Military--Orison Henry Hiser

 

Orison Henry Hiser
World War I
Portrait

     

     Amy Johnson Crow has a 52 Ancestors Week blog challenge which I have decided to give a try for the second year. 

    The prompt for week # 21 is Military.

    Orison Henry Hiser, named for his maternal grandfather, Orison Smith, and his paternal grandfather, Henry Hiser, was my husband's paternal grandfather.   

     Orison was born on February 29, 1896 in Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio the son of Quincy LeRue Hiser and Isabelle Smith.  

    The Hiser family moved around north eastern and north central Ohio during Orison's growing years.  

     On June 5, 1917, twenty-one year old Orison registered for the World War I draft.  His residence in the city of Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio is a sizable house.  He was employed as an electrician with the Lorain Railway Company.  Whether the entire Hiser family had moved to Lorain from Tiffin, Ohio or if Orison was living with a family relation or renting a room is unknown.

     Orison enlisted as a private on March 30, 1918 into the National Army in Lorain, Ohio.  He served at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio.  The enlistment paper gives information regarding Orison's service during his one year in the Army.  

     The written comments at the bottom outlines his service.  I found these comments regarding his character to be interesting.  "Services Honest and Faithful.  Entitled to travel pay.  No AWOL or absence under GO.  Entitled to a $60.00 discharge bonus

Camp Sherman Post Cards
World War I

     On August 5, 1918, Orison  was appointed to the rank of Corporal of Company A Division Battalion No 2 of the National Army.  Oddly, this Company is not listed on any of his World War I papers.

     A month later, on September 10, 1918, Orison was appointed to the rank of Sergeant of Company B 418 Reserve Labor Battalion.  

     On March 29, 1919, Orison was honorably discharged from his military service at Camp Sherman.  

     I copied Orison's record from Adjutant General's Military Records.  Of his service in various sections, I only have the 418 Reserve Labor Battalion.  Company A Division is not listed.  The date he became a Sergeant is incorrect in the Adjutant General's military records.  

This photograph was inside
Orison's pocket watch

     Following his service, Orison returned to Lorain, Ohio and on August 30, 1920 he married Eva Matilda Farschman and the continuation of my husband's Hiser branch.

 

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