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PRIVATE
CORNELIUS REDD was September 27, 1896 to Branch and Clara Redd in Green
Bay, Virginia. When he registered for the draft in June 5, 1918, he was
living at 2009 Mulford Street in Camden NJ, in the neighborhood between
Ferry Avenue
and Morgan Boulevard known as Centerville and sometimes referred to as
"Sweet Potato Hill". His parents were living in Mount Ephraim.
They soon returned to Camden. When the census was taken in January of
1920 they were living at 1046
Ferry Avenue.
His mother, Mrs. Clara Redd, later resided at 1814
Mulford
Street, around the corner from the
Ferry Avenue
address, and at 785 Chestnut
Street.
Cornelius
Redd was one of 51 black citizens drafted on September 26, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix
NJ.
The Camden Post-Telegram of that day reported "To the strains of a
colored band, the soldiers to be marched in fine order to the Federal
Street Terminal where the boarded the 9:22 train."
Private Redd
was initially assigned to the 153rd Depot Brigade. Within a few days of
arriving at Camp Dix, he got into trouble, and was reassigned to
Company 6, Section S, Colored Detention Barracks. While in the Detention
Barracks, he contracted Spanish
influenza, and died on October 7, 1918, after only 12 days military
service.
Cornelius
Redd was buried in Camden County NJ. He was survived by his mother,
sister Myrtle, and
extended family.
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