Carl William Escover
(1892-1918)
(1892-1918)
Private Carl William Escover, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Orca
Sibling list, Private Carl William Escover
Gravestone, Private Carl William Escover, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine
Private Carl William Escover’s niece (daughter of his brother George), Dorothy Carol Escover Fritz
Carl William Escover
*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: 9400 Harvard St., 9411 Harvard St., 9411 Harvard Ave., 9415 Harvard Ave., and 9419 Cassius Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Pipe Fitter at East Ohio Gas Co., Cleveland, OH; requested draft exemption due to mother and invalid brother to support; per 1910 Census occupation Laborer at Sheet Mill; per 1916 City Directory occupation Laborer
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light
Service Number: 2661112
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Orca
Action:
Next of Kin: Mrs. Anna Escover, mother, 9411 Harvard St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Charles F. Escover (1861-1944), born Zanesville, OH of German ancestry, married 1887, occupations included Fireman at Iron Works and Laborer at Sheet Mill, buried Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Twinsburg, OH; Mother: Anna M. Ragor Escover (1861-1932), born Zanesville, OH, married 1887, buried Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Twinsburg, OH; Siblings: See sibling list at left.
Mother requested to sail to Europe to visit her son Private Carl William Escover's grave as part of the WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage program, but record of the departure was not found.