
Dekalb County, Illinois
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Pensioners on the Roll
January 1883
Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by Glenn Morrow
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No. |
Name of pensioner |
Post-office |
Cause for which pensioned |
Monthly rate |
Date of |
| 187,053 | Alford, Clark B. | Waterman Station | minor | $8.00 | Feb. 1880 |
| 182,325 | Allen, Ira | Sandwich | chr. diarr. | $4.00 | Feb. 1881 |
| 43,229 | Allen, Martin V. | Shabbona | frac. r. arm | $20.00 | |
| 160,628 | Almburg, Andrew | Malta | chr. rheum. | $4.00 | June 1879 |
| 181,242 | Ames, Acil E. | Somonank | wd. of neck | $1.00 | Jan. 1881 |
| 212,968 | Anderson, Joseph | Somonank | dis. of liver | $10.00 | June 1882 |
| 175,356 | Apple, Margaret | Sandwich | widow | $12.00 | |
| 28,918 | Armlin, Wm. W. | DeKalb Centre | wd. rt. thigh | $12.00 | Jan 1878 |
| 16,617 | Atherton, Frank | La Clair | wd. l. hand & inj. to abdomen | $10.00 | |
| 182,078 | Atwood, Holmes | Sycamore | father | $8.00 | Sept. 1878 |
| 15,992 | Bacon, Sally | Somonank | widow | $8.00 | Jan. 1879 |
| 189,111 | Baker, Sarah A. | Sycamore | mother | $8.00 | July 1880 |
| 9,261 | Bayley, Samuel S. | Malta | $8.00 | Nov. 1875 | |
| 194,396 | Becker, John T. | Dustin | g. s. w. left forearm | $2.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| 16,262 | Bedee, Joseph | Sycamore | wd. r. hand & arm | $12.00 | |
| 27,045 | Bent, Orythea | DeKalb Centre | widow | $8.00 | Sept. 1879 |
| 165,557 | Bibb, James | Sandwich | wd. r. ankle | $8.00 | Mar. 1880 |
| 166,628 | Black, Nirum | Sycamore | diarr. 7 rheum. | $2.00 | Apr. 1880 |
| 176,886 | Bond, William | Somonank | father | $8.00 | Apr. 1877 |
| 133,694 | Bowker, Wm. | Shabbona | shell wd. head | $6.00 | |
| 66,494 | Brainard, Eli | Kingston | wd. r. shr., &c | $12.00 | |
| 59,720 | Brandenburger, Rudolph | Sandwich | amp. r. arm | $24.00 | |
| 185,880 | Briggs, Martin | Courtland Station | chr. diarr. and dis. of lungs | $8.00 | Mar. 1881 |
| 162,845 | Briggs, Wells | Sycamore | dis. l. ear & wd. left arm | $3.00 | Oct. 1879 |
| 219,981 | Brinkman, August | Hinckley | bronchitis | $2.00 | Oct. 1882 |
| 11,200 | Brook, Charlotte | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | Nov. 1878 |
| 85,006 | Brown, Geo. W. L. | New Lebanon | wd. l. thigh | $8.00 | |
| 182,506 | Burr, Webster | Waterman Station | g. s. w. of back | $4.00 | Feb. 1881 |
| 39,664 | Bust, John W. | Sycamore | amp. r. leg | $18.00 | |
| 17,657 | Cairns, Deborah | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | Feb. 1879 |
| 188,839 | Canham, Sarah F. | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | June 1880 |
| 29,987 | Cannister, Martha | Courtland Station | widow | $8.00 | July 1880 |
| 842 | Carr, Caroline | Sandwich | widow | $20.00 | |
| 158,887 | Chase, Tryphosa | DeKalb Centre | widow | $5.00 | July 1872 |
| 112,489 | Cheasebro, Joseph | Courtland Station | inj. to back & kidneys | $8.00 | |
| 44,665 | Chesibro, Oliver B. | DeKalb Centre | loss r. leg | $24.00 | |
| 57,904 | Comstock, Hezekiah | DeKalb Centre | partial blindness | $8.00 | |
| 23,144 | Conant, Polly L. | Sycamore | widow | $8.00 | Apr. 1879 |
| 106,527 | Conroy, Mary | Genoa | widow | $8.00 | |
| 16,119 | Coultriss, Wm. | Somonank | wd. hip & wrist | $8.00 | |
| 218,580 | Crowell, Francis | Waterman Station | g. s. w. r. hip & r. forearm | $2.00 | Sept. 1882 |
| 94,355 | Curtis, Elijah | DeKalb Centre | wd. rt. leg & foot & l. thigh, & injury to right ankle | $8.00 | |
| 183,814 | Darnell, Alfred | Hinckley | chr. diarr. and dis. of lungs | $12.75 | Mar. 1881 |
| 203,498 | Davenport, Wm. | DeKalb Centre | g. s. w. of great toe of rt. foot | $2.00 | Feb. 1882 |
| 77,781 | Deacon, Wm. | Shabbona | wd. r. leg & resulting ulcer & varicose veins | $12.00 | |
| 72,084 | DeGroat, Susan | Hinckley | widow | $8.00 | |
| 206,599 | Devall, Geo. B. | Sandwich | dis. of kidneys | $12.75 | Apr. 1882 |
| 123,015 | Donahue, Patrick | Genoa | rheum | $8.00 | |
| Duraut, Hadassale | DeKalb Centre | $8.00 | Feb. 1879 | ||
| 135,298 | Eames, Mott V | Sandwich | wd. l. groin | $6.00 | |
| 2,788 | Estabrook, Huldah J. | Kirkland | widow | $10.00 | Feb. 1881 |
| 185,954 | Evans, Phillip H. | Somonank | g. s. w. left leg | $1.00 | Mar. 1881 |
| 89,512 | Fairchild, Mm. L. | Sandwich | wd. lft. leg | $6.00 | Mar. 1868 |
| 199,904 | Favor, Benjamin K. | Hinckley | g. s. w. left foot | $2.00 | Dec. 1881 |
| 97,745 | Fax, Pliny L. | DeKalb Centre | dis. throat & lungs | $24.00 | |
| 187,488 | Fettuly, Margaret | Dustin | dpt. mother | $8.00 | Mar. 1880 |
| 36,365 | Fillmore, David H. | Sycamore | wd. right side abdomen | $6.00 | |
| 18,511 | Forsythe, Ann | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | Feb. 1879 |
| 65,534 | Foster, Joseph W. | Kingston | wd. face scervitis, &c | $20.00 | |
| 197,467 | Fuller, Rachel | Sandwich | dpt. mother | $8.00 | Oct. 1882 |
| 168,673 | Gardiner, Edw. P. | Hinckley | wd. r. thigh | $4.00 | May 1880 |
| 26,815 | Gardner, Harriet | Kingston | widow | $8.00 | Sept. 1879 |
| 55,594 | Geddis, John B. | Sandwich | wd. r. hand | $20.00 | |
| 163,382 | Georgason, John | DeKalb Centre | dis. of eyes | $2.00 | Nov. 1879 |
| 24,098 | Good, Ferdinand | Sandwich | $20.00 | Feb. 1864 | |
| 179,154 | Good, Mary Jane | DeKalb Centre | widow | $12.00 | |
| 126,318 | Gorton, Charles | Sycamore | wd. r. thigh | $4.00 | |
| 111,881 | Green, De Witt C. | Sycamore | wd. r. shoulder | $4.00 | |
| 81,804 | Green, John A. | Van Buren | wd. l. leg | $6.00 | |
| 34,878 | Greenwood, Chas. F. | Waterman Station | chr. diar. hepatitis | $8.00 | |
| 23,205 | Grout, Henry P. | Kirkland | wd. abdomen and resulting partial paralysis | $10.00 | |
| 166,345 | Gurler, Henry B. | DeKalb Centre | dis. l. leg | $4.00 | Apr. 1880 |
| 139,978 | Hall John H. | Sandwich | wd. r. side | $6.00 | |
| 209,655 | Hancock, Samuel P. | Kingston | dis. of lungs | $6.00 | May, 1882 |
| 149,915 | Heare, Helen E. | Waterman Station | widow | $8.00 | |
| 60,956 | Hennis, August H. | Sandwich | loss. r. foot | $18.00 | |
| 164,752 | Henry, Sarah A. | Hinckley | mother | $8.60 | May 1874 |
| 42,793 | Hoag, Mary M. | Sandwich | dpt. mother | $8.00 | Mar. 1865 |
| 29,221 | Howard, Azor W. | Shabbona | wd. l. leg | $8.00 | |
| 110,317 | Howe, Joel W. | Dustin | wd. left arm | $4.00 | |
| 23,849 | Howe, Phineas | Sandwich | $8.00 | Aug. 1878 | |
| 54,208 | Huftalin, David N. | Courtland Station | w. l. leg | $8.00 | |
| 92,433 | Hummil, Bathsheba A. | Sandwich | dpt. mother | $8.00 | Apr. 1867 |
| 18,345 | Hunter, Wm | Hinckley | wd. left breast & shoulder | $18.00 | |
| 157,959 | Hyslop, Almira H | DeKalb Centre | widow | $8.00 | |
| 185,772 | Jay, Lavinia | DeKalb Centre | widow | $16.00 | Oct. 1879 |
| 196,204 | Joles, Josephine | Sandwich | widow | $10.00 | June 1882 |
| 195,584 | Jordan, Margaret A. | Courtland Station | widow | $8.00 | May 1882 |
| 106,575 | Kauffman, Abram C. | Waterman Station | wd. l. hip | $6.00 | |
| 43,463 | Kern, Joseph D. | Sandwich | loss l. arm | $24.00 | |
| 152,657 | Kilborn, Amanda | Shabbona | mother | $8.00 | Aug. 1871 |
| 179,653 | King, Almira | DeKalb Centre | dpt. mother | $8.00 | Jan. 1878 |
| 77,671 | Kitts, Geo. F. | Hinckley | paralysis lower extremities | $50.00 | Mar. 1878 |
| 156,623 | Konika, John Philip | Kingston | wd. r. arm | $4.00 | Nov. 1878 |
| 155,883 | Kuhlen, Cath'n | Somonank | mother | $8.00 | Feb. 1872 |
| 116,492 | Lane, Daniel P. | Courtland Station | wd. head, causing deafness | $8.00 | |
| 25,252 | Lincoln, Jedediah | Sandwich | $8.00 | Aug. 1879 | |
| 172,501 | Lindsay, Daniel H. | DeKalb Centre | dis. of lungs | $6.00 | Aug. 1880 |
| 69,899 | Lindsay, William G. | Sycamore | gen'l debility result of fever | $8.00 | |
| 62,590 | Listy, Joseph | Sycamore | wd. r. arm | $18.00 | |
| 155,766 | Lloyd, Harrison H. | Malta | rheumatism | $8.00 | Oct. 1878 |
| 89,126 | Lobdell, Syhenus J. | East Paw Paw | wd. l. shoulder | $8.00 | |
| 6,125 | Lowell, Martin L. | Sycamore | $8.00 | Oct. 1871 | |
| 20,286 | Lyon, Addine D. | DeKalb Centre | widow | $8.00 | Mar. 1879 |
| 153,498 | Mack, Walter S. | Wallace | ch. diarr. | $4.00 | June 1878 |
| 140,929 | Mahon, Wm. | Waterman Station | dis. of bowels & results | $6.00 | |
| 55,854 | McFarland, Margaretta A. M. | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | Sept. 1865 |
| 92,572 | Merrill, Seraph S. | Waterman Station | mother | $8.00 | Apr. 1867 |
| 130,316 | Miller, Christopher C. | Sandwich | loss 3d finger & wd. r. hand | $3.00 | |
| 184,525 | Miner, Eliza Jane | Kirkland | mother | $8.00 | June 1879 |
| 62,383 | Miner, Isaac N. | Kirkland | wd. rt. elbow & loss of index finger | $6.00 | |
| 25,442 | Morris, Charles H. | Genoa | inj. to back & rt. hip | $12.00 | |
| 127,419 | Mullins, John | Shabbona | wd. l. arm | $4.00 | |
| 62,380 | Munson, Franklin A. | Sandwich | loss l. arm | $24.00 | |
| 146,398 | Muzzey, Benjamin | DeKalb Centre | rheum | $4.00 | |
| 173,383 | Nay, Elvin T. | DeKalb Centre | wd. r. arm & forearm | $4.00 | Sept. 1880 |
| 91,708 | Olverson, Ellen | DeKalb Centre | dpt. mother | $8.00 | Mar. 1867 |
| 26,895 | Orput, Relephe | Malta | widow | $8.00 | Sept. 1879 |
| 163,792 | Palquest, Swen | Malta | bronch. | $8.00 | Dec. 1879 |
| 168,034 | Pattee, Albion | Shabbona | wd. l. breast | $4.00 | May 1880 |
| 187,171 | Patterson, Abigail J. | Genoa | widow | $16.00 | Mar. 1880 |
| 19,304 | Pease, Margaret | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | Feb. 1879 |
| 149,733 | Pembroke, John C | Hinckley | wd. r. arm & forearm | $6.00 | |
| 87,702 | Persons, Edward S. | Sycamore | wd. r. hand | $2.00 | |
| 150,109 | Peterson, Swen | Sycamore | wd. left forearm | $4.00 | |
| 172,965 | Petrie, James | Sycamore | diarr. & dis. of lungs | $4.00 | Aug. 1880 |
| 73,894 | Petrie, John R. | Sycamore | wd. r. hand & loss of 2 fingers | $8.00 | |
| 157,218 | Petrie, Leonard | Sycamore | father | $8.00 | Apr. 1872 |
| 199,530 | Phelps, Wm. A. | Sycamore | loss of r. index finger | $3.00 | Dec. 1881 |
| 25,253 | Pine, Daniel | La Clair | $8.00 | Aug. 1879 | |
| 194,916 | Poplin, Jesse F. | Somonank | g. s. w. forehead | $4.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| Potter, John | Sandwich | g. s. w. rt. leg | $8.50 | May 1879 | |
| 133,519 | Prichard, Sarah E. | Waterman Station | widow | $15.00 | |
| 135,378 | Purcell, Thomas | DeKalb Centre | wd. rt. side head | $8.00 | |
| 121,373 | Renn, John P. | Genoa | wd. r. groin | $8.00 | |
| 178,173 | Riddle, James | Kirkland | dis. of heart & lungs | $12.00 | Oct. 1880 |
| 73,012 | Rochtler, Joseph | Somonank | wd. l. hip | $31.25 | |
| 188,565 | Roderick, Jacob | Waterman Station | dis. of lungs | $4.00 | May 1881 |
| 75,601 | Rogers, Stephen | Sandwich | wd. r. leg | $8.00 | |
| 187,625 | Ross, Alexander | Genoa | asthma & resulting dis. of heart | $8.00 | Apr. 1881 |
| 134,198 | Russell, Sylvester S. | Kingston | lung dis. | $6.00 | |
| 20,612 | Sabin, Alvah | Sycamore | surv. 1812 | $8.00 | Apr. 1873 |
| 50,852 | Safford, Edward P. | Sycamore | wd. l. thigh | $20.00 | |
| 184,522 | Saunders, Maria | Sandwich | dpt. mother | $8.00 | June 1879 |
| 3,643 | Savory, George W. | Courtland Station | wd. r. thigh | $8.00 | |
| 180,324 | Seeley, Ellen L. | Shabbona | widow | $8.00 | |
| 53,794 | Seibert, Jacob | Kirkland | amp. l. arm | $24.00 | |
| 164,841 | Shafter, James A. | Sandwich | injury to abdomen | $18.00 | Feb. 1880 |
| 24,333 | Shailer, John | Somonank | $8.00 | Oct. 1878 | |
| 20,891 | Shaver, Wm. | Sandwich | $8.00 | July 1873 | |
| 189,704 | Sheley, Dier | Kingston | chr. diarr. & resulting debility | $4.00 | June 1881 |
| 17,999 | Sickles, Matilda D. | DeKalb Centre | widow | $8.00 | Apr. 1864 |
| 154,509 | Skinner, Eldridge | Sandwich | wd. back | $4.00 | July 1878 |
| 203,557 | Sly, Frederick W. | Sandwich | dis. of lungs | $6.00 | Feb. 1882 |
| 123,444 | Smith, Chauncey | Sycamore | inj. to spine, subject to fit | $8.00 | |
| 191,161 | Smith, Hannah M. | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | |
| 42,471 | Smith, Kitty L. | Shabbona | widow | $17.00 | |
| 23,062 | Smith, Richard A. | Sycamore | loss r. arm | $20.00 | |
| 127,?25 | Smith, Roswell | Hinckley | father | $8.00 | Apr. 1869 |
| 194,708 | Snow, Benjamin | Sycamore | injury to abdomen | $4.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| 188,913 | Snyder, John | Somonank | g. s. w. l. thigh | $19.00 | May 1881 |
| 213,108 | Stephenson, James | Sycamore | g. s. wd. l. leg | $2.00 | June 1882 |
| 69,225 | Stevens, Sylvanus | Sandwich | loss joint rt. thumb & wd. rt. eye | $8.00 | Aug. 1866 |
| 212,373 | Stockwell, John | Sycamore | dis. of lungs, liver & sciatica | $6.00 | June 1882 |
| 146,358 | Stout, Margaret | Sycamore | mother | $8.00 | Dec. 1870 |
| 188,614 | Strait, Joshua | Somonank | father | $8.00 | June 1880 |
| 70,589 | Sweetland, Charles F. | Sandwich | scurvy and resulting paralysis of legs | $6.00 | Aug. 1860 |
| 38,823 | Taylor, John C. | Sandwich | wd. r. arm | $18.00 | |
| 74,997 | Taylor, Lucy | East Paw Paw | widow | ||
| 195,418 | Thompson, Osceola A. | Freeland | minor | $19.00 | |
| 18,362 | Townsend, Nancy | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | Feb. 1879 |
| 126,962 | Tracey, Frank L. | Kingston | g. s. w. face & neck | $6.00 | |
| 49,100 | Trumbaner, Peter S. | DeKalb Centre | loss lft. leg | $24.00 | |
| 18,173 | Tuttle, David | Waterman Station | wds. thumb & Forefinger | $4.00 | |
| 103,000 | Tyler, John J. | DeKalb Centre | injury to abdomen | $5.00 | |
| 113,507 | Utter, Albert W. | Sycamore | g. s. w. left side | $8.00 | |
| 86,415 | Van Amburg, Mathew | Sycamore | wd. r. foot | $8.00 | |
| 33,625 | Van Ohlen, William | Hinckley | wds. both thighs & abdomen | $8.00 | |
| 28,064 | Vanslinda, Nancy | Sandwich | widow | $8.00 | Dec. 1879 |
| 30,193 | Watson, James | Malta | wd. r. arm | $8.00 | |
| 103,044 | Wellman, George | Shabbona | wd. r. shoulder | $10.00 | |
| 156,008 | Wells, Levi A. | Shabbona | wd. l. breast | $5.00 | Oct. 1878 |
| 218,707 | Wilcox, Otis A. | Sandwich | dis. of lungs & kidneys | $4.00 | Oct. 1882 |
| 24,568 | Wilcox, Sybil | Sycamore | widow | $8.00 | |
| 42,799 | Witter, Mary J. | Genoa | widow | $8.00 | Mar. 1865 |
| 205,729 | Worcester, Mathew L. | Kingston | rheum | $2.00 | Mar. 1882 |
| 182,349 | Worf, Henry | Kingston | injury of ankles | $6.00 | Feb. 1881 |
| 17,631 | Wright, Esther | Somonank | widow | $8.00 | Feb. 1879 |
| 154,000 | Wyman, Byron F. | Sycamore | wd. l. buttock | $4.00 | June 1878 |
| 33,320 | Zellar, Edward R. | DeKalb Centre | loss r. arm | $24.00 |