Thompson Lothrop
(1889-1918)
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First Lieutenant Thompson Lothrop, signature on WWI draft registration
First Lieutenant Thompson Lothrop, signature on WWI draft registration
Gravestone, First Lieutenant Thompson Lothrop, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
Gravestone, First Lieutenant Thompson Lothrop, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
123 14th St. NW, Canton, Ohio, address given on WWI draft registration
Marcus Thompson Lothrop, brother of First Lieutenant Thompson Lothrop in a 1906 University of Michigan yearbook
Photo Credit: ancestry.com
Thompson Lothrop
Thompson Lothrop
*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: 12/3/1889, Buffalo, New York
Birth: 12/3/1889, Buffalo, New York
Address: 123 14th St. NW, Canton, Ohio at time of draft registration; 7024 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, OH at time of marriage; 1280 Mathews Ave., Lakewood, OH at time of death
Demographics: age 28 at draft registration; single [married soon after draft registration - see below]; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Inspector Engine at United Alloy Steel Corp., Canton, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/5/1917; First Lieutenant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/5/1917; First Lieutenant
Marriage: On 7/27/1918 in Cuyahoga County, OH, age 29 and occupation U.S. Army, married Ethel Donaghy, age 26, born St. Louis, Missouri, a Stenographer. Less than 3 months later, First Lieutenant Thompson Lothrop died. No additional information was found about his widow.
Service Number: no service number found
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28 at his residence 1280 Mathews Ave., Lakewood [Cleveland], OH; cause of death Spanish Influenza
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28 at his residence 1280 Mathews Ave., Lakewood [Cleveland], OH; cause of death Spanish Influenza
Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1990 Main St., Buffalo, NY, Section 2, Lot 50 South Part of West Part, Grave 25, alongside his parents
Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1990 Main St., Buffalo, NY, Section 2, Lot 50 South Part of West Part, Grave 25, alongside his parents
Next of Kin: Dr. Benjamin J. Lothrop, father, 81 Breckenridge, Buffalo, NY
Additional Information: The Lothrop family has deep roots in Provincetown and Barnstable, Massachusetts with extensive genealogical records on view at ancestry.com, including photographs of multiple ancestors.
Wife: see marriage information above; Father: Benjamin Lombard Lothrop (1848-1928), born Provincetown, Massachusetts of ancestors who had lived there since emigrating from England in the 1600's, attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York Class of 1872, occupation Physician who practiced in Buffalo, NY, Canton, OH and Zanesville, OH, buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY; Mother: Maria Lindsey Thompson Lothrop (1852-1927), born Buffalo, NY of ancestors who had lived there for several generations, had 3 children of whom 2 were living in 1900, buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY; Siblings: Marcus Thompson Lothrop (1886-1935) [see photo at left], who attended the University of Michigan and worked as an Engineer. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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