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Pension of Henry M.
Brown
Donated by Neva Mohle
Name: BROWN,
Henry M.
Place of Birth/Date: DeSoto, IL;
1843
Place of Death/Date: DeSoto, IL; 25
March 1894
Regiment/Rank:. Co. G, 9th
Regiment, IL Infantry; Sgt.
Co. A, for July -
August
Battles Fought: Corinth and Mud Creek
Mississippi.
Personal Description: 5ft
8in tall; dark complexion, black hair and
eyes
Date of Enlistment: 17 July,
1861
Discharge: 11 Oct. 1864, with
promotion to 1st Sgt. He was wounded by gunshot
wound in left leg, just above the knee; rec'd at
Corinth, Mississippi, Oct 3, 1862. Also wounded
in left shoulder at Mud Creek, Mississippi, 20
June 1863.
Place of Residence: near
Carbondale, Jackson County, IL.
Wife's
name, marriage date: (1) Belinda Bridges,
Jackson County IL; divorced 1888 "Spring term of
the Court" in Jackson County, IL.
(2) Ceila
Jane Brown Lancaster; married in 1 Sept 1889,
Stoddard County, Missouri.
Dependent
children: Abraham J. Brown born Oct 24 1869;
Charles E. Brown January 4,1880
Witnesses
who filed on behalf of veteran: Nathaniel G.
Brown, James M. Brown,
Thomas N. Young, James
Thompson
Date pension filed: 20 April
1870. Pension # 157262
Date Invalid pension
filed: 8 August 1904; Qulin, Butler County,
Missouri
Date pension granted/amt. per
month: $12.00
Date pension ended: Invalid
Certificate Number 171187, dropped: Death 1 Mar
1907.
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