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