Fulton County ILGenWeb
1883 Pensioners List
Fulton County, Illinois
Transcribed by Janet P. Turnbull


Federal Pension Roll of 1883
List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883 giving the name of each
pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post-office address, the
rate of pension per month and the date of original allowance, as called
for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882.
United States Pension Bureau, Washington, 1883

Pages 455 - 460

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Abbreviations used in the 1883 pension roll
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Pensioner

Post Office Address

Cause for Which Pensioned

Monthly Rate

Date of Original Allowance

Allen, Stephen

Astoria

Chronic diarrhea

$4.00

July 1881

Babbit, James

Astoria

Wound right cheek

$4.00

June 1882

Bolen, Benjamin

Astoria

Injured spine

$4.00

Oct 1878

Chambers, David

Astoria

Chronic diarrhea

$4.00

May 1881

Emerson, Joseph C.

Astoria

Wound in head

$4.00

Dec 1880

Etter, Philip W.

Astoria

Wound left hand

$2.00

June 1869

Fancett, Levi

Astoria

Disease of abdomen, vision, lung disease

$10.00


Gould, Ardelia

Astoria

Widow

$8.00


Gould, Daniel

Astoria

Survivor, War of 1812

$8.00

Dec 1871

Hooker, Jasper

Astoria

Wound both legs

$4.00


Horton, George W.

Astoria

Injury to abdomen; injury to spine

$12.75

July 1882

King, Abraham

Astoria

Wound right hip

$4.25


Lamprel, William

Astoria

Diseased left leg from typhoid

$6.00

May 1879

Lane, Catherine

Astoria

Widow

$8.00


McClelland, Elizabeth

Astoria

Mother

$20.00

July 1889

McClelland, William

Astoria

Rheumatism

$10.00


McEveley, Bridget

Astoria

Mother

$8.00

April 1866

McNeil, James T.

Astoria

Chronic rheumatism and disease of left leg

$10.00

July 1880

Oviatt, Henry

Astoria

Wound left leg

$2.00


Powell, John R.

Astoria

Wound right shoulder

$8.00


Robertson, John M.

Astoria

Wound in left thigh

$4.25


Spring, William

Astoria

Wound right clavicle

$18.00


Talbott, William T.

Astoria

Wound right breast

$4.00


Vansyckel, Mary A.

Astoria

Widow

$8.00


Wetsel, George H.

Astoria

Wound left leg

$8.00







Beam, Joseph O.

Avon

Diseased lungs

$4.00


Clayton, Stanford

Avon

Injured back, disease of lungs and kidneys

$4.00

June 1882

Delany, Richmond

Avon

Wound in lungs, left shoulder, loss of right index finger

$12.00


Engle, Asa

Avon

Paralysis lower limbs

$6.00


Fisher, John W.

Avon

Wound left thigh

$4.00


Garver, Julia A.

Avon

Widow

$8.00

Nov 1877

Gibbs, Moses

Avon

Gunshot wound of left foot, left breast

$4.00

Dec 1881

Head, Rhoda

Avon

Mother

$8.00

Sept 1878

Heartley, John

Avon

Diseased eyes

$12.00

Jan 1879

Hendricks, James M.

Avon

Injured left arm

$4.00

June 1880

McGowan, James

Avon

Injured left foot

$13.50


Ransom, Martha A.

Avon

Widow

$8.00


Thompson, Sarah E.

Avon

Widow

$8.00


Thurman, Stephen H.

Avon

Injury to spine, disease of abdomen, vision

$6.00

Dec 1881

Wood, Ira M.

Avon

Chronic Diarrhea

$4.00

June 1882

Wrenn, Ester

Avon

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

Mar 1881






Cook, John M.

Babylon

Injured left side, heart disease

$6.00

June 1878






Belless, Catharine J.

Bernadotte

Widow

$8.00


Dunblazier, William G.

Bernadotte

Scurvy, chronic diarrhea

$12.00

Apr 1879

Ellis, Isaac

Bernadotte

Wound right arm

$18.00


Fleming, Reneau

Bernadotte

Survivor, War of 1812

$8.00

Apr 1872

Franklin, Benjamin

Bernadotte

Wound left forearm

$4.00

Nov 1878

Hale, Josiah

Bernadotte

Deafness

$2.00


Holt, Ira

Bernadotte

Chronic diarrhea

$4.00

Aug 1878

Holt, William

Bernadotte

Heart disease

$4.00


Huber, Maria

Bernadotte

Widow

$8.00

Dec 1863

Hughes, David

Bernadotte

anoh? left elbow-joint

$12.00


Hughes, Isaac M.

Bernadotte

Diseased kidney & bladder

$6.00


Lancaster, John

Bernadotte

Wound left side

$12.00


McCumber, Susan

Bernadotte

Widow

$12.00


Myers, Noah

Bernadotte

Injured left shoulder; diseased eyes

$31.25


Norman, Samuel

Bernadotte

Wound right arm

$6.00


Smith, William C.

Bernadotte

Wound left leg

$2.00

Oct 1882

Tharp, Reuben

Bernadotte

Loss left leg

$24.00







Chaney, Thomas

Breed’s

Loss left arm

$18.00


Crandall, La Fayette

Breed’s

Wound neck

$2.00

Mar 1883

Davis, John

Breed’s

Loss right eye, injured head and chest

$14.00


Hebb, Samuel

Breed’s

Wound right hand, chronic diarrhea, disease of abdomen, vision, scurvy

$6.00


Stafford, Safety

Breed’s

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

Nov 1879






Hammett, George W.

Bryant

Wound right hand

$6.00


Shaw, Harvey

Bryant

Partial loss little finger,

contrac?



Sprague, John

Bryant

Wound right arm

$2.00

Mar 1882

Watts, Silas

Bryant

Wound right shoulder

$4.00

June 1882






Dixon, Anna

Bybee

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

Apr 1879






Allton, James E.

Canton

Wound right foot

$10.00


Austen, Joseph R.

Canton

Wound back

$2.00

June 1882

Bailey, Rufus M.

Canton

Wound right foot

$6.00


Baker, Julia

Canton

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

June 1879

Ball, George T.

Canton

Minor of

$12.00

Jan 1881

Barnes, Samuel

Canton

Injured back right hand

$4.00

July 1882

Baylor, Elizabeth

Canton

Mother

$8.00

Mar 1881

Beasley, Jr., Thomas

Canton

Wound right temple

$4.00

Dec 1881

Bowman, John W.

Canton

Loss index finer right hand

$4.00


Brokaw, Mary S.

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Brough, John

Canton

anch right knee

$6.00


Brown, Charles

Canton

Diseased heart & lungs

$12.00

Sept 1880

Brown, Eli C.

Canton

Minor of

$12.00


Clark, John H.

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$8.00

June 1879

Coleman, Charles T.

Canton

Loss right arm

$24.00


Corwin, Margaretta

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Crambet, Margaret

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Crawford, Elizabeth

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Dorrance, Nathaniel F.

Canton

Chronic diarrhea, diseased heart

$18.00

June 1882

Drake, Levi L.

Canton

Diseased lungs

$10.00


Ellis, Newton

Canton

Wound right leg

$6.00

May 1879

Evans, David W.

Canton

Wound ilium

$8.00


Floyd, John W.

Canton

Injured left ankle

$6.00

June 1882

Fowler, Charles N.

Canton

Injury to abdomen

$4.00

Aug 1882

Franklin, John B.

Canton

Pulmonary disease

$18.00


George, William A.

Canton

Disease of head, neuralgia

$4.00

Jan 1882

Gibson, William

Canton

Injured spine

$6.00


Gillett, Ellen M.

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Goodwin, Mary

Canton

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

Dec 1878

Griffith, Edward E.

Canton

Wound left forearm

$4.00

Feb 1882

Grim, Patience

Canton

Widow

$8.00

Jan 1880

Grissom, James A.

Canton

Wound of back

$2.00

Aug 1882

Hamlin, Lovel G.

Canton

Chronic diarrhea, diseased liver, disease of abdominal viscera

$6.00

Nov 1880

Harris, Joseph W.

Canton

Injury to abdomen, chronic diarrhea

$8.00


Hawkins, Ladisha

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Herring, Joseph R.

Canton

Wound left arm

$8.50


Hews, Eliza A. R.

Canton

Widow

$8.00

Apr 1874

Hiltibidal,George

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$6.00

Oct 1880

Hortwick, James M.

Canton

Wound right leg

$4.00


Huggins, R. L.

Canton

Wound left forearm

$2.00

June 1882

Hunt, Lemuel

Canton

Diseased lungs, heart, rheumatism

$8.00

Oct 1882

Jackson, William H.

Canton

Rheumatism

$12.00


Jacobs, William B.

Canton

Wound left thigh

$5.00


Jones, William H.

Canton

Dislocated left shoulder

$8.00


Keims, Solomon W.

Canton

Wound right shoulder

$6.00


Kent, Charles W.

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$4.00

Apr 1882

King, Mary

Canton

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

Mar 1879

Laney, John B.

Canton

Partial paralysis from typhoid, chronic diarrhea

$4.00

Nov 1880

Larkin, Francis

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$18.00


Leeper, Eliza

Canton

Mother

$8.00

Aug 1872

Leigh, Caroline

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Lingenfelter, Aaron

Canton

Wound right shoulder

$18.00


Lockwood, George W.

Canton

Wound right thigh

$4.00

Aug 1881

Lowe, William H.

Canton

Wound left side neck

$4.00

Aug 1881

May, William D.

Canton

Wound left leg

$4.00

Aug 1881

Michaels, Mary

Canton

Widow

$8.00

July 1865

Miller, George E.

Canton

Diseased lungs, injury to abdomen

$6.00


Minick, George W.

Canton

Wound head

$10.00


Morris, William W.

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$8.00

May 1881

Oldham, Joshua

Canton

Wound back

$2.00

June 1883

Orendorff, John W.

Canton

Wound right foot

$12.00


Palmer, Polly

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Payne, Mary J.

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Pierce, Joseph H.

Canton

Injured back, paralysis agitans?

$18.00


Pollitt, George

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$8.00


Pritchard, John E.

Canton

Wound left hand

$4.00


Provard, Fanny

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Putnam, Lucinda

Canton

Mother

$8.00

Mar 1878

Ramsey, John P.

Canton

Diseased heart

$10.00

Apr 1881

Ramsey, William

Canton

Chronic diarrhea, diseased abdominal viscera

$4.00

Jan 1881

Relea, George

Canton

Loss right arm

$24.00


Riley, Henry

Canton

Chronic diarrhea, disease of abdomen, vision

$2.00

Oct 1880

Robbins, James F.

Canton

Injury to abdomen, lung disease

$12.00

Oct 1880

Rodecape, Jacob

Canton

Injury to abdomen

$8.00


Rook, Philip

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$4.00

Jan 1879

Rooks, Jane E.

Canton

Widow

$8.00

May 1881

Rose, Sarah J.

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Ruey, Henry G.

Canton

Wound left leg, right knee and side

$6.00

Jan 1882

Rupe, Moses B.

Canton

Loss sight of right eye, disease of left

$12.00


Rupe, Sarah

Canton

Widow

$8.00

May 1882

Savill, Edward

Canton

Wound right arm

$6.00

May 1878

Seavy, William

Canton

Malarial poisoning, diseased liver, disease of abdominal viscera

$4.00

Sept 1882

Shoop, Mary A.

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Shreffler, Mary D.

Canton

Widow

$10.00


Small, Peter B.

Canton

Injury to abdomen, disease of abdominal viscera



Sosey, Eliza L.

Canton

Mother

$8.00


Stearns, Phineas

Canton

Injury to abdomen

$8.00

June 1881

Stenson, Alfred

Canton

Chronic diarrhea

$4.00

May 1881

Stickler, James H.

Canton

Chronic diarrhea, disease of abdominal viscera

$8.00


Stickler, Mary

Canton

Widow

$8.00


Strain, Rhoda L.

Canton

Widow

$8.00

Aug 1882

Thorn, Michael H.

Canton

Diseased eye

$8.00

Apr 1882

Thornton, Theodore W.

Canton

Wound right forearm

$8.00

Jan 1881

Tooley, Joshua

Canton

Wound sacrum

$8.00


Turl, Mary Ann

Canton

Mother

$8.00

Jan 1880

Van Middlesworth, John A

Canton

Wound left arm

$6.00


Vion, Jeremiah B.

Canton

Diseased heart

$8.00


Wages, Jacob

Canton

Wound left leg

$12.00


Wages, Margaret

Canton

Widow

$8.00

July 1878

Weed, Ivory P.

Canton

Wound left side and back

$8.00


Westerfield, Carey A.

Canton

Chronic rheumatism

$10.00


Wheeler, John W.

Canton

Wound right foot

$6.00


Wilson, Charles

Canton

Injury to abdomen

$8.00


Wilson, Samuel

Canton

Chronic diarrhea, dyspepsia

$22.50


Wright, Charity

Canton

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

May 1881

Yates, Rufus

Canton

Chronic Diarrhea

$4.00

May 1880






Baylor, George T.

Cuba

Wound left hip

$10.00


Brown, Josephine L.

Cuba

Mother

$8.00

May 1879

Buck, Joseph H.

Cuba

Varicose veins left leg, sunstroke, nervous derangement

$6.00

Nov 1882

Fuller, Phebe

Cuba

Widow, War of 1812

$8.00

Sept 1876

Fults, Frederick

Cuba

Chronic diarrhea

$6.00


Gaster, Keturiah

Cuba

Widow

$8.00

July 1864

Grady, Robert M.

Cuba

Injured right cheek & spine

$10.00


Graves, Elias

Cuba

Wound right forearm

$4.00

Aug 1882

Gray, Sr., Ogden

Cuba

Survivor, War of 1812

$8.00

Aug 1871

Grigsby, Dorcas

Cuba

Widow

$8.00


Hackett, Clayton S.

Cuba

Injury left foot

$8.00

Dec 1882

Harn, Jonathan

Cuba

Wound left hand

$6.00

May 1865

Hasty, Mary

Cuba

Mother

$8.00

Nov 1879

Jenkins, David M.

Cuba

Wound left thigh

$6.00


Maxwell, Mary A.

Cuba

Widow

$8.00


Murray, John C.

Cuba

Wound right hand

$2.00


Patten, Margaret

Cuba

Widow

$14.00


Potts, Joseph

Cuba

loss two fingers right hand

$4.00


Rainey, James G.

Cuba

Diseased heart

$12.00

Nov 1877

Spry, John

Cuba

Chronic diarrhea

$6.00


Thomas, Sarah

Cuba

Mother

$8.00

Dec 1872

Wheeler, John P.

Cuba

Wound right foot

$4.00







Ames, Americus

Duncan’s Mills

Wound right hip

$8.00


Belless, Amos

Duncan’s Mills

Disease of abdominal viscera

$4.00







Harkless, Mary A.

Ellisville

Widow