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F. F. Wren

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Arizona
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 3 Months 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

F. F. Wren was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Court-martialed after passing through Fort Huachuca and Fort Riley, he was imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth on a twenty-five-year sentence and amnestied by President Wilson in April 1919.

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Refusal to register or serve under the draft (World War I Molokan conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1918
Released: April 1919
Sentence: Twenty-five years at Fort Leavenworth; amnestied in April 1919. Verdict as recorded: Yes — court-martialed; sentenced to twenty-five years.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas