William Albert Leiby
(1876-1918)
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SS Tuscania
Gravestone, Private William Albert Leiby, Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, OH
Gravestone, Private William Albert Leiby, Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, OH
Partial Sibling List
1100 E. 114th St., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
William Albert Leiby
William Albert Leiby
*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: 7/11/1876, Youngstown, Ohio
Birth: 7/11/1876, Youngstown, Ohio
Address: 1100 E. 114th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; married; native-born citizen; per 1900 and 1910 Censuses occupation House Carpenter
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/29/1917; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/29/1917; rank Private
Service Number: 167136
Deployment: 8/1/1917 from New York City aboard SS Tuscania, which experienced a 10-day delay at sea after running aground in Halifax, Nova Scotia and needing repairs
Action: [The 16th Railroad Engineers Company D was comprised of men from the industry and construction trades, whose role was to build and oversee critical railway lines and other major construction projects in support of the American Expeditionary Forces in France in WWI.]
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 41; cause of death Died of Disease: Gangrenous Gallbladder and Pneumonia
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 41; cause of death Died of Disease: Gangrenous Gallbladder and Pneumonia
Burial: burial information after death in France not found; 5/1/1921 remains shipped to US from Cherbourg, France to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Wheaton; 7/3/1921 final burial at Bedford Cemetery, 66 Taylor St., Bedford, OH, Lot 104 Section 4 Grave 3, alongside his parents
Burial: burial information after death in France not found; 5/1/1921 remains shipped to US from Cherbourg, France to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Wheaton; 7/3/1921 final burial at Bedford Cemetery, 66 Taylor St., Bedford, OH, Lot 104 Section 4 Grave 3, alongside his parents
Next of Kin: J. W. Leiby, father, 1829 E. 25th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Wife and Children: per 1910 Census, William Albert Leiby was living in Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois with his wife Lucy Rawson Leiby (1887-1962), born Illinois, and daughter Grace (1907-?), also had daughter Sadie Leiby (1910-2002), widow may have remarried Thomas Wood; Father: James William Leiby (1851-1932), born Pennsylvania, married ~1876, occupation House Carpenter, buried Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, OH; Mother: Sarah A. "Sadie" Boyer Leiby (1857-1920), born Pennsylvania, married ~1876, had at least 6 children, buried Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Additional siblings may have been Owen Wilde Leiby (1880-?) and Hattie Leiby (1882-1940).
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