Chapter 135. Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war
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CHAP. 135.— An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war. July 1, 1914.[[H. R. 12045](/us/bill/63/hr/12045).][[Private, No. 50](/us/pvtl/63/50).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pensions. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws— Pensions increased.Clara P.
Schnader.The name of Clara P. Schnader, widow of Edward D. Schnader, late of Company C, Seventy-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu *Provisos.*Increase to cease on death of child.of that she is now receiving: *Provided*, That in the event of the death of Pearl Schnader, helpless and dependent child of said Edward D. Schnader, the additional pension herein granted shall cease and Pension to child on death of mother.determine: *And provided further*, That in the event of the death of Clara P.
Schnader the name of the said Pearl Schnader shall be placed on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of $12 per month from and after the date of death of said Clara P. Schnader. Ryerson J. Parkhurst.The name of Ryerson J. Parkhurst, late of Company D, First Battalion, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. James W. Howell.The name of James W.
Howell, late of Company A, First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1297 The name of Nelson J. Weller, late of Company 1, Fifty-third Regiment Nelson J. Weller.Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Mary E. Hollister, widow of Orrin H. Hollister, late of Mary E. Hollister.Company I, Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
The name of Norman A. Myers, late of Company D, Ono hundred and thirtieth Norman A. Myers.Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Charles Fahnestock, late of Company A, One hundred and fifty-first Charles Fahnestock.Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that ho is now receiving. The name of Winfield S. Sargent, late of Company C, First Regiment Winfield S.
SargentMinnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Orin J. Moon, late of Company H, One hundred and eighty-ninth Orin J. Moon.Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William H. Leavitt, late of Company I, Twelfth Regiment William H. LeavittWisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Conrad Stephan, late of Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Conrad Stephan.Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Homer C. Brown, late of Company I, Ninety-eighth Regiment Ohio Homer C. Brown.Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Mary Quinlan, widow of Thomas T. Quinlan, late of Company B, Mary Quinlan.*Post*, p. 1409.One hundred and fifty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
The name of Clayton Bargar, late of Company F, Ninety-eighth Clayton Bargar.Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John J. Haley, late civilian pilot, Mississippi River, Pension.John J. Haley.and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month. The name of James Bowman, late of Company F, One hundred and Twenty-ninth Pensions increased.James Bowman.Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Ambrose A. Stevens, late colonel Twenty-first Regiment Ambrose A. Stevens.Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John W. Jenkins, late of Company F, Eighteenth Regiment John W. Jenkins.Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that ho is now receiving. The name of Sarah A. King, former widow of Elisha C. Pace, late of Sarah A. King.Company A, Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
The name of Christopher C. Stevenson, late of Company D, Seventh Christopher C. Stevenson.Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Elizabeth Dorman, widow of Louis Dorman, late of BatteryElizabeth Dorman. F, First Regiment Missouri Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. 1298 Mary A. Hillyer.The name of Mary A.
Hillyer, widow of Philetus B. Hillyer, late of Trumbull’s Guards, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Jacob Kohl.The name of Jacob Kohl, late of Company I, Twenty-seventh Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pension.Eliza A. Browning.The name of Eliza A. Browning, former widow of James S. Johnston, late of Company D, Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
Pensions increased.William Birmingham.The name of William Birmingham, late of Company H, First Regiment Michigan Volunteer Engineers and Mechanics, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William M. McIntosh.The name of William M. McIntosh, late of Company C, Two hundred and eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Eliza A. Stevenson.The name of Eliza A.
Stevenson, widow of David K. Stevenson, late of Company E, One hundred and fifty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. William G. Mitzel.The name of William G. Mitzel, late of Company A, Twenty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William C. Fisher.The name of William C. Fisher, late sergeant major, Eightieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Anne Darcy.The name of Anne Darcy, widow of Michael Darcy, late of Company D, Ninetieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Lyndon Y. Jenness.The name of Lyndon Y. Jenness, late of Company F, Thirty-second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Louis Krott.The name of Louis Krott, late of Company K, Tenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Mortimore Nichols.The name of Mortimore Nichols, late of Company G, One hundred and seventieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Michael I. Gillin.The name of Michael I. Gillin, late of Company D, First Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pension.George Brooks.The name of George Brooks, helpless and dependent child of Bartley A.
Brooks, late of Company G, Eighty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Pensions increased.William Henslick.The name of William Henslick, late of Company G, Forty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. James H. Davidson.The name of James H. Davidson, late colonel One hundred and twenty-second Regiment United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that ho is now receiving.
Johan Knussman.The name of Johan Knussman, late of Company K, One hundred and thirty-eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pension.Alice Terry.The name of Alice Terry, former widow of William Hawk, late of Company G, One hundred and eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. 1299 The name of Daniel W. Clough, late of Company H, Twenty-seventh Pensions increased.Daniel W.
Clough.Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Joseph A. Mayes, late of Company I, First Regiment Joseph A. Mayes.Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Phebe Ann Bissett, widow of Madison Bissett, late of Phebe Ann Bissett.Company K, One hundred and thirteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
The name of Sarah A. Seads, widow of Jacob M. Seads, late of Company Sarah A. Seads.K, Eighty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of John A. Sapp, late of Companies I and C, Second Regiment John A. Sapp.Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Freiderike Kremser, widow of Joseph Kremser, late of Freiderike Kremser.Company A, Twelfth Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
The name of James W. Alton, late of Company G, Sixty-fourth Regiment James W. Alton.New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Mary A. Stitzel, widow of Richard Stitzel, late of Mary A. Stitzel.Company E, Thirty-second Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving: *Provided*, That in the event of the death of *Provisos.*Increase to cease on death of child.Hannah F.
Stitzel, helpless and dependent child of said Richard Stitzel, the additional pension herein granted shall cease and determine: *And provided further*, That in the event of the death of Mary Pension to child on death of mother.A. Stitzel, the name of said Hannah F. Stitzel shall be placed on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of $12 per month from and after the date of death of said Mary A. Stitzel. The name of Benjamin F.
Krops, late of Company F, First Regiment Benjamin F. Kreps. Potomac Home Brigade Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Juliet Burt Norton, widow of Oliver D. Norton, late Pension.Juliet Burt Norton.acting assistant surgeon United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month. The name of Asa Wilson, late of Company B, Thirty-third Regiment Pensions increased.Asa Wilson.Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of John Connor, late of Company H, Eighty-secondJohn Connor. Regiment Now York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Anna M. Hathaway, widow of Charles W. Hathaway, Anna M. Hathaway.late of Company A, Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Leroy B. Linzy, late of Company F, Fourth Regiment Leroy B.
Linzy.Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Edwin W. Burrage, late of Eleventh Battery, New YorkEdwin W. Burrage. Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Llewellyn Brensinger, late of Company K, One hundred Llewellyn Brensinger.and fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that ho is now receiving. 1300 William L.
Lacewell.The name of William L. Lacewell, late of Company A, Seventh Regiment Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Alexander W. Wells.The name of Alexander W. Wells, late of Twelfth Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Henry Sickels.The name of Henry Sickels, late of Company B, Seventh Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
L. Maggie Morris.The name of L. Maggie Morris, widow of James S. Morris, late of Company M, Ninth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Pension.Melissa M. Drake.The name of Melissa M. Drake, widow of Stephen S. Drake, late of Company H, Second Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Pensions increased.Fredrick Brunick.The name of Fredrick Brunick, late of Companies C and G, Second Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
William Stalker.The name of William Stalker, late of Company D, First Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Ann M. Austin.The name of Ann M. Austin, widow of Eli Austin, late of Company H, Third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Susie B. Kellogg.The name of Susie B. Kellogg, widow of Charles R.
Kellogg, late of Company H, Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Jason L. Pettit.The name of Jason L. Pettit, late of Company C, Second Regiment New York Mounted Rifles, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pensions.Simeon E. Smith.The name of Simeon E. Smith, helpless and dependent child of Morgan M. Smith, late of Company E, Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
Wiley Causey.The name of Wiley Causey, helpless and dependent child of Ajax Causey, late of Company K, Eighteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Pensions increased.Deborah A. Thompson.The name of Deborah A. Thompson, former widow of William H. Skidmore, late of Company D, One hundred and twenty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
Margaret Kelley.The name of Margaret Kelley, widow of Patrick Kelley, late of Company E, Thirty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Henry O. Hayes.The name of Henry O. Hayes, late of Company G, Second Regiment New York Provisional Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pensions.Ellen A. Chappell.The name of Ellen A. Chappell, widow of John C.
Chappell, late of Company I, One hundred and eighty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Phoebe Jane Cosgriff.The name of Phoebe Jane Cosgriff, former widow of James Cosgriff, late of Company B, Thirty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Pensions increased.Joseph Scattergood.The name of Joseph Scattergood, late of Company I, One hundred and thirty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1301 The name of William Burns, late of Company G, Fifth Regiment William Bums.Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Hannah E. Boblett, widow of Leander E. Boblett, late Hannah E. Boblett.of Company H, Thirty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Elvira M. Anderson, widow of William B. Anderson, Elvira M. Anderson.late colonel Sixtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Albert Kampman, late of Company C, Forty-sixth Albert Kampman.Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Marianne F. Morse, widow of Asa Morse, late of Marianne F. Morse.Company B, One hundred and seventy-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving: *Provided*, That in the event *Provisos.*Increase to cease on death of child.of the death of Alice G. Morse, helpless and dependent child of said Asa Morse, the additional pension herein granted shall cease and determine: *And provided further*, That in the event of the death of Pension to child on death of mother.Marianne F.
Morse the name of the said Alice G. Morse shall be placed on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of $12 per month, from and after the date of death of said Marianne F. Morse. The name of David Taylor, late of Company B, Fourteenth Regiment David Taylor.*Post*, p. 1466.Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Mary A. Slack, widow of Magnus D.
Slack, late of Mary A. Slack.Company K, Thirteenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Barbara E. Thomas, former widow of Francis A. Ivey, Pension.Barbara E. Thomas.late of Company A, Second Regiment Florida Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Horace Dean, late of Company D, Thirty-fifth Regiment Pensions increased.Horace Dean.Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of James Mecham, late of Company G, Thirty-sixth Regiment James Mecham.Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Thaddeus W. Bradley, late of Company A, One hundred Thaddeus W. Bradley.and forty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William Cassidy, late of Company I, Sixth RegimentWilliam Cassidy.
United States Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Frank Fuquay, late of Company G, Seventeenth Frank Fuquay.Regiment United States Colored Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Thomas Clarke, late of Company G, First Regiment Thomas Clarke.New York Volunteer Engineers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of John Q. Adams, late of Company K, Eleventh John Q. Adams.Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William Golke, late of Company D, First Regiment William Golke.Wisconsin Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1302 George W. Rudy.The name of George W. Rudy, late of Company H, Eleventh Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Phineas Barnum.The name of Phineas Barnum, late of Company A, Eleventh Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Theodore Frazer.The name of Theodore Frazer, late of Company F, One hundred and twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Levi W. Moore.The name of Levi W. Moore, late of Battery A, West Virginia Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of 830 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Stephen S. Kelley.The name of Stephen S. Kelley, late of Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pension.Nancy E. Lamb.The name of Nancy E. Lamb, former widow of Ebenezer Powell, late of Company C, Twentieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month. Pensions Increased. Addison Beach.The name of Addison Beach, late of Company A, Thirty-second Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that ne is now receiving.
Charles W. Lathrop.The name of Charles W. Lathrop, late of Company F, Fifty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William H. Edwards.The name of William H. Edwards, late bugler, Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Mary A. Austin.The name of Mary A. Austin, widow of Eli Austin, late of Company H, One hundred arid first Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is *Proviso.*Increase to cease on death of child.now receiving: *Provided*, That in the event of the death of Carl L.
Austin, helpless and dependent child of said Eli Austin, the additional pension herein granted shall cease and determine. Approved, July 1, 1914.