Arthur Walfred Johnson
(1891-1918)
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Private Arthur Walfred Johnson
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Cleveland-Akron Bag Co., Cleveland, OH
Credit: Peninsula Library and Historical Society, Peninsula, OH
Private Arthur Walfred Johnson, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Arthur Walfred Johnson's father
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Private Arthur Walfred Johnson's mother
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Private Arthur Walfred Johnson's sister, Ellen
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Private Arthur Walfred Johnson's brother, George
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Arthur Walfred Johnson
*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: 10/12/1891, Erie, Pennsylvania [where there was a small but tight-knit Swedish community]
Birth: 10/12/1891, Erie, Pennsylvania [where there was a small but tight-knit Swedish community]
Address: 7709 Wade Park Ave., Cleveland, OH [address given at draft registration]; 2446 Superior Ave., NE, Cleveland, OH [wife's mother's address and where he may have lived after his marriage]; 2216 Perry St., Erie, PA [parents' address and where he lived for some of his childhood]
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single at draft registration, married a few months later; native-born citizen; occupation Office Worker at Cleveland Akron Bag Co., Cleveland, OH [formed 1902 to manufacture flour sacks and roofing paper]; occupation 1910 Printer; occupation 1913 Bookkeeper at Erie Window Glass Co., Erie, PA
Appearance: Height short, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair light
Marriage: On 8/18/1917, he married Loretta McGreevey (1895-?), who was born in Ohio. In 1920, she was a widowed clerk at a dry goods store and living with her mother. She remarried in 1925 to Martin R. Schneider and had at least one child.
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/26/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/26/1918; Private
Service Number: 3904002
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 11, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918 and one day before his 27th birthday] at age 26 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky; cause of death Bilateral Lobar Pneumonia [1918 influenza pandemic killed hundreds and sickened thousands of soldiers at Camp Zachary Taylor]
Death: October 11, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918 and one day before his 27th birthday] at age 26 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky; cause of death Bilateral Lobar Pneumonia [1918 influenza pandemic killed hundreds and sickened thousands of soldiers at Camp Zachary Taylor]
Burial: buried on 10/15/1918 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 547 Section 42 Grave 1
Burial: buried on 10/15/1918 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 547 Section 42 Grave 1
Next of Kin: Loretta Johnson, wife, 2446 Superior Ave., NE, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Private Arthur Walfred Johnson's mother died just 9 days after his death.
Father: Swante Johnson (1860-1933), born Sweden, occupations Saloon Keeper and Laborer at Brewery, buried Erie Cemetery, Erie, PA; Mother: Matilda Johnson (1868-1918), born Sweden, buried Erie Cemetery, Erie, PA; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sister Signe Elvira Johnson Rudolph had a daughter Winifred Margaret Rudolph (1920-1926), who was presumably named after Private Arthur Walfred Johnson. She died at age 6 of meningitis. Sibling list may be incomplete.
7709 Wade Park Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Sibling List
Calvary Cemetery,Cleveland, OH, Lot 547 Section 42 Grave 1, location of Private Arthur Walfred Johnson's gravestone
Calvary Cemetery,Cleveland, OH, Lot 547 Section 42 Grave 1, location of Private Arthur Walfred Johnson's gravestone
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