Civil War Pensioners in Defiance County - 1884 - Outlying Towns and Villages

                Pensioners - Farmer, Mark Center, Ney, Sherwood, The Bend, 

Wilseyville, Jewell, Evansport, Cicero

            "PENSIONERS

A List of Wounded and Disabled Soldiers in Defiance County

Below is a list of persons in Defiance County who were on the pension list of the United States, January 1, 1884, together with their injuries and the amounts they received."

The Defiance County Express, January 17, 1884, pg. 16

FARMER

Brown, Mary, widow, $8.00

Martin, Reuben, survivor, 1812, $8.00

Hosack, Uriah W., wounded in right shoulder, $4.00

Sweet, Harry, wounded in left shoulder, $8.00

Cory, Edwin, wounded in left humerus, $18.00

Houck, Benjamin F., wound in left arm, $18.00

Mavis, Abraham J., wounded in left side, $3.00

Rice, Hiram F., wounded in buttocks, $4.00

McConkey, Andrew P., varicose veins, $8.00

Kimmel, Rinaldo, hypertrophy, $6.00  (enlargement of organ, such as the heart)

MARK CENTER

Rohn Charlotte O., widow, $8.00

Wolf, Mary, widow 1812, $8.00

Horn, James W., loss part of finger, $2.00

Hagen, Paul, wound in left arm, ?

Horn, Thomas A., wound in right forearm, $4.00

Critchfield, Lyman, R., varicose veins, $8.00

Wineland, David, varicose veins, $6.00

Fitzgerald, Eleanor, widow, $8.00

NEY

Stinger, John, widow, $10.00

Bostater, Abram, amputed left leg, $6.00

Lichty, Joseph, disease of the eyes, $6.00

SHERWOOD

Reyff, Eusebuis, wound in left shoulder, $6.00

Rock, Henry Sr., wound in left arm, $6.00

Bloom, Samuel L. , chronic rheumatism, $6.00

THE BEND

Wagner, John, wound in face, loss of eye, $8.00

Anderson, James, disease of the liver, $6.30

WILSEYVILLE

Hatter, William M., wound in right arm, $18.00

JEWELL

Palmer, William H., wound in head and chronic diarrhea, $8.00

EVANSPORT

Allen, Louisa, widow, $8.00

Sullinger, Sarah, widow 1812, $8.00

Holopeter, Gideon W., wound in right shoulder, $5.00

Nagel, Christopher, wound in left shoulder, $6.00

Cameron, John S, wound in right thigh, $1.00

CICERO

Cornell, Charles, injury to abdomen, $2.00

Civil War Pensioners in Defiance County - 1884 - Hicksville

                                               Defiance Pensioners   - HICKSVILLE           

                                                         "PENSIONERS

A List of Wounded and Disabled Soldiers in Defiance County

Below is a list of persons in Defiance County who were on the pension list of the United States, January 1, 1884, together with their injuries and the amounts they received."   (Payments were per month)

The Defiance County Express, January 17, 1884, pg. 16

Hicksville

Werker, Rebecca, dependent mother, $8.00

Harrison, Deborah, dependent mother, $8.00

Staggs, Nancy, dependent mother, $8.00

Dutterer, Susan, widow, $8.00

Bower, Emily E., widow, $8.00

Donafin, Julia G., widow, $8.00

Johnson, Julia A., widow, $8.00

Woodcox, Sarah, widow, $8.00

Murphy Phebe, widow, $8.00

Lorah, Charlotte, widow, $8.00

Ames, Eliza, widow, $8.00

Arrents, Elizabeth, widow, $8.00

Ferry, Mary, widow, $8.00

Rose, Amelia, widow 1812, $8.00

Rex, William A., wounded in right arm, $18.00

Nelson, John, wounded in the throat, $8.00

Blosser, John, wounded in right hip, $2.00

Brinker, Simon P., wounded in right hand, $4.00

Kinmont, Thos. C., wound in right leg, $25.00

Semasters, Abraham R., wound in left thigh, $4.00

Mullenix, Thos. B., wound in left leg, $4.00

Bell, Benjamin F., wound in left shoulder, $18.00

Kintigh, Isaac E., wound in left thumb, $7.50

Palmar, George W., wound in left leg, $18.00

Gag, Timothy E., loss of left leg, $24.00

Ferris, Lewis, loss of left arm, $24.00

Hollinger, Charles, loss of left leg, $24.00

Barnes, Sylvester, loss of right ?, $24.00 (theig, did they mean leg?)

McCalla, Simon, chronic diarrhea,   $4.00

Gallintine, Thomas, chronic diarrhea, $4.00

Pressler, Jacob, chronic diarrhea and disease of the abdomen viscera, $4.00

Dieahl, Samuel, chronic diarrhea, $6.00

Meek, John W., lost one finger, $1.00

Oldfield, George B., disease in left ear, $2.00

Otis, George, consumption, $18.00

Rittenhour, Adam, rheumatism, $4.00

Many pension files or parts of them may be found on fold3.com, a subscription site.

Civil War Pensioners in Defiance County - 1884 - Part 1, Defiance

   "PENSIONERS

A List of Wounded and Disabled Soldiers in Defiance County

Below is a list of persons in Defiance County who were on the pension list of the United States, January 1, 1884, together with their injuries and the amounts they received."

The Defiance County Express, January 17, 1884, pg. 16

DEFIANCE

Smith, King, dependent father, $18.00

Van Dusen, Matilda, dependent mother, $8.00

Wells, Mary, dependent mother, $8.00

Stephens, Margaret, dependent mother, $8.00

Smith, Elizabeth, dependent mother, $8.00

Durell, Elizabeth, dependent mother, $8.00

Haymaker, Elizabeth R. dependent mother $8.00

Stewart, Elizabeth, widow, $8.00

O'Hern, Mary, widow, $10.00

Thornton, Mary E., widow, $20.00                

Miller, Mary, widow, $8.00

 Lee,Ann, widow, $8.00

Craig, Catherine, widow, $8.00

Clark, Susan, widow, $8.00

Boggs, James M. widow, $18.00

Brickmaster, Sarah A., widow, $8.00

Newell, Nancy, widow, $8.00

Myers, Jane, widow, $8.00

Strong, Emma, G., widow, $25.00

Hollinshead, Jeremiah, widow, $12.00

Hanna, Kezia, widow, $14.00

Mansfield, Job, widow, $10.00

Wiley, Frances M., widow, $10.00

Fryman, Rachel, widow, $8.00

Kepler, Rachel, widow, 1812, $8.00

Stoddard, Sophronia S., widow, 1812, $8.00

Shoup, Elizabeth, widow, $8.00

Morse, Betsey, widow, $8.00

Wisler, John, survivor 1812, $8.00

Beal, Joseph, disease of abdominal viscera, $6.00

Grainger, Joseph A., injury to abdomen, $8.00

Kibble, Joseph, injury to spine, $6.00

Wall,,Joseph, fracture right arm, $6.00

Brown, Joseph, wound in left shoulder, $2.00

Hall, George, wound in right leg, $2.66 2/3

Capper, George, wound in neck, $4.00

Andrews, George, disease in eyes, $6.00

Richardson, John E. , chronic diarrhea, $6.00

Rhamy, John W., sunstroke, $4.00

Morris, John H., injury to abdomen, $8.00

Relue, John, rheumatism, $6.00

Lewis, John, rheumatism, $24.00

Butler, John, inflammation of eyes,$72.00

Anderson John, disease of heart, $10.00

Scheuerman, John, loss of right leg, $24.00

By this time, you might be wondering how the amount of the pension is decided for each individual.  All pensions were approved under the Pension Bureau which was under the Federal government.  The first Pension Act was approved during the war, on July 14,1862, and it declared that an $8 pension would be provided to soldiers with total disability for the performance of manual labor. Dependents of soldiers killed on duty were also allowed $8 an month.  Later acts of government raised that rate, but the first recipients only received the benefits awarded at the time of application. Rank and severity of the injury were also factors considered.

The Pension Bureau reviewed each application and came to a decision on the amount awarded.  Sometimes investigators were sent out to verify the claim.  In the case of one of my ancestors, a representative of the Bureau came to Defiance County and interviewed neighbors and employers, as well at doctors to testify to the severity of the wounds received on duty.  It was vital that any disability was caused by service in the war.  

Hutter, John, loss of left thumb, $4.00

Fullmer, John, wound right leg, $4.00

Fisher, John B., wound in head, $4.00

Barringer, John W., loss of right arm, $21.00

Bitterman, John, wound left thigh, $6.00

Stucky, John, wound in head, $2.00

Ward, John  wound in neck $2.00

Jubenville, John, wound left leg, $4.00

Higgins, Wm. wound in left leg, $4.00

Hill, William I., wound in left hand, $8.00

Sponsler, William C., wound in thigh, $8.00

Soals, William L., wound left leg, $4.00

Ebright, William, wound in the left thigh, $2.00

Pickerington, William, rheumatism, $6.00

Crow, William H. chonic bronchitis, $4.00

Shulters, William D., chronic diarrhea, $4.00

Kline, William H., rheumatism, $5.33 1/3

Pickard, William, injury to abdomen, $4.00

Krontz, Jacob, wounded legs, $5.00

Bixby, Jonah E., wounded in both hands, $10.00

Continued in Part 2