HENRY W. MCCLELLAN
ESCAPES DEATH IN BATTLE, DIES AFTER WAR'S END OVERSEAS
War Department Reports Death of Henry McClellan Whose Family Makes
this City Their Home—Was 28
Henry B. McClellan, son of Mrs. Rosetta McClellan, 1333 south 13th
street, this city, who served with the American forces overseas,
escaped death at the hands of the enemy only to fall victim to
disease after the armistice had been signed and while he was waiting
orders of release to sail for home. This news has just been received
here by relatives from the war department. Private McClellan, according
to reports to the war department, died in a hospital in France on Feb. 3
three months after the war's end, a victim of bronchial pneumonia.
His body has been buried there. The name was listed in the casualty
report yesterday. Although his family resides in this city, Private
McClellan was little known here, having made his home in Michigan
previous to his enlistment in the service in that state. He enlisted
at Buelah, Mich., and trained at Camp Custer and left for overseas
with the 85th division in June last year. Later he was transferred
to the 24th division and served with Co. K., 139th infantry here on
December 3 and he was anticipating an early return home. He made no
mention of having been wounded or gassed and the government report
says that death was due to pneumonia. Besides his mother, who has
been a resident of this city for nine years, Private McClellan, who
was 28 and single, is survived by four brothers and two sisters. One
brother Allan is in the service, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
where he was recently married. He is with the supply train, 14th company
and is at present here on a brief furlough. Other brothers are John of
Fort Wayne, Ind., George and Kenneth of this city. Sisters are Emma and
Janet in this city and Marion in Michigan.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, February 22, 1919 Page 1
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LAST ONE OF LOCAL HEROES COMING HOME
Prt. McClellan's Remains Returned From France
The body of Private Henry Wilson McClellan, the last body of a
Manitowoc war hero to be returned from overseas will arrive this
afternoon over the Chicago & North Western at 4:08. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Urbanek &
Wattawa chapel and will be in charge of the local American Legion
Post. Burial will be made at Evergreen.
Private McClellan enlisted with Co. K 139th Infantry of Michigan
and served through the war. He was in the trenches on the front
line when the armistice was signed. Shortly after peace was
declared he was taken ill and died of bronchial pneumonia in a
base hospital February 3, 1919. The body was returned to the states
with the last shipment of 1,500 which arrived in New York March 30.
Private McClellan is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rosetta McClellan,
1908 Marshall street and two brothers Jacob and Kenneth, both of
this city. The family has made their home here.
Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, April 28, 1922 P.1
********
[Henry McClellan/bur. 04-30-1922/cause: pneumonia/bur. on Rose
McClellan lot]
********
(NOTE: The death date on the tombstone and in the obit do not
match.)
ESCAPES DEATH IN BATTLE, DIES AFTER WAR'S END OVERSEAS
War Department Reports Death of Henry McClellan Whose Family Makes
this City Their Home—Was 28
Henry B. McClellan, son of Mrs. Rosetta McClellan, 1333 south 13th
street, this city, who served with the American forces overseas,
escaped death at the hands of the enemy only to fall victim to
disease after the armistice had been signed and while he was waiting
orders of release to sail for home. This news has just been received
here by relatives from the war department. Private McClellan, according
to reports to the war department, died in a hospital in France on Feb. 3
three months after the war's end, a victim of bronchial pneumonia.
His body has been buried there. The name was listed in the casualty
report yesterday. Although his family resides in this city, Private
McClellan was little known here, having made his home in Michigan
previous to his enlistment in the service in that state. He enlisted
at Buelah, Mich., and trained at Camp Custer and left for overseas
with the 85th division in June last year. Later he was transferred
to the 24th division and served with Co. K., 139th infantry here on
December 3 and he was anticipating an early return home. He made no
mention of having been wounded or gassed and the government report
says that death was due to pneumonia. Besides his mother, who has
been a resident of this city for nine years, Private McClellan, who
was 28 and single, is survived by four brothers and two sisters. One
brother Allan is in the service, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
where he was recently married. He is with the supply train, 14th company
and is at present here on a brief furlough. Other brothers are John of
Fort Wayne, Ind., George and Kenneth of this city. Sisters are Emma and
Janet in this city and Marion in Michigan.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, February 22, 1919 Page 1
*********
LAST ONE OF LOCAL HEROES COMING HOME
Prt. McClellan's Remains Returned From France
The body of Private Henry Wilson McClellan, the last body of a
Manitowoc war hero to be returned from overseas will arrive this
afternoon over the Chicago & North Western at 4:08. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Urbanek &
Wattawa chapel and will be in charge of the local American Legion
Post. Burial will be made at Evergreen.
Private McClellan enlisted with Co. K 139th Infantry of Michigan
and served through the war. He was in the trenches on the front
line when the armistice was signed. Shortly after peace was
declared he was taken ill and died of bronchial pneumonia in a
base hospital February 3, 1919. The body was returned to the states
with the last shipment of 1,500 which arrived in New York March 30.
Private McClellan is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rosetta McClellan,
1908 Marshall street and two brothers Jacob and Kenneth, both of
this city. The family has made their home here.
Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, April 28, 1922 P.1
********
[Henry McClellan/bur. 04-30-1922/cause: pneumonia/bur. on Rose
McClellan lot]
********
(NOTE: The death date on the tombstone and in the obit do not
match.)
HENRY W. MCCLELLAN
ESCAPES DEATH IN BATTLE, DIES AFTER WAR'S END OVERSEAS
War Department Reports Death of Henry McClellan Whose Family Makes
this City Their Home—Was 28
Henry B. McClellan, son of Mrs. Rosetta McClellan, 1333 south 13th
street, this city, who served with the American forces overseas,
escaped death at the hands of the enemy only to fall victim to
disease after the armistice had been signed and while he was waiting
orders of release to sail for home. This news has just been received
here by relatives from the war department. Private McClellan, according
to reports to the war department, died in a hospital in France on Feb. 3
three months after the war's end, a victim of bronchial pneumonia.
His body has been buried there. The name was listed in the casualty
report yesterday. Although his family resides in this city, Private
McClellan was little known here, having made his home in Michigan
previous to his enlistment in the service in that state. He enlisted
at Buelah, Mich., and trained at Camp Custer and left for overseas
with the 85th division in June last year. Later he was transferred
to the 24th division and served with Co. K., 139th infantry here on
December 3 and he was anticipating an early return home. He made no
mention of having been wounded or gassed and the government report
says that death was due to pneumonia. Besides his mother, who has
been a resident of this city for nine years, Private McClellan, who
was 28 and single, is survived by four brothers and two sisters. One
brother Allan is in the service, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
where he was recently married. He is with the supply train, 14th company
and is at present here on a brief furlough. Other brothers are John of
Fort Wayne, Ind., George and Kenneth of this city. Sisters are Emma and
Janet in this city and Marion in Michigan.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, February 22, 1919 Page 1
*********
LAST ONE OF LOCAL HEROES COMING HOME
Prt. McClellan's Remains Returned From France
The body of Private Henry Wilson McClellan, the last body of a
Manitowoc war hero to be returned from overseas will arrive this
afternoon over the Chicago & North Western at 4:08. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Urbanek &
Wattawa chapel and will be in charge of the local American Legion
Post. Burial will be made at Evergreen.
Private McClellan enlisted with Co. K 139th Infantry of Michigan
and served through the war. He was in the trenches on the front
line when the armistice was signed. Shortly after peace was
declared he was taken ill and died of bronchial pneumonia in a
base hospital February 3, 1919. The body was returned to the states
with the last shipment of 1,500 which arrived in New York March 30.
Private McClellan is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rosetta McClellan,
1908 Marshall street and two brothers Jacob and Kenneth, both of
this city. The family has made their home here.
Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, April 28, 1922 P.1
********
[Henry McClellan/bur. 04-30-1922/cause: pneumonia/bur. on Rose
McClellan lot]
********
(NOTE: The death date on the tombstone and in the obit do not
match.)
ESCAPES DEATH IN BATTLE, DIES AFTER WAR'S END OVERSEAS
War Department Reports Death of Henry McClellan Whose Family Makes
this City Their Home—Was 28
Henry B. McClellan, son of Mrs. Rosetta McClellan, 1333 south 13th
street, this city, who served with the American forces overseas,
escaped death at the hands of the enemy only to fall victim to
disease after the armistice had been signed and while he was waiting
orders of release to sail for home. This news has just been received
here by relatives from the war department. Private McClellan, according
to reports to the war department, died in a hospital in France on Feb. 3
three months after the war's end, a victim of bronchial pneumonia.
His body has been buried there. The name was listed in the casualty
report yesterday. Although his family resides in this city, Private
McClellan was little known here, having made his home in Michigan
previous to his enlistment in the service in that state. He enlisted
at Buelah, Mich., and trained at Camp Custer and left for overseas
with the 85th division in June last year. Later he was transferred
to the 24th division and served with Co. K., 139th infantry here on
December 3 and he was anticipating an early return home. He made no
mention of having been wounded or gassed and the government report
says that death was due to pneumonia. Besides his mother, who has
been a resident of this city for nine years, Private McClellan, who
was 28 and single, is survived by four brothers and two sisters. One
brother Allan is in the service, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
where he was recently married. He is with the supply train, 14th company
and is at present here on a brief furlough. Other brothers are John of
Fort Wayne, Ind., George and Kenneth of this city. Sisters are Emma and
Janet in this city and Marion in Michigan.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, February 22, 1919 Page 1
*********
LAST ONE OF LOCAL HEROES COMING HOME
Prt. McClellan's Remains Returned From France
The body of Private Henry Wilson McClellan, the last body of a
Manitowoc war hero to be returned from overseas will arrive this
afternoon over the Chicago & North Western at 4:08. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Urbanek &
Wattawa chapel and will be in charge of the local American Legion
Post. Burial will be made at Evergreen.
Private McClellan enlisted with Co. K 139th Infantry of Michigan
and served through the war. He was in the trenches on the front
line when the armistice was signed. Shortly after peace was
declared he was taken ill and died of bronchial pneumonia in a
base hospital February 3, 1919. The body was returned to the states
with the last shipment of 1,500 which arrived in New York March 30.
Private McClellan is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rosetta McClellan,
1908 Marshall street and two brothers Jacob and Kenneth, both of
this city. The family has made their home here.
Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, April 28, 1922 P.1
********
[Henry McClellan/bur. 04-30-1922/cause: pneumonia/bur. on Rose
McClellan lot]
********
(NOTE: The death date on the tombstone and in the obit do not
match.)
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