Person Page 915

Sidney Baxter Outlaw was born on 30 Oct 1895 in Clarksville, TennesseeG.^4,5,6
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, G in the household of his parents, Gordon Elmer Outlaw and Marion E. Crabtree.¹⁸
     His mother died on 12 Aug 1908, when Sidney was 12 years old.¹⁹
     He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, G in the household of his father.¹⁸

Service in World War I --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

      Sidney was attending the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, GeorgiaG, when he was appointed on 15 Aug 1917 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the infantry in the National Army.^20,21,22 Sidney registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1918, reporting his addresss as Clarksville, Tennessee, but that he was employed by the U. S. Government at the R.O.T.C. at Fort Oglethorpe, GeorgiaG, rehandling (processing) tobacco.²³
      Company L, 805th Pioneer Infantry, was organized 15 Jul 1918 at Camp Funston, KansasG. It was composed of Black men drafted from Kansas, Missouri, and Louisiana, and white officers. Sidney was appointed a 2nd lieutenant in that company. After initial training at Camp Funston, on 27 Aug the company departed by train to New York. After receiving new clothing and equipment, it departed by train to Quebec, where it boarded the British transport H.R.M Orita, joining a convoy to Liverpool, reaching there 16 Sept. The next day they boarded the St. George to cross the English Channel, arriving at La Havre early the following morning.^24,25
      By early October the company had traveled by train, and marched, to the active war zone, where it was engaged in handling supplies, assisting the Engineers in the construction of a railroad, and repairing roads. It was in Varennes, FranceG, when the armistice was signed. The regiment was then assigned to the Salvage Department of the Service of Supplies, with the company cleaning up the debris of war, including clothing, rifles, machine guns and shells. During this winter Sidney was promoted to 1st. lieutenant and transferred to Company C.²⁶
      The regiment was ordered to Brest, FranceG, to be shipped home. Sidney returned aboard the S.S. Leviathan, departing 29 Jun 1919 and arriving in Hoboken, New Jersey 5 Jul.²⁷ He was discharged 9 Jul 1919.^21,28

A First Marriage --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Sidney married first Irene Cobb Gracey, daughter of Julien Frank Gracey and Minnie Irene Thomas, on 21 Feb 1920 in the rectory of Trinity Church, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, wtih Rev. Warner L. Forsyth officiating. Only immediate family members were present.^7,2,8
     They settled in Columbia, TennesseeG, after a short wedding trip to Chicago and other points.²⁹
     He was working for the American Snuff Co. of Columbia, TennesseeG, at the time of his first marriage.²⁹ Sidney, and his brother-in-law Donald Gracey, were in business together as the Grange Coal Company, in ClarksvilleG in the fall of 1924. The business seems to have been short-lived, as no mention of it has been found of it outside of that time period.³⁰ By 1929 he was selling life insurance.³¹
     Sidney and Irene were divorced before 1930.^9,10,11

Joining the Highway Patrol --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Sidney was accepted as a patrolman in the newly formed Tennessee Highway Patrol 5 Feb 1930, one of the first group of 27 troopers to be appointed on 5 Feb 1930.^32,33,34 By April he was promoted to Sergeant, in charge of the Tullahoma district. In that position he was supervising three patrolmen covering a six-county area.³⁵
     Sidney appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Tullahoma, Coffee Co., Tennessee, on Atlantic St. G, enumerated 15 Apr 1930, as a lodger in the household of Robert L. Dorsett, a physician, and his family. Three other highway patrolmen were also lodgers in the household.³⁶
     Sidney was transferred to the KnoxvilleG division of the Highway Patrol in Feb 1931. On 10 Oct he was seriously injured when his motorcycle collided with an automobile near Knoxville.^37,38
     Sidney married second Anne Jane Gunn, daughter of Arthur Gunn and Mamie A. Reynolds, on 22 Jul 1931 in Tullahoma, TennesseeG.^12,13,14
     Sidney and Anne appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Tullahoma, Coffee Co., Tennessee, G in the household of Arthur Gunn and Mamie A. Reynolds, her parents, with their children John and Janie. They reported they had been living in Knoxville in 1935.
     He was an insurance agent by 1940, when he reported he had worked 54 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning $1,480.³⁹
     His wife died on 6 Oct 1959.⁴⁰
     Sidney died on 30 May 1985 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, at age 89.^15,16,17 He was buried on 1 Jun 1985 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG.³