Joseph Horstman Stier

Joseph Horstman [or Horseman or Houseman] Stier

Birth: 3/1/1892, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 915 E. 147th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Sheet Metal Worker at Riester & Thesmacher Company, 1512-1526 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH [manufacturers of tin, copper, sheet metal, metal spinners, and high grade cuspidors - aka spittoons]; requested exemption for "support of mother" and listed mother as dependent [this would have been his step-mother]

Appearance: Height tall; Build slender; Eyes blue; Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/17/1917; rank Wagoner [keeper of wagons and animals with Wagoner rank just below that of Supply Sergeant]

Service Number: 1946703

Deployment: 6/5/1918 from Montreal, Canada aboard SS Nankin  

Action: Sup Co 331 Inf to death. Pvt Sept 17/17; Wag Oct 1/17. AEF June 5/18 to death. 

Death: February 19, 1919 at age 26; Died of Disease at Le Mans, France; cause of death pneumonia/pulmonary tuberculosis; on 3/8/1919 at 8:30 am, a military mass was held at St. Peter's Church, Superior and E. 17th St., Cleveland, OH, with friends invited; on 10/5/1919 a military mass was held at St. Joseph's Church, Aspinwall Ave., Collinwood, Cleveland, OH at 9 am for Joseph Horstman Stier, Wagoner Supply Co., 331st regiment; friends were invited and "All former members of the supply 331st infantry [were] requested to attend in uniform." 

Burial: Buried 2/21/1919 at Le Mans, France cemetery; remains disinterred for transfer to U.S. 7/20/1920; 9/4/1920 arrival of SS Princess Matoika from Brest, France to Hoboken, New Jersey carrying the "overseas dead," including the remains of Joseph Stier #1946703 Wagoner Supp. Co 331st Inf. Remains received at Cleveland, OH 10/2/1920. Burial (date not given) "St. Josephs (Wood)" corner of E. 79th and Woodland; Lot No 153-NE, Grave No 1-W-L

Next of Kin: Frank C. Stier, brother, 1107 Nicholson Ave., Lakewood, OH; alternate address 2705 Marvin Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: both biological parents were deceased at the time of this soldier's death, mother having died when Joseph was about 6 years old, father having died when Joseph was about 18; Father: Frank J. Stier (1855-1910), born Ohio of German ancestry, occupation Grocer Dealer, buried in St. Joseph Cemetery, 7916 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH; Biological Mother: Elizabeth Schmoldt "Lizzie" Stier (1853-1898), born Ohio of German ancestry, bore 8 children of whom 7 survived, died at age 41 and was also buried St. Joseph Cemetery; Step-mother: Ellen Gorman Stier died 1949; Siblings: Lawrence F. Stier who died 1924 at age 36 of nephritis; Louise Stier Duffin (1885-1940); Frank C. Stier, who died 1961; Marie A. Stier (1895-1961);Augusta Stier Griff (1883-1969); Henrietta Stier Schwalm (1889-1976)