Carl Wesley Livesay (1897 - 1918)

Born 15 Jan 1897 in Piasa, Macoupin, Illinois

Ancestors

Died 29 Sep 1918 at age 21 in onboard the USS Manchuria

Carl Livesay was Killed in Action during World War I.

Biography

Carl Wesley Livesay was born on Jan. 15, 1897 to Thomas W. and Mina Livesay in Piasa, Illinois and lived near there until 1905 when they moved to Cathay, North Dakota.^[1]

Carl entered the U. S. Army on May 15, 1918 and was sent to Camp Lewis for his initial training before he was transferred to Camp Kerney.^[2]

On Aug. 25th, he arrived overseas and almost immediately saw action with Company M, 110th Infantry in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was n active duty in the front lines until Oct. 4th when he was wounded by shrapnel and take to Base Hospital 66. On Dec. 11th, he was received onboard the USS Manchuria for return to the United States, but complications set in and he died onboard the ship. Arriving in the USA, his body was shipped to his parents at Fessenden, North Dakota. His remains were then laid to rest beside a baby sister at the Piasa Cemetery in Piasa, Illinois.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ In The World War 1917-1918-1919 Wells County, ND; Fessenden, ND; Fessenden Free Press (1919) no copyright
2. ↑ In The World War 1917-1918-1919 Wells County, ND; Fessenden, ND; Fessenden Free Press (1919) no copyright
3. ↑ Find A Grave
4. ↑ In The World War 1917-1918-1919 Wells County, ND; Fessenden, ND; Fessenden Free Press (1919) no copyright

See also:

• United States Census, 1900, index and images, FamilySearch Carl Livesay in household of Thomas Livesay, Shipman Township Medora, Shipman villages, Macoupin, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,325.

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Cottonwood, Wells, North Dakota; Roll: T624_1149; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0208; FHL microfilm: 1375162

• North Dakota. 1915 North Dakota State Census and 1925 North Dakota State Census. State Archives and Historical Research Library, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota.

• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index and images, FamilySearch Carl Wesley Livesay, 1917-1918; citing Phillips County, Montana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,711,438.