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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