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US Civil War Pensioners in Wentworth County (1883)

US Civil War Pensioners in Wentworth County (1883)

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 10:37PM GMT
Classification: Military
Surnames: Whitman, Blamey, Smith, Dennis, Ryerson, Fink, Green, Bryan, McCollum, Caul, Frost, Nellis, McVicker, Phillips, Murphy, O'Neill, Hare, Welsh, Bleber, Baker,
These names are listed in the Pension Roll for 1883, the conflict in which they fought is not stated, but most if not all must be US Civil War.

Hamilton
Whitman, Mary A. - widow
Blamey, Robert W. - lung & left shoulder
Smith, Thos. - left breast wound
Dennis, John B. - gun shot leg
Ryerson, James - loss left foot
Fink, Mary - widow
Green, Fannie E. - widow
Bryan, Cauley - gun shot wound left thigh
McCollum, Catherine - widow
Smith, Hanson E. - injury to teeth and tongue
Caul,Henry K. - wound right leg
Frost, Jairus A. - dis. lungs [?]
Nellis, Juliet M. - dep. mother
McVicker, Jane - dep. mother
Phillips, Ellis P. - wound left arm

North Hamilton (?)
Murphy, Ann - widow

Ancaster
O'Neill, Henry R. - gun shot wound neck

Dundas
Hare, Eliza H. - dep. mother
Welsh, Dan'l S. - fract. right leg

Stoney Creek
Bleber, Martha - widow

Waterdown
Baker, John - gun shot wound right leg

Re: US Civil War Pensioners in Wentworth County (1883)

Posted: 21 Jun 2015 3:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
"Yesterday was pension day for U.S. soldiers in the late war, or the widows of soldiers. There are quite a few of them in Hamilton and U.S. Consul Monaghan was kept busy arranging for them to get their pensions. The kind-hearted colonel refused the customary fees for his services, and earned the eternal gratitude of the pensioners by this kindly and generous act." [Hamilton Herald -- March 6, 1890 'Terse Tales']

Re: US Civil War Pensioners in Wentworth County (1883)

Posted: 23 Jun 2015 4:53AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 23 Jun 2015 4:54AM GMT
"IS 102 YEARS OLD
"Colored Lady Appeared to Sign Pension Voucher To-day.
"In the American consular district, comprising Hamilton and adjacent towns, there are living between seventy and eighty pensioners of the American civil war, about one-third of whom are the wives of soldiers who have been "mustered out." Today they are having their vouchers certified to by the American consul, and their drafts will come from Washington in the course of a few days. The pensions range from $30 to $40 per month for the veteran, and $25 a month for the widows. An old colored woman has reached the advanced age of 102 years, and is getting very feeble, though she was able to appear in person this morning before the consul. She and her husband were slaves in Marylan, and long before the war escaped and came to Hamilton. They were united in marriage by Rev. J. Gamble Geddes, in Christ's Church Cathedral, nearly seventy years ago." [Hamilton Spectator – Dec. 4, 1918 p.1]
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