In honor of Veterans Day, Ancestry.com offered free access to military records. This weekend, my mother's cousin, Bill Teaford, found my maternal grandfather's World War I draft record. 

I am hungry for information about my grandfather, Ernest Teaford. Draft records show he was born in Norton County, Kansas, on September 22, 1894. His occupation is listed as "farmer and stock man for himself." He requested an exemption to care for his invalid father. Ernest dropped dead on July 12, 1947, after which Mother said she "felt the wolves at the door."