I know he was raised in kansas. But born in denison, tx. I toured the house. Awesome to see. Ended hislife on his farm in gettysburg ,pa. Just learned that this summer when we visited there. The man got around!
Ike Eisenhower’s family were members of a pacifist sect; they moved from Penn. to Texas to avoid the civil war. After Ike was born, ironically he applied to West Point for its free education.
His mother remained a pacifist all during WWI, passing out leaflets, etc. It is possible that the reason he was never sent overseas during that war is because he was considered suspect by government—pacifism, German ancestry, etc.
Had he not returned to the states from the Philippines, he might have ended up with Gen. Wainwright’s job—surrendering; and been stuck in a prison camp for the next four years.
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His family went to Denison TX and failed in a business, if I recall correctly, and he was born at this time. The family went back to Abilene, Kansas shortly thereafter. I’ve toured the home there in Abilene. He and his wife Mamie are buried on the grounds there.