{"id":8418,"date":"1878-10-29T16:48:00","date_gmt":"1878-10-30T00:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/staging\/?p=8418"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:50:45","slug":"francis-albert-frank-mccormick-a-soldier-remembered-at-souris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/staging\/francis-albert-frank-mccormick-a-soldier-remembered-at-souris\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Albert \u201cFrank\u201d McCormick: A Soldier Remembered at Souris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francis Albert \u201cFrank\u201d McCormick (1878\u20131901) appears in the Island Register\u2019s guide to notable burials at St. Mary\u2019s Roman Catholic Cemetery in Souris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guide describes him as a corporal who served in the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion and was killed during the Philippine-American War. It also records a belief that he was the only Islander killed in that conflict whose remains were returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That last distinction remains an attributed claim. His service and return deserve investigation through military and contemporary newspaper records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This account concerns a Souris burial; it does not establish a burial in either St. Margaret\u2019s cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandregister.com\/burials\/ip4.html\">The Island Register: Burial Sites of Interesting People, St. Mary\u2019s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Souris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francis Albert \u201cFrank\u201d McCormick (1878\u20131901) appears in the Island Register\u2019s guide to notable burials at St. Mary\u2019s Roman Catholic Cemetery 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