Cherokee County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
Contributed by Carolyn Ward, October, 1997
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Certificate#   Name of Pensioner        P.O. Address   Cause for which pensioned                   Monthly Rate  Date of original allowance
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200,330        Fribley, James J.        Baxter Spring  g.s.w.rt. shoulder                                $11.25    Jan., 1882
171,324        Braden, George T.        Baxter Spring  asthma and results                                $4.00     July, 1880
22,851         Patterson, John          Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. rt. arm                                 $8.00     Jan., 1864
               Winters, Solomon L.      Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. left thigh                              $4.00     Oct., 1879
134,020        Riley, Wilson B.         Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. left cheek                              $2.00     June, 1875
152,611        Pancake, Geo. H.         Baxter Spring  loss of sight rt. eye                             $4.00     Apr., 1878
143,412        Waller, Wm. B.           Baxter Spring  chr. diarrhea                                     $8.00               
168,808        Rowley, James B.         Baxter Spring  chr. rheumatism                                   $4.00     May, 1880
181,389        Williams, Enoch M.       Baxter Spring  dis. of abdominal viscera                         $4.00     Jan., 1881
204,070        Vanfossen, Luther C.     Baxter Spring  dyspepsia                                         $4.00     Mar., 1882
130,071        Tindall, Alexander C.    Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. and loss of rt. hand, except thumb      $18.00    Sept., 187
167,503        Shillinglaw, Thomas      Baxter Spring  partial deafness                                  $4.00     May, 1880
26,101         Smith, Thomas W.         Baxter Spring  epilepsy, result of  sunstroke                    $8.00     Mar., 1864
2,169          Austin, Horace           Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. of left side                            $12.00              
187,946        Hyland, Anna M.          Baxter Spring  widow                                             $8.00     Apr., 1880
48,038         Beck, Louis              Baxter Spring  amp. rt. arm above elbow                          $24.00              
115,974        King, Betsey             Baxter Spring  dep. mother                                       $8.00     July, 1868
179,011        Cooley, Wm. J.           Baxter Spring  chr. rheumatism and loss of sight rt. eye         $8.00     Nov., 1880
211,865        Dyer, George R.          Baxter Spring  disease of lungs                                  $5.00               
86,875         Spybuck, Eliza A.        Baxter Spring  widow                                             $8.00     June, 1882
75,425         Smith, Mira              Baxter Spring  widow                                             $8.00     Nov., 1866
189,054        Tutton, Clarissa B.      Baxter Spring  widow                                             $17.00    July, 1880
140,111        Labedie, Peter           Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. rt. leg                                 $5.00     Aug., 1876
134,490        McCarthy, Dennis         Baxter Spring  dis. of abd. vis. & chr. diarr.                   $8.00     July, 1875
87,950         Dwight, Pierce           Baxter Spring  loss of index finger rt. hand                     $3.00               
23,283         Nash, Judah              Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. rt. forearm                             $10.00              
57,777         Pinnick, Wm. D.          Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. rt. arm                                 $18.00              
25,008         Harris, Leander W.       Baxter Spring  wd. left arm and rt. thigh                        $12.00              
45,317         Black, Wm. C.            Baxter Spring  wd. of rt. arm and hand                           $12.00              
42,977         Cooper, Isaiah           Baxter Spring  loss of arm above elbow                           $24.00              
164,649        Harris, Daniel W.        Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. left leg                                $2.00     Feb., 1880
186,892        Losey, Thomas J.         Baxter Spring  g. s. wd. left hand and arm                       $4.00     Apr., 1881
203,152        Johnson, Chas. L.        Baxter Spring  chr. diarrhea                                     $4.00     Feb., 1882
148,288        Harsilden, Samuel        Baxter Spring  minors (gdn)                                      $10.00    June, 1873
22,206         Smith, Robert C.         Baxter Spring  injury to abdomen                                 $4.00               
59,740         Baker, Miles M.          Baxter Spring  w. of face                                        $18.00              
2,117          Connelly, Mary           Baxter Spring  widow                                             $8.00               
58,746         Dunham, John W.          Columbus       wd. rt. hand                                      $12.00              
133,976        Hunt, Lester             Columbus       father                                            $8.00     Sept., 186
101,873        Ratcliff, Thomas A.      Columbus       g. s. wd. l. shoulder and sprain both feet        $8.00               
206,407        Lewis, John D.           Columbus       partial loss sight rt. eye                        $4.25     Apr., 1882
119,196        McKinsey, Samuel         Columbus       g. s. wd. l. arm                                  $10.00              
118,495        Miller, Edwin            Columbus       wd. rt. side head                                 $4.00               
194,272        Pettit, Elizabeth        Columbus       widow                                             $8.00     Jan., 1882
136,791        Ludlow, John S.          Columbus       g. s. wd. rt. thigh                               $6.00     Nov., 1875
31,351         Bell, Robt.              Columbus       wd. left hip and thigh                            $6.00               
137,792        Mishler, Jacob           Columbus       dis. of eyes                                      $18.00              
58,324         Elliott, Wm. E.          Columbus       wd. left leg                                      $8.00               
75,610         Cook, Samuel R.          Columbus       heart disease                                     $12.00              
53,103         Walbert, Jonathan        Columbus       amp. rt. leg                                      $18.00              
150,880        Smith, John H.           Columbus       g. s. w. r. thumb and l. great toe                $9.25     Jan., 1878
140,110        Vaughan, Job             Columbus       fracture rt. leg                                  $6.00               
116,204        Taylor, Lemuel D.        Columbus       g. s. w. left lung                                $6.00     Apr., 1872
204,060        Smith, Sidney S.         Columbus       dis. of abdominal viscera                         $8.50     Mar., 1882
58,594         Bell, John M.            Columbus       g. s. w. l. hand                                  $6.00     Feb., 1866
145,457        Burrows, Geo. R.         Columbus       loss part l. index finger                         $2.00     May, 1877
147,021        Parkhurst, Calvin W.     Columbus       g. s. w. left thigh                               $4.00               
172,079        Anderson, Rufus H.       Columbus       chr. diarr. & dis. of abd. vis.                   $4.00     Aug., 1880
24,378         Apple, Moses W.          Columbus       g. s. w. rt. hand and arm                         $6.00               
206,709        Roy, Leonard N.          Columbus       g. s. w. rt. forearm                              $2.00     Apr., 1882
195,280        Smith, Ephraim H.        Columbus       injury to abdomen                                 $6.00     Sept., 188
192,301        Craig, Samuel            Columbus       dis. of eyes                                      $8.00     July, 1881
199,927        Jones, James B.          Columbus       injury to abdomen                                 $4.00     Dec., 1881
81,121         Scovell, Hannibal        Columbus       wd. through left thigh                            $8.00               
126,135        Lees, William            Columbus       injury to abdomen                                 $6.00               
123,699        Wilson, Thomas J.        Columbus       dis. of eyes                                      $6.00               
76,502         McDowell, Samuel O.      Columbus       loss l. arm above elbow                           $24.00              
211,785        McCamly, Chauncy         Columbus       g. s. w. little finger l. hand and resulting      $2.00     June, 1882
                                                       anchylosis
40,705         Muliken, Leander         Columbus       chr. rheumatism                                   $8.00               
152,140        Moore, James             Columbus       dis. of abdominal viscera                         $6.00     Apr., 1878
6,450          Pitzer, James F.         Columbus       almost total blind's                              $5.33 1/3 Feb., 1851
68,558         Perkins, Elisha          Columbus       effects of g. s. w. in face                       $8.00               
135,274        Nichols, Charles D.      Columbus       injury to abdomen                                 $6.00     Aug., 1875
31,286         Gary, Silas C.           Columbus       g. s. w. rt. forearm                              $6.00               
188,595        Goldsberry, Geo.         Columbus       chr. diarr. and dyspepsia                         $8.00     May, 1881
155,221        Gates, Jacob             Columbus       injury to abdomen                                 $12.00              
58,673         Henderson, John H.       Columbus       g. s. w. left thigh                               $8.00     Feb., 1866
215,284        Basey, William A.        Columbus       bronchitis                                        $4.00     July, 1882
65,708         Clark, David L.          Columbus       wd. rt. side                                      $8.00               
21,051         Craig, William           Columbus       wd. rt. arm                                       $4.00               
180,307        McDonald, Lucy Ann       Crestline      widow                                             $12.00    Mar., 1878
133,606        Ridenour, Edward H.      Crestline      rheumatism                                        $10.00              
130,757        Basey, John M.           Crestline      g. s. w. left ankle                               $6.00     Nov., 1874
22,816         McDowell, James          Crestline      surv. 1812                                        $8.00     July, 1878
196,319        Childress, Lewis         Empire City    disease of eyes                                   $8.00     Oct., 1881
99,206         Gruhn, John              Empire City    atrophy of muscular system from dis.              $50.00              
61,671         Adam, Jesse              Empire City    g. s. w. head and loss of l. eye                  $8.00               
31,675         Atkins, Robert           Galena         loss left eye                                     $4.00               
49,011         Greathouse, Enoch        Galena         wd. in face                                       $18.00              
166,221        Pickett, James M.        Galena         dis. of lungs                                     $8.00     Mar., 1880
19,940         Lewis, Robert            Galena         amp. left arm                                     $24.00              
               Swift, Adrian C.         Galena         g. s. ws. neck, rt. shoulder, and rt. hip         $8.00               
               Haskin, James J.         Galena         g. s. w. rt. thigh                                $4.00               
60,069         Whitehead, Elizab'h A.   Galena         widow                                             $8.00     Oct., 1867
165,999        Davidson, Albert         Galena         wd. head and l. thigh                             $4.00     Mar., 1880
88,072         Burlison, Aaron          Galena         wd. 2nd finger l. hand                            $2.00               
4,753          Hoge, Marion D.          Galena         wd. rt. thigh                                     $2.00               
26,308         Eales, Sarah             Galena         widow 1812                                        $8.00     Aug., 1879
191,539        Clause, Josiah           Galena         g. s. w. of head                                  $2.00     June, 1881
199,620        Chew, Lemuel a.          Galena         epilepsy, result of sunstroke                     $8.00     Dec., 1881
197,589        Rakestraw, Wm. C         Galena         g. s. w. rt. shoulder and left side of head.      $2.00     Nov., 1881
128,536        Sweeney, James           Galena         g. s. w. rt. knee, causing anchylosis             $6.00     June, 1874
48,085         Watson, Charles          Galena         loss rt. leg                                      $18.00              
212,537        Bradford, John M.        Galena         injury to abdomen                                 $4.00     June, 1882
48,591         Blunk, Amos J.           Galena         g. s.  wd. rt. leg                                $4.00               
18,688         Ledington, George M.     Galena         chr. diarrhea                                     $4.00     Oct., 1863
216,991        Sirpless, Henry          Galena         dis. of abdominal viscera                         $4.00     Aug., 1882
133,096        Fritts, Peter M.         Galena         g. s. w. left thigh                               $4.00     Apr., 1875
182,755        Wilder, Margaret E.      Galena         widow                                             $14.00    Dec., 1878
56,712         Weidman, Jane            Galena         widow                                             $8.00               
223,345        Mefford, David           Galena         chr. diarr. and dis. of eyes                      $6.25     Dec., 1882
136,828        Mason,Daniel M.          Galena         lung disease                                      $8.00               
197,846        Mossman, David B.        Galena         dis. of eyes                                      $2.00     Nov., 1881
195,300        Nixon, Albert W.         Galena         chr. diarrhea                                     $4.00     Sept., 188
171,888        Guthrie, Sam'l           Galena         loss of sight rt. and dis. of l. eye              $8.00               
54,323         Hubbard, James A.        Galena         g. s. w. head and rheumatism                      $10.00    Dec., 1865
196,978        Cooper, Wm. H.           Galena         dis. of lungs and chr. diar.                      $4.00     Oct., 1881
202,106        Hight, George W.         Galena         g. s. w. rt. chest                                $2.00     Jan., 1882
216,116        Cornman, David           Galena         g. s. w. of left tibia                            $4.00     Aug., 1882
97,498         Camp, Daniel             Galena         g. s. w. of left leg                              $8.00               
39,019         Callender, Nancy J.      Galena         widow                                             $8.00     Mar., 1868
151,066        Wiley, David A.          Galena         w. r. breast & left index fing.                   $4.00     Feb., 1878
103,479        Achor, Duncan            Hallowell      g. s. w. rt. shoulder                             $6.00               
58,339         Hollingsworth, Jno. W.   Hallowell      wd. left arm                                      $6.00               
154,453        Walker, Wm. H., No. 2    Hallowell      chr. diarrh.                                      $4.00               
69,945         Richardson, George S.    Hallowell      wd. rt. shoulder                                  $12.00              
38,821         Hannah, Joseph C.        Hallowell      wd. left shoulder                                 $8.00               
57,366         Allen, Lucinda           Hallowell      widow                                             $8.00               
154,969        Forkner, Jesse           Hallowell      chr. diarrh. & dis. of abd. vis.                  $8.00               
16,957         McCurdy, John            Hallowell      chr. diarrh. & dis. of abd. vis.                  $8.00               
214,489        Reeser, Daniel           Hallowell      dis. of heart                                     $8.00     June, 1882
130,220        Ollinger, Sam'l H.       Hallowell      injury to abdomen                                 $2.00     Sept., 187
183,346        Jones, Ann               Hallowell      mother                                            $8.00     Mar., 1879
126,284        Will, Harmon D.          Keelville      wd. of l. hip                                     $8.00               
217,448        Miles, Wm. J.            Keelville      injury to abdomen                                 $2.00     Aug., 1882
167,490        Brooks, Wm. E.           Keelville      varicose veins rt. leg                            $6.00     May, 1880
               Hitchcock, Harvey R.     Lowell         total deafs. l. ear & partl. rt. ear.             $4.00     June, 1882
130,199        Waymire, Nathaniel       Melrose        inj. rt. shoul. & g. s. w. rt. side               $12.00              
208,029        Bull, George M.          Melrose        injury to abdomen                                 $8.00     May, 1882
177,414        Kettlewell, Wm.          Melrose        chr. diarrh. and res. debility                    $8.00     Oct., 1880
165,045        Staudley, Nancy          Pleasant View  mother                                            $8.00     May, 1874
188,710        Harvey, Cyrus W.         Quakervale     g. s. w. l. leg                                   $2.00     May, 1881
192,236        Morgan, Enos             Quakervale     g. s. w. l. thigh                                 $2.00               
216,327        Samms, Warren            Scammonville   chr. diarrh.                                      $2.00     Aug., 1882
27,028         Lowman, George W.        Scammonville   loss rt. arm aboave elbow                         $24.00              
141,686        Brooks, Floyd W.         Sherman City   loss rt. thumb from g. s. w.                      $4.00     Oct., 1876
101,166        Clingler, Milton B.      Sherman City   g. s. w. l. hand                                  $4.00               
27,769         Dall, Noah               Star Valley    bronchitis, diarrh., and resulting dis. of abd. vi$8.00               
33,871         Heape, Thomas            Star Valley    g. s. w. rt. arm                                  $12.00              
220,785        Loyd, Eli                Star Valley    g. s. wds. l. index finger and l. breast.         $2.00     Nov., 1882
43,908         Hill, Matilda M.         Stilson        widow                                             $8.00     Mar., 1865
194,482        Greenberry, King         Tehama         varicose veins l. leg                             $8.00               
194,829        Nash, Wm. A.             Weir           dis. of lungs                                     $6.00               
143,127        Albro, Ruel C.           Weir           g. s. w. left shoulder                            $6.00     June, 1877
97,117         Davis, Hiram A.          Weir           g. s. wd. rt. hand                                $2.00     Apr., 1869
45,162         Newton, Catherine E.     Weir           widow                                             $8.00               
93,183         Liff, Wilson             Weir           wd. rt. side of neck                              $12.00              
88,852         Mitchell, David          Weir           wd. l. foot                                       $4.00               
187,471        Short, Sarah C.          Weir           widow                                             $12.00    Mar., 1880
207,619        Gillenwaters, Lewis      Weir           partl. loss of l. index finger from g. s. w.      $2.00     Apr., 1882
25,599         Hagg, Benj. F.           Weir           amp. rt. hand                                     $18.00              

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