Simon M. Hershberger

Simon M. Hershberger was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: named on Judge Advocate General's card file entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: "An order to take physical exercise was lawful and proper and one which the accused was bound to obey, regardless of his status as a conscientious objector. 10/29/1918"; courts-martial trial #121182; …