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nying his remains from Fort Bliss to Fort Pierce.
“The remains of Corporal Gladwin were accompanied to
Fort Pierce by his ‘bunkie,’ Private W.C. Watkins, who had
been his constant chum and tentmate since entering the
service, they having gone from Palatka near Green Cove
Springs, where they were both working and enlisting at the
same time,’’ the St. Lucie County Tribune reported.
In my search, I could find no W.C. Watkins from Palatka
who had served in World War I, nor a “Wayne Watson’’ that
was referenced as Stephen’s bunkie in the competing newspaper.
But I did find a W.G. Watkins — Wayne Goodman
Watkins — whom I have concluded was his tentmate. W.G.
Watkins was from Putnam Hall, Florida, 20 miles from Palatka,
and had an enlistment date three days before Stephen
Gladwin’s. W.G. Watkins was released from service Aug. 1,
1919, and would go on to marry and have two children. He
died Aug. 10, 1985, at the age of 86 and is buried at Paran
Baptist Church Cemetery in Putnam Hall.
Besides parents R.R. Gladwin and Florence, Stephen left
behind siblings Marion, 19, Margaret, 16, and Bob, 14. R.R.
Gladwin went on to successfully cultivate his citrus grove at
Fort Pierce Farms and served on the Committee of Fifty, the
predecessor to the state’s citrus commission. He died in 1942
and Florence died in 1948, several months after a fire had
destroyed the family home at Fort Pierce Farms.
“For almost a decade he has been one of the leading citrus
growers of the famous Indian River fruit belt and during this
period has been an influential figure in the general life of
Fort Pierce and the county,’’ said R.R. Gladwin’s biographical
entry in “The Story of Florida.’’
Marion would go on to marry Eugene Horton and have >>
Stephen Enns, named after his great uncle, Stephen Gladwin, displays a
certificate given to the Gladwin family upon Stephen Gladwin’s death in
1919. The certificate says “Served with honor in the World War and died in
the service of his country.’’
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