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Alexander M Mounce Jr
Alexander M Mounce Jr.,
bookeeper
for the D H Mounce
Lumber
Company, Moberly, Mo.,
is one
of the progressive young
men of Randolph
County, who turned from
the peaceful
pursuits of business life
when the
United States entered the
World War
and served during the
remainder of
that great conflict.
Alexander M. Mounce, Jr.,
was
born at Bunker Hill, Kan.,
April 18,
1888, and is a son of
Alexander
M. and Martha (Monson)
Mounce, the
latter of whom is now
deceased,
having departed this life in
October, 1914,
and her remains are buried
in
Woodland Cemetery,
Moberly, Mo. The
father resides in Moberly
which
has been his home for the
past 30 years
and a sketch of him
appears in this volume.
Alex. M. Mounce, Jr.,
received his
education in the public
schools of
Moberly, Missouri State
University at
Columbia, Mo., and the
University
of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
In 1912
he entered the employ of
the D. H.
Mounce Lumber
Company at Moberly
as bookkeeper and was
thus em-
ployed until Dec. 13,
1917,
when he enlisted in the
Aviation Corps of the
United States Army.
Shortly after
enlisting, he was sent to
Camp Custer
at Battle Creek, Mich.
After
spending seven weeks
there, he was trans
ferred to Barron Field,
Fort Worth,
Texas, where he served
with the fly-
ing and engineering
department of
the aviation service until
March 28,
1919, when he was
honorably discharged.
Mr. Mounce then returned
to
Moberly and resumed his
former
position with the D. H.
Mounce Lumber
Company and is now
serving in that capacity. |