His WWI draft registration card, issued in 1917/1918 (the images on Ancestry do not show the side of the card that has the date it was filed), says Hiram Edmond McBrayer, age 19, residence Minor, Ky, born 30 Apr 1899, employer C & O Railroad, Ashland, Boyd Co., Ky, nearest relative J. M. McBrayer. In the bottom margin of the page is a notation “mail questionnaire to Sherbiana, Pike Co., Ky”.