Joseph Albert Brown
(1889-1918)
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Joseph Albert Brown signature on WWI draft registration
Army 158th Brigade Band
Gravestone, Private/Private First Class/Musician Third Class Joseph Albert Brown, St. Mary Cemetery [aka Burton St. Cemetery], Cleveland, OH
Joseph Albert Brown
*Surname appears to have originally been Pollakowski with many variations on the spelling
*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.
Birth: 3/20/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/20/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3135 W. 32nd St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 28 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; requested draft exemption in order to support his mother and father; occupation Musician at Johnston Orchestra at E. 9th St. [no information found about this orchestra]; occupation per 1910 Census: Machinist
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair blond
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/6/1917; Private/Private First Class/Musician Third Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/6/1917; Private/Private First Class/Musician Third Class
Service Number: 1965568
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action: Musician in the Army 158th Brigade Band at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH
Death: October 3, 1918 [5 weeks before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918] at age 30 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH where he was a member of the Army 158th Brigade Band; cause of death Pneumonia; [More than 1,000 soldiers died at Camp Sherman from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.]
Death: October 3, 1918 [5 weeks before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918] at age 30 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH where he was a member of the Army 158th Brigade Band; cause of death Pneumonia; [More than 1,000 soldiers died at Camp Sherman from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.]
Burial: 10/4/1918 at St. Mary Cemetery [aka Burton St. Cemetery], 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH, Section D, So. of Aisle 3, Row 1, Grave 57 alongside several other family members; Inscription on gravestone: Beloved Son
Burial: 10/4/1918 at St. Mary Cemetery [aka Burton St. Cemetery], 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH, Section D, So. of Aisle 3, Row 1, Grave 57 alongside several other family members; Inscription on gravestone: Beloved Son
Next of Kin: John Brown, father, 2704 Clark Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: John Brown, father, 2704 Clark Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Johan John Pollakowski Brown (1850-1930), born Germany, emigrated ~1888, occupations Brakeman and Laborer, buried St. Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Florentina Florence Pollakowski Brown (1856-November 11, 1925), born Germany, emigrated ~1888, died on Armistice Day, 1925, buried St. Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: John (1877-?); Martin (1883-1909); Anna (1884-1910); Paul (1887-1953); Frank (1889-?); Kalie (1894-?); Margaret. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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