Warner C. Journigan

Submitted by: Jacob Parks {Administrative Support Specialist, The Country Doctor Museum}

Warner C. Journigan was born around 1891. Warner Journigan served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1918 and the service was completed in 1919.

Story of Service

Warner C. Journigan (1891-1938) and his family were not originally from Nash County, North Carolina. By 1900 the Journigan family lived on a farm owned by their father in the Hayesville Township of Franklin County.

By the next decade, the family relocated east to Brinkleyville. However, Journigan lived in Nashville, N.C. by April 26, 1918, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Also part of the 113th, Journigan served in Battery E throughout his service during WWI.