Robert Ray Harrison
(1896-1918)
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Private/Corporal Robert Ray Harrison
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Ad for Bishop-Babcock-Becker Co., Cleveland, OH
Private/Corporal Robert Ray Harrison, signature on WWI draft registration
Robert Ray Harrison's father
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Robert Ray Harrison's mother
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Robert Ray Harrison's brother, Samuel James Harrison
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Sibling List
Robert Ray Harrison
*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: 9/1/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 9/1/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 14016 Northfield Ave., East Cleveland, OH and 1419 Coit Rd., East Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Bishop-Babcock-Becker Co., 49th & Hamilton, Cleveland, OH [makers of brass hardware, brewery and restaurant supplies, soda fountains, cooling units for automobiles, and vacuum heating systems]; per 1916 City Directory occupation Clerk
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair dark; "scar under chin not disqualifying" noted on draft registration
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/3/1918; Private/Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/3/1918; Private/Corporal
Service Number: 3862914
Marriage: marriage date not found; see information about wife below
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; cause of death Bronchopneumonia caused by Influenza
Death: October 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; cause of death Bronchopneumonia caused by Influenza
Burial: 10/11/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 22 Lot 923-7, following services at his father's home at 14016 Northfield Ave., East Cleveland, OH [no grave photo on cemetery's website]
Burial: 10/11/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 22 Lot 923-7, following services at his father's home at 14016 Northfield Ave., East Cleveland, OH [no grave photo on cemetery's website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Kathryn A. Harrison, wife, 1419 Coit Rd., East Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Wife: Kathryn Kregor Harrison (1894-?), born Conneaut, OH, per 1920 Census age 25 and living as a widow with an aunt and uncle at Groveland Club Drive Lake Shore Blvd. in Cleveland, employed as a Bookkeeper at her uncle's wholesale candy company, remarried 1922 at age 27 to Victor J. Smith; Father: John Harrison (1872-1952), born Maryport, England, married 1893, occupations included Iron Moulder, Foreman Brass Works, and Production Manager Boating Works, his mother and son Private/Corporal Robert Ray Harrison both died in 1918, buried Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH; Mother: Jane Ann "Jennie" McKinley (1875-1976), born Ontario, Canada, married 1893, burial place not found; Siblings: See Sibling List at left, which may be incomplete. Brother Samuel James Harrison named a son Robert Ray Harrison (1922-?) in memory of Private/Corporal Robert Ray Harrison who died in the World War.
Attending to an ill soldier at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH
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