Name: Stephen Henry Meuse Rank: Private First Class Service Number: 1748993 Service: Company C, 147th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, United States Army Date of Birth: May 26, 1893 Place of Birth: Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts Address at Enlistment: Essex County, Massachusetts Height: Medium Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Marital Status: Married Next of Kin: Lizzie Meuse (Wife) Date of Death: October 1, 1918 Age: 24 Cemetery: Spring Street Cemetery, Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts Stephen Henry Meuse was the son of Paul Francis Meuse (1854-1937) and Catherine (Matthews) Meuse (1866-1950). His father was born in Digby County, Nova Scotia, and his mother was born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Stephen’s siblings were Frank Paul Meuse (1890-1956), Charlotte Ann Meuse (1899-1982), and Oliver Vincent Meuse (1904-1963). Stephen was the husband of Elzabeth ‘Lizzie’ Tyler (Pitman) Meuse (b. 1894), who he married in Hamilton, Essex Co., Massachusetts on May 12, 1912, and the father of Evelyn Frances Meuse (1912- 2003). She was married to Wilbur Orilious Crooker from 1936-1985. When Stephen registered for the US Draft on June 5, 1917, he was still living in Essex, Mass. working as a teamster for Alva W. Eaton in Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Stephen’s 14th Infantry Regiment was part of the 37th Division; known as the Buckeye Division. The 147th trained at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. The 74th Brigade of the American Expeditionary Force, including the 147th, embarked on three ships - the Susquehanna, Caserta and Pocahontas departing Newport News, Virginia on June 22, 1918, and arriving in Brest, France on July 5, 1918. The ship record of the SS Pocahontas confirms Stephen’s departure from Newport News, Virginia on June 22nd; a soldier of the 147th Infantry Regiment aboard. After training in the Bourmont sector behind the frontline, the 147th relieved elements of the 77th Infantry Division in the Baccarat sector on August 2, 1918, and participated in numerous battles. Private First Class Stephen Henry Meuse died of wounds received in action on October 1, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne sector during the First World War. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive took place between September 26 and November 11, 1918. He is remembered on the Essex Massachusetts Honor Roll War Memorial, and is interred at the Spring Street Cemetery in Essex, Mass.

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