missing in Action" casualty.) Picture found at: ohiohistory.org

Notebook of Pvt. Robert L. Dwight - 148th Infantry, 37th Division

This page shows the different combat divisions (Lenley's in red bar) and how many officers, soilders, and the amount of weapons each division had. Also the distances each traveled. Picture found at: http://home.stny.rr.com/wmcpherson/wwinotebook.html