1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

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Clarence E. Ellison was a Saginaw, Minnesota, boy, son of Elias
Ellison, of that place.
Albert A. Erickson is claimed to have been a Duluthian ; his
brother, John G., lives in Cumberland, Wisconsin.
Edgar Eubanks, who was killed in action in France in October,
1918, and who prior to entering service lived in St. Louis County,
was born in 1897 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, where his parents still
live. He was called to service in 1917, and assigned to the Machine
Gun Company, Third Wisconsin Regiment, which eventually became
a unit of the A. E. F.
John Fairgrieve, Jr., was well-known in Duluth. Until he was
called into service on October 21, 1918, he was a salesman for the
Knudson Fruit Company, of Duluth. He was born on November 26,
1893, in Galashiels. Scotland, the son of John and Margaret Fairgrieve.
After enlistment, he was sent to Camp Cody, Deming, New
Mexico, and there assigned to Company E, Three Hundred and
Eighty-Eighth Infantry. He, however, was taken sick soon after
arrival, and died in Deming, New Mexico, November 5, 1918. He
was a married man, his widow, Edith (Hamilton) Fairgrieve still
living in Duluth.
Guy Raymond Forbes, who died in France, was a volunteer much
over draft age. He was born January 29, 1879, at Grand Rapids,
Michigan. He enlisted on May 13, 1917, his technical experience
causing him to elect to join an Engineer Service Battalion, with
which he went to France. He died of cerebral hemorrage, near Toul,
France, on May 5, 1918. His widow, Grace, now lives in Minneapolis.
Frank Leo Fox, a Duluthian killed in action in France, was the
son of Michael Fox, of 213 North Fifty-Third Avenue, Duluth.
Frank enlisted in Duluth April 26, 1918, and soon went overseas.
Mozart Fredland was known to very many business men of
Duluth. He was a barber in the Wolvin Building, Duluth, for some
time before returning to his former home, Madison, Wisconsin, in
May, 1918, to take military service. He was sent to Camp Grant,
Illinois, and there died of influenza on October 10, 1918.
Leland Chester Giddings, who was killed in an aeroplane accident
at Scott Field, Belleville, Illinois, on July 11. 1918, was a native
of Duluth, born in that city on January 27, 1896, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Giddings, of 19 East Victoria Street, Duluth. He was
one of the early volunteers, enlisting in the aviation branch of the
U. S. Army on May 3, 1917.
Walter Glockner, of Grand Forks, went with a Duluth quota to
Camp Dodge, and eventually reached France. He was killed in
action on August 2, 1918.
Cornelius Bertram and Frederick Norbert Goodspeed, brothers,
were the sons of Alvin and Rose M. Goodspeed, of Kinney. Both
boys were born in Virginia, Minn., Cornelius on February 15, 1898,
and Frederick on November 10, 1899; and both were educated in the
local schools. Cornelius was a brakeman at Kinney before entering
the army, and Frederick was a locomotive fireman for the Swallow
and Hopkins Mining Company, at the same place. The elder
brother was called to military service in April, 1918. and sent to
Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, to join a Regular Army infantry
regiment. He became a member of Company C, Twentieth Infantry,
Tenth Division, and was stationed at Fort Douglas. Utah, for a
period, and later at Fort Riley. Kansas. He was appointed corporal
on September 1, 1918, and probaljly considered himself unfortunate
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