Francis Augustus Clark (1899 - 1919)

Born 6 Sep 1899 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 26 Jan 1919 at age 19 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Francis Augustus was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1899, the son of William and Ellen (McGrath) Clark.^[1] He grew up in Somerville, the only child of his parents.^[2]

He enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force on August 2, 1918, and was assigned to Naval Training Camp in Hingham, Massachusetts. In November he was transferred to the Naval Radio School in Cambridge.^[3] He died of pneumonia at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was 21 years old.^[4] He is buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXXJ-1N1 : 11 March 2018), Francis Augustus Clark, 06 Sep 1897, Somerville, Massachusetts
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VP-P7Y : accessed 13 April 2019), Francis A Clark in household of William J Clark, Somerville Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
3. ↑ Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War", by Eben Putnam, 1928, Vol. 2, p. 341
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23T8-229 : 13 March 2018), Francis Augustus Clark, 26 Jan 1919
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #155484632 Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA