Albert Mountpleasant

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

739032

Unit at enlistment:

114th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Ohsweken Baptist Church Cemetery, Tuscarora Township, Six Nations, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Six Nations, Tuscarora Township, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Cayuga, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Six Nations, Ohsweken, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX September 26, 1917

The Indian department of Brantford received official notification from Ottawa this morning that Albert Mountpleasant and Jacob Isaac have been wounded at the front, the latter seriously.

BX October 9, 1918

In the official list of casualties from Ottawa today, Burt Colwell, Brantford, and Albert Mountpleasant of Ohsweken, are officially reported wounded.

BX May 28, 1930

Brantford Indian Burned to Death at Tonawanda, N.Y. – Albert Mount Pleasant, of Local Six Nations Reserve and Veteran of Great War, Met Tragic End – Boys Playing Baseball Saw Man, a Human Torch, and Attempted to Reach the Water

A dispatch from Buffalo says that Albert Mount Pleasant, a well-known local Six Nations Indian, and veteran of the Great War, was burned to death late Monday on the banks of the Niagara river at Tonawanda, N.Y. He is supposed to have fallen asleep while sitting in the sun smoking, his clothes catching fire from his pipe. Boys playing a game of baseball near the scene of the tragedy saw the man arise, a human torch, and make an attempt to reach the water. He was unsuccessful however, and falling unconscious died almost instantly. His body was taken to a city morgue in Buffalo. Mount Pleasant was about 40 years of age.

Albert Mount Pleasant was born on the Six Nations’ Reserve, where he made his home with his father, Elijah Mount Pleasant, until five or six years ago, when he went to Tonawanda, where he had resided since. During the war he enlisted with the 114th Battalion and saw service overseas. His widow at Tonawanda, and his father are the only immediate survivors. Arrangements are now being made to bring the body home to the reserve, where the funeral will be held with military honors from the home of his father, two miles east of Ohsweken.

BX May 30, 1930

Albert Mount Pleasant

The funeral of the late Albert Mount Pleasant was conducted Thursday afternoon with service in the Baptist church at Ohsweken. The funeral was very largely attended, the church being filled. The services were conducted with full military honors. Rev. J.P. Rough, pastor officiated and the pallbearers were: William Garlow, Elmer Hill, Peter Joseph, J. Joseph, Oscar Bomberry and Amos Obadiah. Interment was in the Baptist Cemetery.