Earl Edgar Gallagher
(1892-1918)
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Private Earl Edgar Gallagher, signature on WWI draft registration
Attending to an ill soldier at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH
11719 Clifton Blvd., Lakewood, Ohio, address given on WWI draft registration
Earl Edgar Gallagher
*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: 7/27/1892, Syracuse, New York
Birth: 7/27/1892, Syracuse, New York
Address: 11719 Clifton Blvd., Lakewood, Ohio
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Lithographer at National Bank Note Co., Cleveland, OH [founded in New York City in 1859, moved to Cleveland, OH early 1900s, printers of U.S. postage stamps and currency, suppliers of stock certificates, minute books, engraving, embossers]; requested exemption from draft due to "not physically fit;" per 1910 Census at age 17 occupation Apprentice at Typewriter Works; per 1915 NY Census occupation Lithographer
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes dark, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/18/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/18/1917; Private
Service Number: 1946149
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: March 22, 1918 at age 25 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Pneumonia
Death: March 22, 1918 at age 25 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Pneumonia
Burial: 3/26/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 22 Lot 817-0, alongside his mother and stepfather [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Burial: 3/26/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 22 Lot 817-0, alongside his mother and stepfather [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Ross [sic-Rose] Remington, mother, 1279 W. 117th St., Lakewood, OH
Additional Information: Private Earl Edgar Gallagher was an only child.
Father: Frank C. Gallagher (1862-?), born New York or Canada of Irish and Canadian ancestry, per 1900 and 1910 Census occupation Coachman [coachman's job in that era was to drive horse-drawn carriages, maintain the carriages, and manage the stables.]; Mother: Rose Gallagher Remington (1872-1941), born England, per 1910 Census occupation Dressmaker at Home, per 1915 NY Census she was operating a rooming house in Syracuse, NY and living with her son and several male boarders, remarried 1915, survived her only child and two husbands, buried Lake View Cemetery in same plot as her son Private Earl Edgar Gallagher and her second husband; Stepfather: John Louis Remington (1878-1929).
1918 Cuyahoga County Wills and Probate Records show Private Earl Edgar Gallagher's mother was the beneficiary of his estate in the amount of $525.00, including a Ford automobile.
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