John Joseph Bilsky
(1886-1918)
(1886-1918)
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., Chester, West Virginia, photo credit: Little Beaver Historical Society Facebook post
John Joseph Bilsky signature on WWI draft registration
WWI soldiers at Camp Sevier, Greenville, South Carolina
Private John Joseph Bilsky’s death certificate from Camp Sevier, Greenville, South Carolina
Gravestone, Private John Joseph Bilsky, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Private Bilsky’s sister Stephania “Stella” Bilsky Jara
John Joseph Bilsky
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Address: 4061 E. 80th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 30 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; race listed as Polish; native-born Clevelander; occupation Millworker at American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., Chester, West Virginia
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair red
Service Number: 4124437
Deployment: died prior to deployment
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Additional Information: Father: August Bilsky (1854-?), born Austria/Poland/Germany, emigrated ~1880, occupation Farm Laborer per 1900 Census; Mother: Julia Koshinsky Bilsky (1855-?), born Austria/Poland/Germany, emigrated ~1880; Siblings: Ben Bilsky (1880-?); Joseph Bilsky (1882-?); Stephania "Stella" Bilsky Jara (1885-1955); Blanche Bilsky (1890-?); ?August Bilsky. Sibling list may be incomplete. Beyond the 1900 Census, very little additional family information could be found, except for that of Private John Joseph Bilsky's sister Stephania "Stella" Bilsky Jara, about whom a lot of information is posted on ancestry.com.