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Harry Genet (1871 - 1898)

Harry Genet
Born in Stark, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Died at age 27 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

Harry Genet was born on 22 Jan 1871 in Massillon, Stark, OHIO to Joseph Genet and Elizabeth Summers[1]

He worked at Independent Office in Massillon as a Compositor from 1889-1890, then 1898 as a printer.

On 14 May 1898 Harry enlisted in the US Army for a period of three years at Columbus Barracks, Ohio. He was a printer by trade, had a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair and was 5'7" tall. [2]

On 16 Aug 1898 Harry died of Typhoid Fever in San Francisco, California while waiting to be sent to the Philippines during the Spanish American War. United States. His body was returned to Ohio and he was buried in Massillon City Cemetery.[3][4]

On 17 December 1898 his mother Elizabeth applied to receive his pension from the US Infantry. [5]

Sources

  1. "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX3B-XQ1 : 11 February 2018), Harry Genet, 22 Jan 1871; citing STARK,OHIO, reference ; FHL microfilm 897,618.
  2. "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-CMSC : 13 March 2018), Harry Genet, 14 May 1898; citing p. 94, volume 094, Columbus Barracks, , Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 49; FHL microfilm 1,465,935.
  3. "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6F6-KNR : 9 March 2018), Harry Genet, 16 Aug 1898; citing Death, San Francisco, California, United States, source ID v 3 p 190, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 897,621.
  4. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV1-7KHZ : 13 December 2015), Harry Genet, 1898; Burial, Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States of America, Massillon City Cemetery; citing record ID 27202695, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  5. "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYL-4C7 : 13 March 2018), Harry Genet, 1898.




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