Darke County OHIO Biographies.....Alva Shultz  January 12 1897 -  October 7 1918
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File contributed for Ohio Biographies Project by:
Francis Motschman, Sr. dalesr99@earthlink.net July 23, 2003, 7:54 pm

Author: Francis D. Motschman, Sr.

The Shultz Family of Darke County, Ohio



 The Biography of  Alva Shultz

Son of William Sherman Shultz and Whilemena "Lillie" Mae Petersime

by Francis D. Motschman, Sr.



	The fourth  child to be born to Sherman and Lillie Shultz was Alva 

Shultz. He entered this life on Tue., January 12, 1897 in Greenville Twp., 

Darke County, Ohio. 

	

	Alva was the favorite brother of my father-in-law, Sherman H. Shultz, 

while he was growing up. Alva loved to hunt and fish and he had the patience to 

put up with his little brother in these activities. 

	

	These foray's came to an unhappy end with Alva leaving for service with 

the US Army in late summer of 1918. He was stationed at Camp Sherman, 

Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio. Frank Boze, a cousin, went into the service at the 

same time and was also stationed at the same place. 



	The sadness of his going into the service turned tragic when both he 

and his cousin contracted the Spanish Influenza that was an epidemic in the 

United States at the time. Both men died. Lillie Mae and Sherman were notified 

of Alva's illness and traveled to Camp Sherman to see him. They said things in 

the hospital there, were a mess. Alva begged them to try and get him out of 

there and into a civilian hospital, "If you can do that", he said, "I'll make 

it... if I have to stay here I'm going to die". They did everything they could 

but the Army wouldn't release Alva.  He died on Mon., October 7, 1918. One week 

later, on Tue., October 15, 1918,  his cousin, Frank Boze also died from the 

flu. There were thousands of soldiers that died from this Spanish Flu.



	Both the French Government and the United States Government sent the 

family framed Commendation for his service to the War Effort and some time 

later Sherman and Lillie also received a $10,000 insurance check from the 

United States Government.

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