Francis Horton Pope, Brigadier General, United States Army

Francis Horton Pope
Brigadier General, United States Army

Francis Horton Pope of Kansas (Born 7 May 1876)
Appointed from Missouri, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 June 1893 (11)
Additional Second Lieuenant, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 11 June 1897
Second Lieutenant, 19 June 1897
First Lieutenant, 2 February 1901
Captain, 15th U. S. Cavalry, 4 April 1903

1918 Director of the Division of Motor Transport Service, American Expeditionary Force, Western Front
1918 - 1919 Deputy Director of Motor Transport Corps, American Expeditionary Force, Western Front
1927 - 1931 Assistant Quartermaster General of the Army
1940 Retired
1941 Recalled
1943 Retired

Buried with him are his step-children, Joseph H. Hampson (1907-1952) and Louise Hampson (1901-1959), as well as his wife, Blanche Wilson Pope (1876-1971).

POPE, FRANCIS H
BG QMC U.S.A.
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/07/1876
DATE OF DEATH: 06/03/1971
BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE E-125 LH
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

POPE, BLANCHE WILSON W/O POPE, FRANCIS HORTON
DATE OF BIRTH: 06/05/1876
DATE OF DEATH: 11/06/1963
DATE OF INTERMENT: 11/12/1963
BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE E-125 RH
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF FH POPE, BG, USA

HAMPSON, FRANCES LOUISE D/O FRANCIS HORTON POPE
DATE OF BIRTH: 09/12/1901
DATE OF DEATH: 12/22/1959
BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE E-125 RH
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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Posted: 21 September 2006 Updated: 13 May 2008

FH Pope Gravesite PHOTO May 2008

FH Pope Step-Children Gravesite PHOTO May 2008
Photos By Michael Robert Patterson, May 2008