| List of Pensioners on the Roll
Kent County, Michigan - 1883 |
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List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 - Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, and the Date of Original Allowance, United States Pension Bureau Senate - Executive Document 84, Parts 1-5. This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that. Use our search engine to look for a name if you're not sure where your ancestor was located. |
| Pensioners |
| Ada - Alaska - Alpine - Alton - Austerlitz |
| Belmont - Bowen Station - Bowne - Byron Centre |
| Caledonia Station - Cannonsburg - Cascade - Casnovia - Corinth - Cortland Centre |
| Cedar Springs |
| Edgerton - Englishville - Fisher's Station |
| Grand Rapids, Part 1 |
| Grand Rapids, Part 2 |
| Grand Rapids, Part 3 |
| Grand Rapids, Part 4 |
| Grant - Grandville - Grattan - Griswold |
| Hammond - Keller - Kent City - Labarge - Lockwood |
| Lowell |
| Mill Creek - Oakfield Centre - Ross |
| Rockford |
| Sand Lake |
| Sparta Centre |
| Spencer's Mills - Whitneyville |
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Abbreviations:
abd. - abdomen, abdominal
ampt. - amputation chr. - chronic chron. - chronic debil. - debilitation, debilitating dep. - dependent dept. - dependent diarr. - diarrhea dis. - disease do. - "ditto" ft. - foot g.s.w. - gun shot wound ind. - index inj. - injury l. - left lft. - left mal. - ?? mid. - middle paral. - paralysis par'l. - partial part. - partial port'n - portion r. - right res'g. - resulting result. - resulting rheum. - rheumatism s.w. - saber wound (?) surv. - survivor (?) vis. - viscera w. - wound wd. - wound Unfamiliar Medical Terms: Anchylosis - stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. Dyspepsia - A general set of symptoms which are believed to have their cause somewhere in the upper part of the gastro-intestinal tract. Hemiplegia - One side only. Pleurisy - Inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the chest cavity. Symptoms are chills, fever, dry cough, and pain in the affected side. Highest pension rates: $72.00 - ampt. both feet $72.00 - total blindness (2) $50.00 - g.s.w.r. side of head & resulting insanity $50.00 - chr. diarr. & res. l. hemiplegia $50.00 - inj. to abdomen & epilepsy Oddities: Sarah Friend - cause for which pensioned: "act. June 3, 1858" (Anybody know what act this is?) |