Pension File for John David Brown

donated by Neva Brown Mohle

Name: BROWN, John David

Place of Birth/Date: DeSoto, Illinois; 4 Jun 1825

Regiment/Rank: 110th Infantry, Co. D / Private

Date of Enlistment: 14 Aug. 1862, at Ashley, Illinois, by Lt. Topping

Discharge: DEATH: 4 Jan. 1863

Place of Residence: Coloma, Washinton Cnty, Illinois

Wife's name, marriage date: QUALLS, Elizabeth, 12 May, 1858

Dependent children: BROWN, John Henry; BROWN, William Abner

Previous Marriages for Soldier: UFFENDILL, Adelaide, 13 Jan. 1850

Children by previous marriage: BROWN, Michael W. born 16 Jan 1851; BROWN, Thomas M. born 12 July 1853

Witnesses who filed on behalf of widow: BROWN, Thomas W.; McEllano(?), G.W. McElhanny, Joshua (these signatures were difficult to read)

Witnesses residence, date: All resided in DuBois, Ilinois; file was rec'd with the last few lines left cut off by photocopy machine; date unreadable

Date pension filed: 25 July 1873; this was the app for Children under the age of 16 their pension number was not listed

Date Widow filed: 19 Apr 1912 - see note below

Date pension granted/amt. per month: 23 Apr 1912; $ 30

Date pension ended: 29 Oct. 1925; file number: 165,951(Widow deceased)

"Roll of Honor , XXII, Names of Soldiers Who Died in DEFENSE OF THE AMERICAN UNION" National Cemetery at Nashville, TN, Grave Number: 401 This document was rec'd from TN State Library.

Other Jackson Cnty residents in file:

RANDALL, O.J. Chief, Finance Divsion, Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
BLAND, John A., performed marriage of E.QUALLS to J.D.BROWN
PAGE, Samuel C. Clerk of the Court, Register of Marriages, Washington County, Illinois
MARTIN, JP, Assistant Adjutant General, Washington, D.C.

NOTE: Eliza BROWN remarried in 1865 to a Joseph BLACK; they moved with John Henry and William Abner to Cherokee Cnty, KS, where she applied for this pension. Mr. BLACK died several years later, and I do not know that date. Michael and Thomas BROWN remained in IL with their mother's family (UFFENDILL). Eliza BLACK moved to OK later in her life, and died in Osage, OK, 25 OCT 1925. Her parents were: QUALLS, John, born in VA; RICHARDSON, Eliza, born in VA. They were married in NC, where Eliza was born, as well as several other children. The family moved to TN, then to IL; I am not sure of the dates for these moves.