Black Hawk County, Iowa

List of Pensioners on the Roll
January 1, 1883
(1812 to 1883)

 

by Government Printing Office
Published 1883

Note:  The list of pensioners is organized first by state, second by county and third by post office address.  This web site has a page for each county in Iowa.  Information provided for each individual on the pension list is:

No. of Certificate
Name of Pensioner
Post Office Address
Cause for Which Pensioned
Monthly Rate
Date of Original Allowance

No. of
Certificate

Name of pensioner.

Post-office

address

Cause for which pensioned

Monthly
Rate

Date of
Original
Allowance

122,049

Ford, Waid

Cedar Falls

dis. lungs

$8.00

--

101,646

Carter, Joseph L.

do

g. s. w. rt. hand

6.00

--

83,479

Wolfe, John L.

do

injury to abdomen

8.00

--

180,421

Crawford, Letta J.

do

mother

8.00

Mar., 1878

191,719

McClure, Wm. H.

do

inj. to rt. hip

8.50

June, 1882

171,408

Davenport, Florisel

do

dis. lungs

4.00

July, 1880

196,491

Burr, Thos. J.

do

g. s. w. of throat

7.50

Oct., 1881

175,849

Ballon, Edward L.

do

kidney dis.

4.00

Oct., 1880

172,737

Bronson, Menzo J. A.

do

g. s. w. rt. knee

2.00

Aug., 1880

165,109

Schenk, Esther H.

do

mother

8.00

Aug., 1874

114,112

Hammond, Michael

do

g. s. w. lt. shoulder

6.00

--

89,216

Snyder, Chas. W.

do

loss lt. thumb

4.00

--

12,959

Lichty, Sarah

do

widow

8.00

July, 1867

69,299

Lawrence, Susan

do

   do

8.00

July, 1867

51,744

Conklin, Eliza

do

   do

8.00

Oct., 1867

30,855

White, Eunice Jane

do

widow 1812

8.00

Dec., 1880

21,534

Jennings, Birkett G.

do

wd. rt. chest

4.00

--

191,650

Kyler, Jacob

do

inj. lt. knee

4.00

June, 1881

174,222

Vance, Jane

do

--

22.00

June, 1876

28,725

Moxon, Job

do

frac. rt. thigh and arm

18.00

--

81,162

Morrison, Elizabeth

do

widow

8.00

July, 1871

204,574

Watrous, Moses

do

asthma

12.00

Mar., 1882

102,209

Watson, Mary M.

do

widow

8.00

Nov., 1867

138,524

Winn, Sylvia

do

   do

8.00

Jan., 1870

80,055

Sheley, Mary J.

do

   do

8.00

Nov., 1867

66,800

Reynolds, Mary A.

do

   do

8.00

Jan., 1869

185,256

Overman, Mary E.

do

   do

8.00

Aug., 1879

60,992

Livingston, Helen

do

mother

8.00

Dec., 1865

174,107

Laroue, Clarence

do

chr. diarr.

4.00

--

86,276

Leytze, Chas.

do

g. s. w. neck & lt. elbow joint

4.00

--

77,808

Lamb, Thos. M.

do

dis. of abdominal viscera

4.00

--

58,225

Lines, Wesley F.

do

chr. diarr. and part'l deaf's

6.00

--

14,789

Martz, Alexander

do

paralysis lt. leg

5.33 1/3

--

113,865

Moore, John

do

ophthalmia

14.00

--

154,091

Jordan, Michael L.

do

chr. diarr.

8.00

June, 1878

220,395

Watson, Jas. T.

do

g. s. w. rt. hand and results

2.00

Nov., 1882

179,220

Clark, Chas. C.

do

injury to abdomen

8.00

Nov., 1880

187,597

Gaines, Theophilus

do

chr. diarr. & res. dis. lungs

12.00

Apr., 1881

131,482

Pennington, Lewis

do

g. s. w. left leg

4.00

--

163,353

Shea, Thos.

Cedar Valley

locomotor ataxia

18.00

Nov., 1879

31,846

Gay, Lucinda

do

widow 1812

8.00

June, 1881

171,260

Tilburg, Wm. H. Van

Finchford

injury to abdomen

6.00

July, 1880

81,446

Tilburg, Rhoda A. Van

do

mother

8.00

Aug., 1866

82,366

Cassaday, Wm. J.

do

wd. lt. arm

4.00

--

109,300

McManus, Thos.

Hudson

g. s. w. lt. arm

4.00

--

14,480

Sinnett, Sarah J.

do

widow

8.00

--

32,160

Wilson, Sam'l

do

injury to abdomen

12.00

--

--

Stull, James H.

La Porte City

wd. lt. leg

14.00

--

162,986

Cotten, Noah

do

dis. lungs

8.00

Oct., 1879

204,474

Chapple, Wm.

do

g. s. w. head and inj.spine

6.00

Mar., 1882

216,333

Southerland, Andrew

do

chr. diarr.

4.00

Aug., 1882

216,584

McQuilkin, Robt. J.

do

chr. diarrh.

4.00

Aug., 1882

181,901

Hamilton, Wm.

do

injury to abdomen

8.00

Feb., 1881

113,787

Mitchell, Chas. A.

do

chr. diarr.

14.00

--

31,235

McQuilkin, John

do

frozen feet

4.00

--

16,335

Larming, Michael

do

chr. rheum. and dis. heart

18.00

--

32,119

Baumbower, Isaac

do

loss all fings. rt. hand

18.00

--

120,672

Barnes, Laura

do

mother

8.00

Oct., 1868

148,816

Watson, Wm. N.

do

injury to abdomen

4.00

Oct., 1877

214,925

Walfoo--, Henry

do

dis. lungs, chr. diarr. and dis. of abdominal viscera

8.00

June, 1882

176,594

Kennicutt, James H.

do

rheum. and dis. lungs

8.00

Oct., 1880

10,693

Mosher, Stephen V.

do

inj. spine and lt. hip

18.00

--

63,601

Carr, Julia

do

widow

8.00

--

29,763

Hann, Mary M.

do

widow 1812

8.00

June, 1880

68,873

Goodfellow, John

do

wd. rt. hand

2.66 2/3

--

42,021

Gallarno, Nancy

do

widow

8.00

Sept., 1867

32,153

Chase, Elizabeth

do

   do

8.00

May, 1867

110,686

Baldwin, Elizabeth

do

   do

8.00

Mar., 1868

45,272

Kennicutt, Susan M.

do

   do

8.00

May, 1867

192,204

Morgan, Charlotte B.

do

wd. and 4 children

8.00

May, 1881

181,902

Wright, Wm.

do

chr. diarr. and rheum.

4.00

May, 1881

99,439

Pickerill, Wm. F.

do

hepatitis

24.00

--

104,822

Petersen, Peter

do

dis. lungs

14.00

--

146,407

Keine, Alonzo E.

do

g. s. w. lt. forearm

4.00

--

104,821

Harvey, Solomon

do

paralysis lower limbs

50.00

--

183,649

Kepkey, John O.

do

minor

12.00

Apr., 1879

24,868

Webster, Lester

do

surv. 1812

8.00

Dec., 1879

107,114

Wasson, Jesse

do

enlargement of right tendoachillis from rheumatism

12.50

--

110,417

Williams, Absalom

do

inj. lt. foot

3.00

--

167,646

Mitchell, David M.

do

nephritis and rheum.

6.00

Apr., 1880

84,918

Clark, Robt. H.

do

gen'l feebleness from dis.

4.00

--

107,268

Cotton, John L.

do

dis. lungs

14.00

--

106,120

Grettenberger, Geo.

do

injury to abdomen

18.00

--

25,022

Frisby, Peter W.

do

loss lt. hand

18.00

--

65,175

Eberhart, Benj. E.

do

loss rt. eye and g. s. w. nose

18.00

--

8,056

Wood, Alzina

Lester

widow

8.00

Oct., 1867

85,249

Fidment, Sam'l

do

chr. hepatitis and gastritis

14.00

--

198,211

Carnes, Margaret

do

mother

8.00

Dec., 1882

124,679

Shaffer, Jacob

do

father

8.00

Feb., 1869

28,501

Reynolds, Wm. H.

do

injury to abdomen

18.00

--

14,733

Brown, Nancy

Raymond

mother

8.00

Feb., 1864

167,938

Ellis, Daniel G.

do

chr. diarr. and dis. of abd. vis.

4.00

May, 1880

202,972

Engle, Richard

do

dis. of abdominal viscera

4.00

Feb., 1882

134,729

Cummings, Wm. J.

do

g. s. w. lt. arm

12.00

--

99,918

Hoffa, Daniel

Waterloo

g. s. w. r. thigh

4.00

--

145,540

Ketchum, Harriet S.

do

widow

8.00

--

43,484

Frederic, Jacob

do

wd. face r. side

18.00

--

--

Hannah, Robt.

do

dis. lungs

24.00

--

209,944

Carper, Adam S.

do

inj. to abd., chr. rheum., and dis. heart

8.00

May, 1882

210,997

Fist, Henry G.

do

dis. lungs and contused wd. of head

10.00

June, 1882

22,855

Dorlan, Peter S.

do

wd. side

6.00

--

41,555

Foote, Daniel W.

do

loss lt. leg

18.00

--

107,978

Farmsworth, Edward

do

g. s. w. lt. hand

4.00

--

53,885

Cordell, Alfred

do

lss. rt. eye and sight lt. impd.

8.00

--

57,823

Hunt, Chase P.

do

wd. lt. foot and chr. diarr.

8.00

--

23,921

Hazleton, Fred'ck

do

injury to abdomen

8.00

--

114,776

Hershiser, Henry T.

do

var. veins lt. leg

10.00

--

207,784

Perkins, James A.

do

g. s. w. rt. shoulder

2.00

Apr., 1882

164,391

Pickett, Edgar

do

ch. diar. and inj. lt. leg

20.00

Jan., 1880

185,492

Watson, James A.

do

inj. to abd., chr. diarr., and dis. of abdominal viscera

12.00

Mar., 1881

178,988

Millin, Henry C.

do

dis. eyes

12.00

Nov., 1880

163,012

Merrvin, Henry E.

do

inj. spine causing dis. kids.

6.00

Oct., 1879

156,360

Messinger, John F.

do

g. s. w. rt. hand

6.00

Nov., 1878

35,403

Ward, Erick

do

g. s. w. knee & result' g. parals.

24.00

--

25,115

Williams, Henry D.

do

wd. lt. thigh

8.50

--

82,365

Williams, Henry E.

do

wd. chest

17.00

--

146,691

Wooley, John N.

do

dis. ears and chr. diarr.

12.00

--

180,166

Dane, James

do

father

8.00

Feb., 1878

214,966

McCoory, Wm.

do

g. s. w. lt. eye

4.00

June, 1882

154,903

Dunham, Henry A.

do

g. s. w. rt. breast

12.00

Aug., 1878

202,219

Bartlett, Wm. H. H.

do

dis. lungs

6.00

Jan., 1882

196,974

Biller, Anthony J.

do

g. s. w. rt. ankle & var. veins

4.00

Oct., 1881

178,688

Backus, Reuben E.

do

inj. to rt. arm

10.00

Nov., 1880

58,648

Walker, Mary

do

mother

8.00

Nov., 1865

103,629

White, Sarah

do

   do

8.00

Nov., 1867

92,493

Brunn, Chas.

do

chr. ophthalmia

15.00

--

174,736

Washburn, Harvey

do

inj. to back

6.00

Oct., 1880

51,988

Barry, Sarah

do

widow

8.00

Dec., 1868

175,560

Day, Elizabeth R.

do

mother

8.00

June, 1876

136,031

Filkins, Adaline

do

   do

8.00

Nov., 1869

139,945

Job, Mary J.

do

widow

8.00

June, 1875

217,222

Blodgett, Chas. S.

do

injury to abdomen

4.00

Aug., 1882

79,178

Edmonds, Edward B.

do

wd. lt. hand

4.00

--

15,592

Vinden, Martha

do

widow 1812

8.00

Jan., 1879

89,365

Johnson, David

do

dis. of abdominal viscera

18.00

--

3,365

Carr, Joseph A.

do

malarial poisoning (Navy)

4.00

Apr., 1882

26,411

Culver, Almira

do

widow 1812

8.00

Aug., 1879

60,012

Waterbury, Frances L.

do

widow

8.00

--

47,752

Parsons, Daniel

do

wd. lt. arm

18.00

--

37,937

Hamilton, Chas. B.

do

wd. lt. leg and lss. lt. index finger

10.00

--

211,769

Klingaman, Josiah F.

do

g. s. w. lt. arm

--

--

52,006

Gary, Spencer E.

do

wd. rt. hand

6.37 1/2

--

36,941

Snowden, Geo. O.

do

g. s. w. rt. thigh

15.00

--

111,020

Thompson, Allen

do

g. s. w. through lower lobe lt. lung

4.00

--

101,034

Kellogg, Randolph

do

conjunctivitis

10.00

--

77,254

Walker, Edwin P.

do

wd. lt. arm and side and res. dis. lungs

20.00

--

136,029

Moore, Mary E.

do

widow

8.00

Nov., 1869

58,802

Nichols, Jane

do

   do

8.00

July, 1867

18,704

Pettis, Harriett E.

do

   do

8.00

July, 1867

148,737

Whitenack, Wm. W.

do

g. s. w. rt. arm

3.00

Oct., 1877

51,780

Campbell, Charity

do

mother

8.00

July, 1865

53,441

Benty, Isaac E.

do

lss. index and middle finger lt. hand

12.00

--

99,387

Bartlett, Wm.

do

loss sight rt. eye and impaired use of left

18.00

--

103,725

Lore, Alfred

do

syl. lt. knee and pl. pneu.

8.50

--

170,437

Klingman, John G.

do

g. s. w. lt. leg, rheum., and part'l paralysis

10.00

June, 1880

101,288

Lantz, Jacob

do

g. s. w. rt. leg

4.00

--

77,513

McGinley, Chas.

do

wd. rt. groin

8.50

--

9,366

McCollum, Joseph

do

chr. diarr.

4.00

--

168,850

Ulford, Edward

do

inj. to lt. leg and inj. to abd.

8.00

May, 1880

182,134

Fairbrother, Hiram

do

chr. diarr. and dis. of adb. vis.

4.00

Feb., 1881

175,325

Henry, Alpheus

do

var. veins left leg

6.00

Oct., 1880

173,225

Holden, Wm. H.

do

hemorrhage of bowels

6.00

Sept., 1880

160,335

Hurley, John B.

do

lung dis.

12.00

May, 1879

155,652

Hickey, Geo. I.

do

g. s. w. lt. thigh

4.00

Sept., 1878

219,091

Lincoln, Albert

do

chr. diarrh.

4.00

Oct., 1882

169,379

Smith, Harvey

do

injury to abdomen

2.00

June, 1880

16,447

Cummings, Alex. S.

do

g. s. w. forehead

2.00

--

208,389

Gushard, Isaac

do

frac. lt. leg

4.00

May, 1882

--

Hafar, Geo. W.

do

g. s. lt. arm and forearm

6.00

--

40,724

Fisher, Nicholas

do

amp. rt. leg

24.00

--

149,800

Cain, Martin A.

do

dis. lungs

4.00

Dec., 1877

170,917

Brown, Jeremiah W.

do

g. s. w. rt. hand with loss of index finger

6.00

June, 1880

122,093

Balliet, David M.

do

g. s. w. thro' pelvis

4.00

Mar., 1873

176,881

McCormick, Bernard

do

g. s. w. r. thigh

4.00

July, 1881

217,259

Legge, Thomas

do

g. s. w. of head

2.00

Aug., 1882

130,402

Brown, Benj. F.

Winslow

g. s. w. rt. foot

4.00

--

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Many of the "causes for which pensioned" use a variety of abbreviations, some of which are obvious and some that are not.  I do not have a list of the abbreviations used, but a partial list that I have developed include the following:

abd.

abdomen

amp.

amputated

chr.

chronic

dep.

dependent

dia., diar., diarr., etc.

diarrhea

dis.

disease, diseased, disability

g. s. w.

gun shot wound

inj.

injury

l., lt., lft.

left

r., rt.

right

rheu., rheum.

rheumatism

sh.

shell

surv.

survivor

typ.

typhoid

var.

varicose

wd.

wound

This is only a partial listing.  A full listing would be quite extensive.

Also, a note about the "do" found in the "post office address" field and sometimes in other fields.  Quite simply, this is a frequently used abbreviation of the time used as we would use "ditto" marks today.  That is, a repeat of the information in the record above.

I have also noted that there are numerous misspellings in the List.  I have tried my best to reproduce the list as it was published -- so hopefully, all the misspellings are from the original list and not introduced from my transcription.  Given that there are misspellings, I also believe that there are probably errors in numeric data as well.

Blank fields in the list have been denoted by "--".

This information was transcribed from a microfiche copy of the original book.  Quite often I have had to make a judgment about a number -- was it an 8 or 3; 6 or 0, etc.