Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr.
(1888-1918)
Embedded Files
1911 photo of the Ohio Bell Telephone Co., built by famed Cleveland architect Charles Schweinfurth in 1894 and demolished in 1928
Corporal Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr., signature on WWI draft registration
SS Megantic
Gravestone, Corporal Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr., Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling list
Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr.
*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: 4/9/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 4/9/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 17841 Lorain Ave., and Kamms P. O., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Cable Splicer at Cleveland Telephone Co., Cleveland, OH; requested draft exemption due to employment at telephone company
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/27/1918; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/27/1918; Corporal
Service Number: 2478531
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Megantic
Action:
Death: December 26, 1918 [after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 and one day after Christmas] at age 30; cause of death Meningitis [a common communicable disease in the crowded conditions of military life, with very high mortality rates]
Death: December 26, 1918 [after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 and one day after Christmas] at age 30; cause of death Meningitis [a common communicable disease in the crowded conditions of military life, with very high mortality rates]
Burial: 12/29/1918 American plot at Briey, France; 4/30/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France; 5/3/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/29/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/30/1921 to the care of Adolph Nunn, Undertaker, Cleveland, OH; final burial 8/2/1921 at Alger Cemetery, 16710 Bradgate, Cleveland, OH, Section E Lot 12, following a funeral the same day at the family residence. He was laid to rest alongside his parents.
Burial: 12/29/1918 American plot at Briey, France; 4/30/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France; 5/3/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/29/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/30/1921 to the care of Adolph Nunn, Undertaker, Cleveland, OH; final burial 8/2/1921 at Alger Cemetery, 16710 Bradgate, Cleveland, OH, Section E Lot 12, following a funeral the same day at the family residence. He was laid to rest alongside his parents.
Next of Kin: Martin Fitzharris, father, 17841 Lorain Ave. and Kamms P. O., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Martin Fitzharris Sr. (1861-1922), born Cleveland, OH, occupation Proprietor of a Saloon and later Real Estate Salesman, remarried 1918 following the death of his first wife, buried Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Catherine M. Caldwell Fitzharris (1863-1916), born Wilmcote, Warwickshire, England, had at least 5 children, buried Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See sibling list at left. Brother John served in WWI and was honorably discharged. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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