Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Quincy Illinois



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Macoupin County Illinois Residents
of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Quincy Illinois (1887-1916)
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This database on the Illinois State Archives site, lists the names of male residents of the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home admitted from its opening in 1887 through September 1916 and female residents from 1908 through September 1916.
"In 1885 the General Assembly created the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home at Quincy to provide subsistence and a home for honorably discharged and disabled veterans of the Mexican and Civil Wars. In succeeding years Illinois veterans of all wars and veterans' wives, mothers, and daughters became eligible for admission. In 1973 the General Assembly changed the home?s name to the Illinois Veterans? Home. Since 1976 the Department of Veterans Affairs has administered the home." Illinois State Archives.

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Macoupin County IL Residents at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Quincy IL

Name Date Admitted Number Company Unit Click on numbers for pages of file
Ackerman, Edward November 23, 1903 6562 E 12 MO INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
Alexander, James W. July 21, 1916 10933 H 1 MD CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Allbee, Enoch August 2, 1898 4492 I 149 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Anderson, Abraham October 18, 1909 8794 I 8 KY INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Arkebauer, H. G. January 21, 1898 4191 L 3 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Arnold, George N. September 5, 1887 499 C 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Arnold, Hopson December 23,1890 1807 B 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Ashwell, Austin November 10, 1888 998 E 84 PA INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Baker, George March 12, 1898 4286 L 1 MO INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Baker, Thomas J. January 12, 1901 5444 E 10 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Baldwin, Charles P. November 8, 1890 1763 I 43 MO INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Bond, William J. December 20, 1898 4697 B 141 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Boosinger, John W.
(both company files
together/ same files)		 June 16, 1903 5098 G 133 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Boosinger, John W.
(both company files
together/same files)		 June 16, 1903 5098 H 28 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Borg, John June 11, 1904 6742 D 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Boring, Isaac F. January 14, 1905 7000 I 150 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Borough, Cicero March 1, 1905 7036 C 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18a, 18b
Botha, Charles June 8, 1897 4077 F 133 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12
Brenner, Henry December 4, 1890
July 27, 1900		 1796 K, A, D 9 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Brockhane, William November 5, 1908 8390 H 28 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Brown, John M. August 5, 1887 446 B 1 NH CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19
Burden, Joseph B. November 30, 1901 3569 E 1 MO INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16-1,
16-2, 17-1, 17-2
Burnett, Charles E. July 16, 1915 10655 F 68 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Burton, Albert July 20, 1900 5284 I 12 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Caplin, John A. August 27, 1887 485 B 11 KY CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-1, 10-2
Carroll, Patrick April 11, 1887 187 I 144 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Carter, John A. June 1, 1893 2552 I 3 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Clevenger, Joshua C. September 2, 1913 10076 E 122 IL INF 1-a, 1-b, 2-a, 2-b, 3
Clevenger, Nancy M. September 2, 1913 579     (files together with husband Joshua C.)
Cogan, William April 12, 1893 2508 A 49 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Coleman, Fitzgeral D. August 17, 1914 10384 D 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-a, 8-b, 9-a, 9-b
Colleman, Lewisp A. M.
(This should be Tollman)		 January 22, 1909 8481 C 97 IL INF (File under Tollman)
Collins, Floyd W. February 14, 1914 10265 I 22 KS INF -
SP AM		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Collins, John F. December 19, 1903 6589 K 91 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Connelly, Andrew September 13, 1901
October 13, 1903		 5698 B 1 MN INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13-a, 13-b
Curley, James April 25, 1908 8097 G,B 69 NY INF,
5 US CAV		 1-a, 1-b, 2-a, 2-b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Davenport, George W. December 7, 1907 7983 E 22 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15-a, 15-b
Davis, Thomas September 18, 1888 956 K 2 OH INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Delaney, Micheal J. July 15, 1896 3570 C 45 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Delaplain, Eugene, W. September 22, 1911 9602 D 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Dennison, Archibald C. October 22, 1891 2051 I 29 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Depoister, John F. July 9, 1915 10647 K 14 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12-a, 12-b
Edwards, Abner April 7, 1897
November 4, 1901		 2442 A 14 MO CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14-a, 14-b,
15-a, 15-b, 16
Edwards, Harriett
(records with Abner)		 August 11, 1909 221   (wife of Abner)  
Edwards, Nancy E.
(records with William D.)		 January 24, 1914 642      
Edwards, William D.
(wives Nancy and Sarah)		 April 8, 1908 8079 E 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-a, 9-b, 10-a, 10-b, 11-a, 11-b
English, Phillip November 30, 1893 2714 C,K 37 IL INF, 93
IL INF		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Fever, Delphi October 18, 1902 6101 C 10 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-a, 7-b
Fishback, Patrick B. February 6, 1892 2169 K,F 7 IL INF, 133
IL INF		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-a, 9-b
Fite, James M. October 19, 1913 10154 F 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-a, 5-b
Freeman, Samuel G. September 16, 1891 2010 G 42 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Fry, William N. April 18, 1898 4324 F 27 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Galvin, Patrick April 23, 1904 2930 F 47 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-a, 10-b
Garrison, George March 12, 1904 6661 B 1 KY LT ART 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21-a, 21-b
Gerdes, Henry July 20, 1899 4900 B 1 MO CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Gerrity, Thomas September 19, 1892
July 22, 1896		 2319   USS
HARTFORD,
HUNCHBACK
US NAVY		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Giffin, Elliott November 18, 1903 5653 A 97 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Giffin, Elliott
(both in same file)		 August 10, 1901 5653 A 97 IL INF  
Grant, John January 6, 1890 1449 M 1 MO CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12-a, 12-b, 13, 14-a, 14-b
Graves, Robert J. August 10, 1911 9560 H 133 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2
Gwinn, John November 14, 1891 2081   LITTLE MTD
VOL - 1847		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Hagen, Frederick August 8, 1900 5303 H 36 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11-a, 11-b, 12, 13-a, 13-b
Hamann, Henry October 22, 1904 6906 B 5 MO INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Handley, Edward G. September 7, 1903 6455 I 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Harbough, Jacob September 10, 1909 8738 K 80 OH INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Hartman, Frederic L. September 26, 1893 2663 K 144 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Haynes, Josiah July 27, 1906 7516 C 14 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Henderson, John August 22, 1911 9565 K 154 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Heyte, Moritz October 30, 1913 10190 A 4 VET RES
CORPS		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-a, 5-b
Hodges, Green December 17, 1891 2115 C 11 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Hurt, Thomas M. July 15, 1892 2268 I 101 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Irvin, John August 31, 1911 9577   US MARINES 1, 2, 3, 4
Jackson, Job M. December 13, 1909 8909 D 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Jackson, Robert November 23, 1909 8885 H 49 MO INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Johnson, Edw B. July 1, 1905 7139 C 144 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Jones, Lowry September 27, 1911 9606 I 152 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Jones, Thomas R. July 18, 1890 1633 D 133 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jones, William J. R. August 7, 1900 5301 A 139 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Karg, Fred October 16, 1890 1731 B 39 IL INF 1, 2
Kell, Robert July 6, 1904 6757 D 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Kelley, Robert B. August 23, 1900 5223 F 7 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Kirk, William October 14, 1899 546 G,A 10 MO INF,
144 IL INF		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Kirk, William October 6, 1887 546 G,A 10 MO INF,
144 IL INF		 Above
Knabner, Anton November 12, 1902 6141 B 17 MO INF 1, 2
Lair, James M. April 24, 1903 6297 A 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Lee, George August 12, 1905 7188 A 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-a, 5-b
Lott, George May 24, 1887 308 E 144 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Mabury, Huston February 26, 1899 4764 K 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Mangan, Patrick June 1, 1898 4379 C 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Martin, George October 29, 1907 7918 E 29 USC INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
McCarty, Jerry August 10, 1889 1274 F 58 IL INF 1, 2, 3
McCarthy, John October 1, 1910 9233 B 31 IL INF 1, 2, 3
McCauley, John August 6, 1891 1975 K 80 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
McCoy, James December 24, 1891 2127 F 7 KS CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
McCully, Thomas April 13, 1898
February 14, 1903		 4315 C 5 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-a, 9-b
McGovern, Mary E. October 25, 1910 384     with William
McGovern, William H. October 25, 1910 9283 G 150 IL INF 1-a, 1-b, 2-a, 2-b, 3, 4
McIntyre, William December 30, 1910 9364 G 3 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-a, 7-b
McKinney, Richard D. May 31, 1906 7472 I 48 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-a, 7-b, 8
McTigue, William September 30, 1891 2025 I,F 1 MO INF,
13 MO CAV		 1, 2
Morey, Moses October 3, 1907 7883 G 13 NJ INF 1, 2, 3, 4-a, 4-b
Morris, William March 5, 1901 5489 B 143 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Mullen, Lucinda September 2, 1913 578     with William
Mullen, William H. September 2, 1913 10075 F 32 IL INF 1-a, 1-b, 2, 3-a, 3-b
Murphy, William September 26, 1913 10111 F 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Nelson, Benjamin F. September 17, 1906 7573 H 33 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Nofsinger, Elijah July 23, 1913 10043 G 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4-a, 4-b
Norris, John J. December 1, 1898 4653 D 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Owens, Philip March 12, 1898 4287 B,D 1 MO INF 1, 2, 3
Painter, Sarah E. August 27, 1908 54     included with Uriah
Painter, Uriah August 27, 1908 8255 C 15 IL CAV 1-a, 1-b. 2-a, 2-b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Parrish, Oliver H. November 4, 1910 9300 H 30 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4-a, 4-b
Patterson, George W. September 9, 1902 6057 G 62 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Patterson, John G. May 11, 1912 9791 I 152 IL INF 1-a, 1-b, 2-a, 2-b, 3
Patterson, Lydia E. May 11, 1912 501     with John G.
Patterson, William December 18, 1898 4695 A 97 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Peters, Nicholas September 10, 1907 7863 G 6 MO CAV,
14 MO CAV		 1, 2, 3
Pruitt, Smith M. July 22, 1911 9524 K 7 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Pulliam, George W. July 25, 1899 4908 A 48 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Reinack, Charles October 5, 1889 1331 F 6 MO INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Riley, John August 6, 1909 8681 C 14 IL INF 1, 2
Roberts, Thomas November 4, 1896
January 28, 1900		 3751 E 32 IL INF,
101 IL INF		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Robertson, Donald February 23, 1888 690 B 12 IL CAV 1, 2, 3
Rogers, Isaac J. November 24, 1910 9326 H 145 IN INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Rogge, Frederick September 19, 1910 9211 E 38 OH INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Rott, Charles May 28, 1902 5949 C 5 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-a, 7-b, 8, 9
Russell, Franklin July 19, 1900 5279 A 70 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Schlegel, Charles September 8, 1908 8291 K 172 PA INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-a, 7-b
Schmidt (Smith), Charles April 4, 1890 1527 C 1 MO CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Schneider, Peter August 24, 1893 2626 F 27 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Seiler, Casper October 14, 1903 6496 G 82 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Shaw, James W. August 9, 1903 6413 D 30 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Shone, Anton July 21, 1902 5990 K 50 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Simmermaker, Leonard June 20, 1911 9493 G 133 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-a, 9-b, 10
Simmermaker, Phillip August 8, 1906 7532 C 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Simons, Daniel A. June 14, 1894 2807 F,B 12 IL CAV,
61 IL INF		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-a, 8-b
Skeens, William April 18, 1897 3991 B 8 KY CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-a, 6-b
Slagle, Ransom September 27, 1910 9228 H 129 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Smith, Benjamin May 7, 1897 3342   3 MO CAV 1, 2, 3, 4
Smith, Jesse H. June 16, 1904 6749 B 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3
Smith, Samuel April 16, 1912 9768 F 7 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Smith, Thomas & wife
Smith, Margaret		 May 12, 1907
January 16, 1909		 7766
161		 A 32 IL INF 1-a, 1-b, 2-a, 2-b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-a, 8-b
Stewart, Edward B. June 24, 1916 10908 A 41 IA INF 1, 2
Stilwell, Jesse February 19, 1912 9748 K 1 NM INF 1, 2, 3, 4
Stokes, John G. April 30, 1901 5528 C 70 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-a, 5-b
Strayer, James H. January 15, 1908 8011 K 7 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sullivan, Andrew August 5, 1896 3608 B 10 IN INF 1, 2, 3
Taylor, John W. October 13, 1904 6888 C 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Taylor, Martin July 20, 1916 10930 A 3 USC H
ART		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Tollman, Lewis A. January 12, 1909 8481 C 97 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Van Court, Elias February 6, 1898 4232 E 10 IL CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Voyles, Margaret May 9, 1916 864     included with Richard
Voyles, Richard November 5, 1915 10761 I 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Webb, Thomas S. September 5, 1900 5333 A 6 KY CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Weber, Benedict July 19, 1898 4458 D 9 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Weed, John September 27, 1910 9224 F 133 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Weiss, H. M. F. November 19, 1911 9692 F 27 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-a, 10-b
White, Charles E. January 3, 1893 2440 G 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3-a, 3-b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Wilkins, Frederick September 20, 1915 10699 C 32 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Williams, Elisha S. November 26, 1902 6167 B 1 MO CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Williams, Jackson C. December 19, 1901 5824 I 2 KS INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Wooley, James January 30, 1901 5464 F 126 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Young, Howard L. August 2, 1896 3601 F,G 133 IL INF,
150 IL INF		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-a, 7-b, 8, 9, 10, 11
Young, Robert J. August 3, 1893
May 9, 1900		 2606 L,E 1 CO CAV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Young, William A. August 22, 1913 10065 D 122 IL INF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9






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