Amazing. Story here.
And I was amazed that my biological paternal grandparents were born during the war (1862 & 1863)
Last Person to Receive a Civil War-Era Pension Dies at the Age of 90
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My grandmother was drawing a portion of my grandfather's disability pension from being mustard-gassed in June, 1918 until her death in 2005. At that time it was just over $900 monthly.
ACORN
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You have to give her father a little credit too, he fathered her at 84!
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HOUSTON RICK
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Pensions? These kids are spoiled, we had no pensions in the Hundred Years War.
Nice! ^^^^ But we were SO POOR after the Persians invaded that....
I have a copy of my Great Grandfather's Civial War Pension document. He spent 3 years for the North, and received a $13 per month pension. I don't klnow how long he was able to draw it, but in the late 1800's $13 was a fair amount of money every month. He was a Sargent.
Possibly yes, possible no. Looks like he sure took credit for it.
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On another thread, "At 67 and feel old" OldGuy44 said, "Gosh, when I was 67 I was trying out a new bride." Ol' Mose was a tad friskier than him, waiting another 17 years to try out his first one.
Targets Guy
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My great-grandfather volunteered for service with the Union out of Bureau County, Ill. in 1863. He fought in the West under Sherman and was wounded outside of Marietta, GA in 1864. Marched to the sea and then up to DC. They were loaded into railcars and sent back to Ill to muster out in 1865. In 1876 he filed for disability due to catching pneumonia during basic in Chicago and the wound to his leg. His first pension was $2.00 a month. In Jan 1934 the pension increased to $100.00 a month. He died in the summer of 1934. That money had to have helped the family during the depression years. Certainly one man I would have liked to have met and had coffee with.
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He would have been about the same age as my great-grandparents, Granville (1843-1905) and Polly (1845-?) but he lived a LONG time. Haven't been able to find any detailed Civil War records although there were some Millers from KY on the Confed. side.
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Possibly yes, possible no. Looks like he sure took credit for it.
ATTENTION------ HAND SALUTE!
I think they had milk men back then.
Didn't get any in the Norman Invasion either.
Targets Guy
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He was born the same year as Granville; 1843. My sister is big-time into genealogy and got his complete record of applying for, testifying for and receiving his pension. Even had the drawing of where the wound was. His brother was a corporal in the same regiment and was the flag bearer. He was shot and killed and Hiram picked up the colors and continued the charge and then was shot himself but fortunately for me was only wounded.
As a youngster my brother and my cousin all played with his civil war kit; musket, bayonet w/ scabbard, belt, ammo pouch, etc.
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My memory is a little hazy on that (something to do with being an OAP, I think) but I'll have another look at the Domesday Book, as I found to my astonishment that my adoptive father's original family name actually appears there in 1086, taken from the then name of the plot of land (described as "4 ploughlands", worth £1 at the Conquest) near Liverpool, given to Roger of Poitou. About 1207 the then landowner named himself after the place.
The reaction of the previous owner, Dot of Hitune (now Huyton), is not recorded, but I bet he was not happy. (And yes, his name was recorded as Dot!)
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Sistema1927
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My wife's Great-great-great-grandfather would still be drawing his Mexican War pension if he hadn't died in Santa Fe in 1849.
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