Edgar R. Gillmore
(1897-1918)
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Private Edgar R. Gilmore as a child
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Private Edgar R. Gilmore, signature on WWI draft registration
Attending to an ill soldier at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH
Gatehouse Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gatehouse Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Private Edgar R. Gilmore's mother
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Private Edgar R. Gilmore's father
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Edgar R. Gilmore
*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: 1/6/1897, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 1/6/1897, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 9908 Denison Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co., 61st St., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/3/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/3/1918; Private
Service Number: 3863148
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 3, 1918 [one month after enlisting and 5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 21 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Death: October 3, 1918 [one month after enlisting and 5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 21 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Burial: 10/9/1918 at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Section 7 Lot 117 Grave 4 [no grave photo on cemetery website] in the Gillmore family plot purchased by his grandfather Robert Gillmore [per note on findagrave.org]
Burial: 10/9/1918 at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Section 7 Lot 117 Grave 4 [no grave photo on cemetery website] in the Gillmore family plot purchased by his grandfather Robert Gillmore [per note on findagrave.org]
Next of Kin: Frank J. Gillmore, father, 904 Hastings Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota
Additional Information: Sister Irene and parents moved to Minnesota. Grandfather Robert Gillmore fought in the Civil War.
Father: Frank J. Gillmore (1868-1941), born Cleveland, OH of English and German ancestry, married 1890, occupation Bookkeeper, buried Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, MN; Mother: Wanda Emily Braun Gillmore (1866-1957), born Parma, OH of German ancestry, married 1890, had at least 5 children, buried Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, MN; Siblings: Irving Gillmore (1890-1891); Walter Harry Gillmore (1891-1984); Corporal Earl Alvin Gillmore (1895-1957) who served in WWI and named a son Donald Edgar Gillmore (1932-2015) presumably in memory of Private Edgar R. Gillmore, and also served in the Navy in the Korean War and the Colorado National Guard for 36 years; Irene M. Gillmore Hawkins (1900-1994). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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