Soldiers of Elsah Township who served in World War I included C.E. Lock, H.L. Gill, Jos. Bunse, D.H. McDow, Jose. Finkes, Wm. Fessler, Robt. Bland, John R. Lock, Frank King, M. Navasol, R.R. Rintoul, R.B. Piggott, Harry Modlin, George Bower, H.B. Bechtold, John M. Cronan, Walter R. Fessler, W. Tschambers, Jasper Lawless, T. Winfred Legate, Winfield Cornelius, and C.J. Burmeister.