Harry Bachrach

Notes for HARRY BACHRACH: In his youth, Harry Bachrach, born in 1876, lived a more adventurous existence than any of Lenora and Charles' other children. Seeming not to feel sufficiently important in the family circle, when he became twenty-one years old, he reacted strongly to yellow journalistic reports of atrocities committed by Spain against native Cubans - - the island then belonging to the Spanish colonial empire. After the US Battleship Maine had been blown up in Havana Harbor, Harry was convinced by an American recruiting office that it was his duty to enlist in the Spanish-American War. Harry joined the calvary, becoming a member of Teddy Roosevelt's Roughriders in Cuba, arousing his father's anger and astounding his brothers. Within a few months, he was wounded in the leg, suffering a life-long limp (bullet through his foot). Following recuperation, he made a last heroic gesture by sailing home the long way around the world. Thereafter, remaining single he engaged in humdrum, part-time jobs. In 1910 he was a watchman in a theatre. Article in Decatur Herald Dispatch 9/7/1898 states that his furlough was stolen. Interesting article in file More About HARRY BACHRACH: Military service: Spanish/American War29 Occupation 1: 1930, Politics/City Hall Occupation 2: 1920, Commercial Sales, Oil Company Residence 1: 1930, 1725 Wilson Avenue Chicago, Illinois YMCA Residence 2: 1920, YMCA. Chicago, IL