List of Pensioners – Illinois – Livingston County
| No. of Certificate | Name of Pensioner | Post office Address | Cause for which Pensioned | Monthly rate | Date of Original Allowance |
| 92,328 | Briscoe, Francis M. | Ancona | Loss of l. eye, loss & deform r. eye, part. | $8.00 | …………… |
| 139,332 | Ammons, Jeremiah | Ancona | Wd. R. side | $4.00 | |
| 181,574 | Hunt, Lovejoy | Ancona | Wd. R. foot | $4.00 | Jan. 1881 |
| 141,680 | Willett, Elizabeth | Ancona | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 206,362 | Hamilton, Wm. B. | Blackstone | Inj. r atr, r side, back | $6.00 | Apr. 1882 |
| 42,415 | Thompson, John | Cayuga | Wd r. arm | $4.00 | |
| 194,408 | Hargrave, Joseph | Cayuga | Ch. Diarr. | $4.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| 206,262 | Collins, Jeremiah | Cayuga | Dis. Of lungs | $2.00 | Apr. 1882 |
| 214,146 | Walter, Sam’l M. | Chatsworth | Chronic diarr | $4.00 | June, 1882 |
| 102,306 | Hutson, Elijah | Chatsworth | Father | $8.00 | July, 1871 |
| 152,807 | Birt, John M. | Chatsworth | Wd. R. hand | $4.00 | Apr. 1878 |
| 176,100 | Brolest, David | Chatsworth | Injury to abdomen | $8.00 | Oct. 1880 |
| 156,618 | Stewart, Andrew W. | Chatsworth | Lose l. hand, r. ankle | $6.00 | Nov. 1878 |
| 75,787 | Gingerich, Wm. | Chatsworth | Wd. R. arm, l forearm | $8.00 | |
| 145,658 | Kenyon, Nathaniel C. | Chatsworth | Wd. Head | $5.00 | |
| 128,630 | Brown, Jacob E. | Chatsworth | Ch. Diarr | $18.00 | |
| 56,283 | Shaw, David E. | Chatsworth | Anch of L. ankle | $11.25 | |
| 3,347 | McGuire, Job H. | Chatsworth | G.s.wound rt. arm | $8.00 | |
| 65,526 | Miller, Joseph | Collins | Wd. L. leg | $4.00 | |
| 68,255 | Leonard, Elizabeth H. | Collins | Mother | $8.00 | Mar. 1866 |
| 121,019 | Weekley, Jacob M. | Collins | w. l. ankle | $6.00 | |
| 64,544 | Merrill, Jas. G. | Cornell | Ch. Diarr. | $4.00 | |
| 22,572 | Hayes, Jas. H. | Cornell | Wd. R. abr | $8.00 | |
| 172,680 | Perry, Ebenezer | Cornell | Wd. L. hip & back | $4.00 | Aug. 1880 |
| 173,340 | Blake, Daniel W. | Cornell | Dis of abdominal viscers | $4.00 | Sept. 1880 |
| 181, 617 | Gibson, Thos. | Cornell | Rheum & dis. Of abd vis | $6.00 | Jan. 1881 |
| 40,350 | Hoag, Lucretia | Cornell | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 12,068 | Webb, David | Cornell | Surg 1812 | $8.00 | Feb. 1882 |
| 180,284 | Carney, Thos | Cullom | Ch diar. Dis heart | $8.00 | Dec. 1880 |
| 108,663 | Boeman, Geo. W. | Cullom | Wd. L. thi | $3.00 | |
| 45,571 | Brett, Rebecca | Cullom | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 128,681 | Shrimpton, Eber | Dwight | Wd. L. leg | $6.00 | |
| 99,394 | Miller, Andrew | Dwight | Loss r. eye | $4.00 | |
| 25,491 | Miller, Hiram | Dwight | Wd. r. hand, loss r. thumb | $2.00 | |
| 130,813 | Fox, Henry | Dwight | Wd. L. leg | $10.00 | |
| 64,903 | Thompson, Hugh | Dwight | Wd. l. leg | $14.00 | |
| 15,116 | Parker, Jas. | Dwight | Wd. l hand | $6.00 | |
| 188,849 | Williams, Jas. | Dwight | Vari. Ulcers r leg | $8.00 | May, 1881 |
| 198,938 | Seabert, Martin | Dwight | Wd. l tbi. R thumb | $6.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| 193,922 | Hamlin, Alfred J. | Dwight | Wd l. side | $4.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| 198,725 | Ballham, John | Dwight | Wd. l hand, loss little finger | $2.00 | Dec. 1881 |
| 174,162 | Riggs, Northrup | Dwight | Inj back dis knidneys | $8.00 | Sept. 1880 |
| 178,200 | Seymour, Geo. A. | Dwight | Nasal & Ophthamic cattar | $8.00 | Nov. 1881 |
| 188, 388 | Ketcham, Mary E. | Dwight | Mother | $8.00 | May, 1880 |
| 180,409 | Green, Amy R. | Dwight | Mother | $8.00 | Mar., 1878 |
| 189,614 | Green, Betsey | Dwight | Mother | $8.00 | Aug. 1880 |
| 148,905 | Cole, Cornelia | Dwight | widow | $10.00 | |
| 60,602 | Marsh, Christa Ann | Dwight | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 23,210 | Call, Simeon | Emington | Wd. face, loss r. eye | $8.00 | |
| 116,935 | Spaur, Chas. W. | Fairbury | Injury to abdomen | $8.00 | |
| 74,057 | Mundt, Augustus | Fairbury | Wd. L. thigh | $6.00 | |
| 51,711 | Robinson, B. E. | Fairbury | Wd. l. arm | $7.50 | |
| 131,600 | Powell, Thos. S. | Fairbury | Chr. Diarr | $6.00 | |
| 43,029 | Judge, Bryan | Fairbury | Loss L. leg | $18.00 | |
| 93,820 | Becords, John S. | Fairbury | Wd L. arm | $4.00 | |
| 95,840 | Easton, Thom | Fairbury | Wd. r. leg | $6.00 | |
| 67,800 | Kirby, Jos. | Fairbury | Wd. L. hand & wrist | $18.00 | |
| 144,414 | Tiffany, John | Fairbury | Inj to ab & wd. thigh | $4.00 | |
| 149,559 | Trone, Stephen | Fairbury | Wd. both thighs | $6.00 | |
| 92,010 | Stevens, Thos. J. | Fairbury | Wd. L. thigh | $4.00 | |
| 87,714 | Starkey, Wm. P. | Fairbury | Wd. l. arm | $2.00 | |
| 108,474 | Steers, Martin | Fairbury | Inj. of spine | $8.00 | |
| 15,823 | Pence, Jonathan J. | Fairbury | Wd L. leg | $8.00 | |
| 183,004 | McIntosh, Eppen W | Fairbury | Dis spine, curvature | $18.00 | Mar. 1881 |
| 200, 974 | Edwards, Wm. | Fairbury | Inj l. leg by scald, gangrene | $4.00 | May, 1882 |
| 216,157 | Easton Alexander | Fairbury | Chr diar & rheum | $6.00 | Aug. 1882 |
| 201,799 | Baker, Thos. F. | Fairbury | Dis kidneys | $4.00 | Jan. 1882 |
| 196,220 | Rightsel, Wm. H. | Fairbury | Dis abdm viscers | $2.00 | Oct. 1881 |
| 215,197 | Robinson, Wm. H. | Fairbury | Ch diarr & rheu | $12.00 | July 1882 |
| 186,654 | Green, John | Fairbury | Wd.l. forearm | $6.00 | April 1881 |
| 211,750 | Hall, Geo. | Fairbury | Wd. r. leg | $4.00 | June 1882 |
| 207,173 | Griffith, Wm. P. | Fairbury | Dis. Of heart | $8.00 | Apri. 1882 |
| 183,717 | Greenbaum, Sam’l | Fairbury | Rheu. & severe deafness | $10.00 | Mar. 1881 |
| 154,024 | Tracy, Levi C. | Fairbury | Wd. head, inj r. ear | $6.00 | Aug. 1878 |
| 163,079 | Wendelshofer, Chas. | Fairbury | Asthma | $6.00 | Oct. 1870 |
| 156,904 | Conn, Isaiah | Fairbury | Inj back | $4.00 | Dec. 1878 |
| 143,322 | Capp, Sarah | Fairbury | Mother | $8.00 | June 1870 |
| 159,278 | Chittick, Rebecca | Fairbury | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 16,157 | Burdick, Priscilla | Fairbury | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 14,279 | Higbee, Mary A. | Fairbury | Widow 1812 | $8.00 | Jan. 1879 |
| 6,796 | Woodruff, Abigail | Fairbury | Widow 1812 | $8.00 | Aug. 1878 |
| 221,377 | Jolly, Daniel | Flanagan | Ch. Diarr | $4.00 | Nov. 1882 |
| 131,113 | Piper, Alexander | Flanagan | Wd. l. leg | $2.00 | |
| 122,013 | Simpson, Samuel | Flanagan | Wd .l. side | $6.00 | |
| 110,007 | Van Kiper, Eden | Forrest | Wd. l. temple, aff hearing l. ear | $6.00 | |
| 67,335 | Bell, Wm. | Forrest | Wd. r. hand, loss index | $3.00 | |
| 52,415 | Dubois, John | Forrest | Ch. gastritis & C. | $8.00 | |
| 188,922 | Mercer, John H. | Forrest | Ch Diarr | $4.00 | Mar. 1881 |
| 153,312 | Sutton, Emmett B. | Forrest | Ch diar,dis. Of abd viscers | $12.00 | May, 1878 |
| 175,872 | Johnson, David | Forrest | Dep. Father | $8.00 | Dec. 1876 |
| 159,135 | St. John, Wm. I. | Graymont | Wd. L. shl. Ch diarr | $6.00 | Apr. 1879 |
| 213,787 | Suethen, Maremoth C. | Graymont | Diarr, epilepsy | $12.00 | June 1882 |
| 109,050 | Torke, Adolph | Long Point | Wd r. thigh | $2.00 | |
| 143,981 | Girard, Herman | Long Point | Wd r. leg, l thi. Vari | $10.00 | |
| 205,996 | Winser, Henry | Long Point | Vari. L. side | $4.00 | Apr. 1882 |
| 207,043 | Swift, Robt. S. | Long Point | Dis of heart | $8.00 | Apr. 1882 |
| 204,058 | Linscott, John | McDowell | Wd. r. thigh | $4.00 | Mar. 1882 |
| 83,817 | Rudolph, Joel D.F. | McDowell | Wd. L. forearm | $6.00 | |
| 189,629 | Bastion, Julia A. | McDowell | Widow | $10.00 | Sept. 1880 |
| 75,052 | Myer, Joseph E. | Ocoya | Wd. L. Leg | $6.00 | |
| 5,910 | Leavitt, Harriet | Ocoya | Mother | $8.00 | Nov. 1862 |
| 6,127 | Tasker, Ruddy | Ocoya | Sury. 1812 | $8.00 | Oct. 1871 |
| 82,320 | Weed, Walter F. | Odell | Wd. of mouth | $6.00 | |
| 134,262 | Buchanan, Wm. B. | Odell | Wd. l. arm | $4.00 | |
| 145,146 | Bemis, Nelson A. | Odell | Wd. r. leg | $2.00 | |
| 102,288 | McKowen, John | Odell | Inj l. hand, par loss l ind finger | $6.00 | Sept. 1879 |
| 205,280 | Allen, Enoch | Odell | Ch diar. Dis of abd visces | $6.00 | Mar. 1882 |
| 198,024 | Hoover, Jas. A. | Odell | Wd. L. abr | $7.50 | Nov. 1881 |
| 175,770 | Levi, Benedict | Odell | Wd. r. abr. | $4.00 | Oct. 1880 |
| 170,116 | Ellinwood, Elizabeth | Odell | Widow | $10.00 | July 1875 |
| 102,042 | Shettle, Eleanor | Odell | Widow | $8.00 | Oct. 1867 |
| 179,300 | Trowbridge, Rosanna | Odell | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 184,393 | Lee, Geo | Odell | Father | $8.00 | June 1879 |
| 7,339 | Woodbury, Erueline | Odell | Widow | $10.00 | |
| 25,791 | Sherman, Catherine | Odell | Widow 1812 | $8.00 | July, 1879 |
| 112,948 | Blue, Michael J. | Pontiac | Wd. L. index finger | $3.00 | Aug. 1871 |
| 60,570 | White, Dennis | Pontiac | Wd. l. thigh | $14.00 | |
| 44,793 | Wait, Alvin | Pontiac | Amp. L. thigh | $24,00 | |
| 53,128 | Winters, Zephaniah | Pontiac | Loss L. leg | $18.00 | |
| 144,520 | Bigelow, Chas. L. | Pontiac | Wd. L foot | $6.00 | |
| 135,392 | Brown, John T. | Pontiac | Wd. above l. eye | $4.00 | |
| 143,898 | Keach, John C. | Pontiac | Wd. R. forearm | $4.00 | |
| 102,272 | McCoy, Jos. | Pontiac | Wd l. abr | $4.00 | |
| 60,834 | Jenkins, Wm. H. | Pontiac | Loss r. leg | $24.00 | |
| 87,400 | Frauck, Henry | Pontiac | Wd. l. leg | $4.00 | |
| 118,076 | Fenton, Jas. | Pontiac | Wd. rt. Abr | $8.00 | |
| 149,439 | Fowler, Geo. J. | Pontiac | Wd. l. lip | $4.00 | |
| 29,420 | Thompson, Thos | Pontiac | Wd. both abrs. | $4.00 | |
| 107,983 | Wallace, John | Pontiac | Sciatic rhem. | $6.00 | |
| 33,768 | Opperman, Julius | Pontiac | Wd. L. shr | $4.00 | |
| 39,302 | Sullivan, Michael | Pontiac | WD. R. Arm | $6.00 | |
| 134,547 | Grimes, Aaron | Pontiac | Inj. l. leg | $6.00 | |
| 44,471 | Hercules, Christopher | Pontiac | Loss l. forearm | $18.00 | |
| 127,084 | Hayes, Jas. A. | Pontiac | Dis of lungs | $50.00 | |
| 75,100 | Herrino, Geo. W. | Pontiac | Hyper ytophy of heart | $14.00 | |
| 145,971 | Hopkins, Elliot P. | Pontiac | Inj. R. hip | $6.00 | |
| 84,818 | Huling, Edwin P. | Pontiac | Wd. r. leg | $4.00 | |
| 91,148 | Anderson, Erusnius | Pontiac | Wd. l. wrist | $2.00 | |
| 40,023 | Gebbins, John | Pontiac | Wd. l. elbow | $16.00 | |
| 46,080 | Platt, Harvey | Pontiac | Wd. r. leg | $10.00 | |
| 217,069 | Johnson, Oliver | Pontiac | Dis of abd. Vis,neuralgia | $4.00 | Aug. 1882 |
| 211,097 | Haney, Matthew | Pontiac | Injury to abdomen | $4.00 | June, 1882 |
| 159,155 | Morris, James | Pontiac | Chr diarr | $8.00 | Apr. 1879 |
| 186,570 | Kengore, Richard | Pontiac | Dis of eyes | $6.00 | Apr. 1881 |
| 189,519 | England, Rea or Red | Pontiac | Fract. L ankle | $4.00 | June 1881 |
| 211,170 | Erickson, Alfred | Pontiac | Wd. L. thigh | $4.00 | June 1882 |
| 201,098 | Wright, Jas. M. | Pontiac | Wd. R. thigh | $2.00 | Jan. 1883 |
| 100,823 | Shields, Robt. | Pontiac | Var. veins legs | $4.00 | June 1879 |
| 214,888 | McDowell, Wm. H. H. | Pontiac | Chr rheuma | $4.00 | June 1882 |
| 209,348 | Avery, Oscar F. | Pontiac | Wd. R. foot | $2.00 | May, 1882 |
| 200,982 | Pemberton, Allson P. | Pontiac | Wd. r forearm | $2.00 | Jan. 1882 |
| 104,172 | McDonald, Patrick | Pontiac | Wd. L. thigh | $2.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| 152,958 | Anderson, Sam’l | Pontiac | Wd. neck | $2.00 | May, 1878 |
| 177,892 | Lewis, Wm. S. | Pontiac | Dis. Lungs | $20.00 | Oct. 1886 |
| 214,352 | Perry, Wm. N. | Pontiac | Asthma | $4.00 | June, 1882 |
| 170,834 | Lee, John S. | Pontiac | Wd. R. shr | $6.00 | June, 1880 |
| 169,143 | Reed, Henry B. | Pontiac | Inj back, atrophy & pain | $8.00 | June, 1880 |
| 173,107 | Brewster, Myron R. | Pontiac | Minor of | $10.00 | |
| 132,812 | Morton, Martha | Pontiac | Mother | $8.00 | Aug. 1889 |
| 191,288 | Hill, Henrietta | Pontiac | Widow | $8.00 | Feb. 1881 |
| 190,820 | Hayes, Mary | Pontiac | Widow | $8.00 | Jan. 1881 |
| 29,200 | Hemstreet, Malinda A. | Pontiac | Widow | $15.00 | |
| 25,881 | Loomis, Mary E. | Pontiac | Widow | $30.00 | |
| 179,278 | Skillman, Anna M. | Pontiac | Widow | $12.00 | |
| 17,911 | Daun, Susan | Pontiac | Mother | $8.00 | July, 1886 |
| 88,589 | Gorbet, Rosina | Pontiac | Widow | $8.00 | |
| 193,002 | Adams, Helen L. | Pontiac | Widow | $17.00 | Aug. 1881 |
| 169,575 | Woolverton, Hanna J. | Pontiac | Widow | $12.00 | |
| 21,203 | Oliver, Franklin | Pontiac | Surv. 1812 | $8.00 | Nov., 1878 |
| 116,081 | Freg, Charles | Pontiac | Injury to abdomen | $4.00 | |
| 191,158 | Davis, Mary A. | Risk | Mother | $8.00 | Feb. 1881 |
| 128,707 | Schlosser, Elijah | Rowe | Wd. head | $12.00 | |
| 15,759 | Rasmuson, Anna | Rowe | Mother | $8.00 | Mar. 1884 |
| 20,060 | Roth, Gregory | Rugby | Wd. L. foot | $4.00 | |
| 189,499 | McCloud, Wm. A. | Rugby | Part loss l index finger | $2.00 | Dec. 1881 |
| 105,852 | Paddock, Marshall | Saunemin | Heart disease | $3.00 | |
| 58,403 | Paddock, Geo. | Saunemin | Heart disease | $6.00 | |
| 167,271 | Cottrell, Wm. | Saunemin | Wd. R. forearm | $4.00 | Apr. 1880 |
| 206,958 | McFarland, Fred’k A. | Smithdale | Dis. Lungs | $18.00 | Apr. 1882 |
| 181,510 | Jones, Zenas R. | Smithdale | Chr. Diarr | $15.00 | Jan. 1881 |
| 65,588 | Mullen, John W. | Strawn | Wd. r. leg | $4.00 | |
| 211,393 | Fisher, Edw. | Strawn | Dis. Liver | $6.00 | June, 1882 |
| 173,928 | Harmon, Amiel | Strawn | Wd. r. leg, ax cut l. foot | $6.00 | Sept. 1880 |
| 176,219 | Holloway, Lewis | Wing | Wd. r. hand, inj. to abdomen, dis heart& lungs | $8.00 | Oct. 1880 |
| 93,008 | Brown, Chas. H. | Wing | Heart disease | $10.00 |
Once you have obtained a pension application number, you will probably want to see a copy
of the original application papers which will provide more information about the applicant.
You can order a copy of the original papers by writing to:
Department of Veterans Affairs
District of Columbia Regional Office
941 North Capitol Drive, N.E.
Washington, D. C. 20421
Telephone: (202) 2735400
