No results from Military Service for Schuppe

There were no records found, so my cc will not be charged. I'll try again and include more information. I'm still waiting for the results of dad's search.

Today I downloaded a new software called Legacy and have begun transferring my info into it. I heard about it from a friend who has a group on facebook with his cousins. I think I'll try that.

Military Service Records requested for Dad and Schuppe

I ordered my dad's military service records from the National Archives, which was free. It may take up to 90 days before I should expect a response. I also requested the military records of George Schuppe, which was not free, but I hope to find out something I don't know already about both of them.

Dad was a Marine who survived in Iwo Jima, came home and then enlisted in the Army near the end of the war. He was in Japan during the occupation, where he met my mother. He worked in the motor pool, and she worked at a US Army base. He also served in the Korean War.

I was born in Tokyo, Japan, and both of my sisters were born at Fort Dix, NJ. I went to nursery school at Fort Dix, NJ, kindergarten in Pacific Grove, CA, first grade in Fernandina Beach, FL, second grade in Yokohama, Japan, third, fourth and fifth grades at Grant Heights in Tokyo. We moved to Fernandina Beach when I started sixth grade and graduated from Fernandina Beach High School. Sometime before first grade, I think we lived in Maryland for a short time. I hope dad's military records will tell me when that was.

George Schuppe in Covington, KY 1865

Here's a link to Harper's Weekly article about Fort Mitchell near Covington, KY in 1865 about the time George Schuppe was stationed there. 2 of his 3 children were born to Charlotte in Kentucky..  

George born in Kentucky in 1865
Julia (my great grandmother) born in Smithville, NC (Fort Caswell) in 1866
Mary born in Kentucky in 1867

"Located on a hill overlooking Lexington Pike (US 25), Fort Mitchell was named for Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchell ... The fort was occupied by Union army soldiers and local Home Guard in response to the Confederate invasion of Kentucky in the late summer of 1862. In September of that year advance troops of Confederates skirmished with Union forces near the fort before withdrawing to Lexington. "

Charleston Earthquake 1886

The Earthquake of 1886 occurred just six months after Thomas and Julia were married. I remember hearing stories from Granny Ball that she must have heard from her parents and uncles. She told of people running out of their houses into the streets in their nightgowns, underwear or with only towels wrapped around themselves since the quake hit at 9:50 p.m. on a Sunday night when most were asleep or retiring for the evening.

"The seismic history of the southeastern United States is dominated by the 1886 earthquake that occurred in the Coastal Plain near Charleston, South Carolina. It was one of the largest historic earthquakes in eastern North America, and by far the largest earthquake in the southeastern United States. A major shock, occurred August 31, 1886 at approximately 9:50 p.m. and lasted less than one minute, but resulted in about sixty deaths and extensive damage to the city of Charleston."

South Carolina Seismic Network,  University of South Carolina