William Earl Horton
(1896-1918)
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Corporal William Earl Horton, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Aquitania
Gravestone, Corporal William Earl Horton, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1925 Postcard
William Earl Horton [aka Earl Horton]
*No plaque located*
*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: 2/5/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 2/5/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 1010 E. 147th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Auto Mechanic at Cleveland Cadillac Co., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/27/1917; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/27/1917; Corporal
Service Number: 2397401
Deployment: 4/2/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Aquitania
Action: [He served in the Ohio National Guard as part of the 145 Infantry, the famed "Buckeye" Division.]
Death: July 15, 1918 at age 22 near Chateau-Thierry, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: July 15, 1918 at age 22 near Chateau-Thierry, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at Commune Crezancy, Aisne, France; on unspecified date remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery at Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France; 5/17/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 6/13/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 8/3/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 8/5/1921 to the care of J & W Kobler Co., Undertakers, 2340 E. 55th St.; final burial 8/9/1921 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 25 Lot 90-0, after a funeral at Woodland Presbyterian Church at Woodland and E. 46th Sts. Corporal William Earl Horton was buried alongside his parents.
Burial: buried locally after death at Commune Crezancy, Aisne, France; on unspecified date remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery at Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France; 5/17/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 6/13/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 8/3/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 8/5/1921 to the care of J & W Kobler Co., Undertakers, 2340 E. 55th St.; final burial 8/9/1921 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 25 Lot 90-0, after a funeral at Woodland Presbyterian Church at Woodland and E. 46th Sts. Corporal William Earl Horton was buried alongside his parents.
Next of Kin: Mrs. Jennie Isabella Henry Horton Dawes, mother, 1512 Hayden Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: William Francis Horton (1870-1900), born St. George, Bristol, England, married 1892, died at age 30 of typhoid fever, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Jennie Isabella Henry Horton Dawes (1870-1950), born Scotland, emigrated ~1884, married 1892 to first husband William Francis Horton and 1909 to second husband James H. Dawe, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Stepfather: James H. Dawe (1879-1966), born England, emigrated ~1905, occupation in 1910 Bread Baker and in 1930 Real Estate Broker, married Corporal William Earl Horton's mother in 1909; Siblings: Frances M. Horton (1893-1893). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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