William Fark
(1887-1919)
(1887-1919)
Corporal William Fark, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Anchises
Vintage 1920 photo of the hospital at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Gravestone, Corporal William Fark, Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH
William Fark [aka Frederick William Fark]
*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: Green Rd., South Euclid, OH
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Basket Maker at [illegible]; per 1910 Census occupation Laborer at Basket Factory. [In the early 1900s there were at least two factories in South Euclid that made wooden baskets for carrying produce to nearby Cleveland, OH.]
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair dark
Service Number: 1962026
Deployment: 6/2/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Anchises
Action:
Next of Kin: Mrs. E. Fark, mother, Green Rd., South Euclid, OH
Additional Information: Father: Frederick J. Fark (1853-1923), born Germany, emigrated ~1882, occupation Truck Farmer, buried Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH; Mother: Eleonora "Nora" Tiemann Fark (1854-1935), born Germany, emigrated ~1882, had at least 11 children, buried Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH; Siblings: Ernest H. (1883-1904); Henry (1885-1973); Caroline (1889-1978); Clara Louise Fark Kohl (1891-1949); Louise (1895-1977); Ernest F. (1897-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.