DR. Frederick Nelson STRATTON, DDS

The ship (named Berlin, later President Wilson, then finally, President Lincoln, was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland in 1903 as ship No. 353 and was an 18,084 gross ton ship. She was 598' 8" in length and had a beam of 68’2” with one funnel and six masts. Her twin screws gave her a top speed of 14knots. She had accommodations for 202 First Class, 153 Second Class, 788 Third Class, and 2,300 Fourth-class passengers.
She was launched on 8 October 1903 as the Scotian for Wilson's & Furness-Leyland Line, but the order was canceled, and she was uncompleted for many months and laid up in an unfinished state until purchased by Hamburg AmericaLine(HAPAG) of Hamburg, Germany, in 1906. Her first intended name was Chicago, but it was changed to Berlin on 20 May 1907. Berlin was delivered to HAPAG as President Wilson, and she was fitted out as 18,168 tons with quadruple-expansion engines, giving her a top speed of 14.5 knots.
She now had passenger accommodations of 324 in First class, 152 in Second class, 1,004 in Third class, 2,348 in steerage, and a crew of 344. Shortly after delivery to HAPAG, she was again renamed and took the name President Lincoln.
She commenced her maiden voyage on 6 January 1907, sailing from Hamburg for Boulogne, Southampton, and New York. At the time of her maiden voyage, President Lincoln was both the largest freighter and the largest emigrant carrier in the world.
On 25 July 1914, under the command of Kaptain Witt, she started her last Hamburg—Southampton—New York crossing, arriving in New York on 5 August 1914. The US government interned her at Hoboken, New Jersey, until April 1917, when United States authorities seized her. She was then turned over to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) for use as a US Navy Transport.
President Lincoln embarked 4,669 troops and departed Hoboken, N.J., and departing on 19 October 1917, made her first voyage, with Group No. 9, carrying units of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to France. She arrived in October at St.Nazaire, France (Base No. 8), and disembarked the troops. She embarked homebound passengers and cleared St. Nazaire on 18 November. Bound for Hoboken, she arrived on 29 November with Covington (Id.No.1409) and Leviathan (Id. No. 1326).

After final repairs and the organizing of her first American crew the ‘Lincoln’ had her sea trials off the Jersey coast on October 2, 1917 and headed for France on October 18, carrying the 149th, 150th and 151st FieldArtillery, of thefamous Rainbow Division. The convoy, escorted by the cruiser USS Seattle, consisted of the Henry R. Mallory, Pastores, Tenadores, De Kalb, President Grant and Covington, arrived at St. Nazaire, France, on October31.
Arrival, 23, Headquarters Detachment, 67th Brigade Field Artillery, 150th Indiana Field Artillery Regiment, 42nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

The USS Huntington (ARC-5), originally the USS West Virginia, was the first ship named for West Virginia. An armored cruiser, one of three Pennsylvania-class ships authorized by Congress in 1899, it was constructed at Newport News, launched in 1903, and commissioned on February 23, 1905. The vessel was 504 feet long, 70 feet wide, and displaced 13,680 tons. The main battery had four eight-inch guns in two turrets, with 14 six-inch guns as secondary weapons.
As the West Virginia, the ship spent the years before World War I in routine training and flag-showing cruises, mainly in the Pacific and Far East. In 1914 and 1916, it was on the West Coast during difficulties with Mexico. On November 11, 1916, the cruiser was renamed Huntington to allow the transfer of the original name to a newly authorized battleship.
In 1917, the Huntington was equipped for early experiments in naval aviation. During World War I, it escorted convoys across the Atlantic and in coastal waters. Following the armistice, the ship was converted into a troop transport and made six roundtrips between January and July 1919, bringing home almost 12,000 soldiers.

To Camp Merrit: Opened for about 27 months, the 770-acre camp was named for Major-General Wesley E. Merritt. A Civil War hero, Merritt first eyed the area west of the Palisades as a potential campground in preparation for the Spanish-American War.
His idea was revisited when US forces entered World War I in April 1917.

Dental Office above Kenny Frank’s Sporting Goods

Name Fred N Stratton
Age 43
Estimated Birth Year 1897
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Indiana
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head Brother
Home in 1940 Tippecanoe, Kosciusko, Indiana
Residence in 1935 Ligonier, Noble, Indiana
On farm in 1935 No
Highest Grade Completed College, 5th or subsequent year
Income Other Sources Yes
Household Members 3