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Soldiers and Sailors Home Residents 1887-1916 |
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This database indexes the names of
male residents of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home admitted
from its opening in 1887 through September 1916. Female residents are
also included from their first admissions in 1908 through September
1916. The 1st -16th Biennial Reports of the Illinois Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home are the sources of the names included in the database.
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.
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| Name | Date Admitted | Number | Company | Unit | Note |
| ALLEN, JOHN | MAY 13, 1907 | 7767 | I | 115 IL INF | |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM L | JULY 12, 1911 | 9507 | C | 3 MO CAV | |
| ASHCRAFT, RICHARD | JUNE 12, 1902 | 5955 | A | 10 MO INF | |
| BAKER, JOHN | APRIL 1, 1887 | 114 | F | 1 NY MARINE ART | |
| BARNABY, JOSEPH R | FEBRUARY 10, 1902 | 2095 | H, E | 2 IL CAV | |
| BARNABY, JOSEPH R | NOVEMBER 30, 1891 | 2096 | H, E | 2 IL CAV | |
| BARNES, ELI E | AUGUST 18, 1903 | 6429 | B | 132 IL INF | |
| BARNES, WILBUR A | MAY 14, 1908 | 8128 | G | 16 IL INF | |
| BLACK, JOHN JR | JUNE 29, 1888 | 853 | E | 1 IL INF, MEX WAR |
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| BROCKWAY, JOSEPH | DECEMBER 13, 1888 | 1057 | E | 37 IA INF | |
| BURNHAM, ROBERT | NOVEMBER 29, 1899 | 5091 | K | 137 IL INF | |
| BURTON, JAMES E | APRIL 8, 1915 | 10580 | H | 34 IL INF | |
| CLARK, JAMES T | OCTOBER 25, 1901 | 1491 | A | 78 IL INF | |
| CLARK, JAMES T | APRIL 15, 1897 | 1491 | A, H | 78 IL INF, 34 IL INF | |
| CLARK, JAMES T | FEBRUARY 18, 1890 | 1491 | A, H | 78 IL INF, 34 IL INF | |
| CLARK, JAMES T | JANUARY 13, 1903 | 1491 | A | 78 IL INF | |
| CLARK, JEREMIAH | OCTOBER 24, 1910 | 9280 | H | 50 IL INF | |
| COLSEN, SAMUEL | AUGUST 17, 1887 | 463 | B | 20 IA INF | |
| COLT, PETER H K | MAY 10, 1901 | 5539 | G | 73 IL INF | |
| CORBRIDGE, THOMAS | MAY 31, 1887 | 320 | | IL INF | |
| DAY, GEORGE W | JULY 9, 1888 | 858 | A | 14 IL INF | |
| DAY, GEORGE W | APRIL 21, 1897 | 858 | A | 14 IL INF | |
| DENNIS, JOSEPHINE | JULY 24, 1912 | 510 | |
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| DENNIS, WILLIAM | SEPTEMBER 4, 1909 | 8725 | A | 10 MO INF | |
| DIXON, FRANCIS M | AUGUST 22, 1887 | 473 | H | 50 IL INF | |
| DUNN, DANIEL | FEBRUARY 15, 1909 | 8509 | K | 151 IL INF | |
| ERVIN, GEORGE H | FEBRUARY 8, 1907 | 7708 | F | 119 IL INF | |
| EWING, SAMUEL B | FEBRUARY 7, 1903 | 6237 | I | 9 PA INF | |
| FRANCIS, GEORGE H | JUNE 24, 1907 | 7794 | K | 3 MO CAV | |
| HALE, FRANCISP AM | NOVEMBER 8, 1909 | 8855 | H | 20 IL INF | |
| HALEY, JAMES B | NOVEMBER 4, 1908 | 8381 | F | 119 IL INF | |
| HALEY, LOUISA | FEBRUARY 24, 1909 | 170 |
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| HAMILTON, FRANK H | MAY 11, 1903 | 6320 | A | 26 ME INF | |
| HANNON, WILLIAM | APRIL 16, 1888 | 750 | B | 135 OH INF | |
| HERRICK, JAMES | NOVEMBER 23, 1900 | 830 | E | 3 NY INF | |
| HERRICK, JAMES | JUNE 12, 1888 | 830 | E | 3 NY INF | |
| HERRICK, JAMES | OCTOBER 21, 1903 | 830 | E | 3 NY INF | |
| HILL, JOHN | MAY 1, 1907 | 7756 | K | 137 IL INF | |
| HITE, CHRISTIAN W | AUGUST 10, 1914 | 10378 | A | 78 IL INF | |
| HOGAN, JASPER N | APRIL 2, 1903 | 6274 | H | 91 IL INF | |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, J T | JANUARY 6, 1899 | 209 | H | 28 IL INF | |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, JOHN T | APRIL 15, 1887 | 209 | H, A | 28 IL INF | |
| HOWE, EDWARD | MAY 14, 1888 | 793 | G | 16 IL INF | |
| HOWELL, JOHN W | OCTOBER 21, 1913 | 10161 | A | 78 IL INF | |
| HUFF, JOHN | NOVEMBER 26, 1900 | 5409 | B | 119 IL INF | |
| ICENOGLE, WILLIAM J | JULY 24, 1905 | 7166 | I | 55 KY INF | |
| INGRAHAM, OLIVER W | APRIL 18, 1914 | 10296 | K | 137 IL INF | |
| JAMES, BENJAMIN F | MAY 7, 1903 | 6317 | L | 11 IL CAV | |
| JOHNSON, JOHN | JUNE 22, 1891 | 1926 | A | 78 IL INF | |
| JONES, WILLIAM B | AUGUST 31, 1896 | 3646 | K | 151 IL INF | |
| KERSEY, THOMAS V | JANUARY 21, 1899 | 1874 | C | 28 IL INF | |
| KERSEY, THOMAS V | MAY 1, 1897 | 1874 | C | 28 IL INF | |
| KERSEY, THOMAS V | APRIL 1, 1891 | 1874 | C | 28 IL INF | |
| KLEIN, PETER | MAY 18, 1906 | 7460 | D | 82 IL INF | |
| LANDIS, BENJAMIN F | OCTOBER 14, 1914 | 10467 | K | 137 IL INF | |
| LEE, LEWISP AM | NOVEMBER 14, 1888 | 1007 | F | 11 MO INF | |
| LEE, LOUISP AM | MARCH 20, 1899 | 1009 | F | 11 NJ INF | |
| MALLORY, WARREN | DECEMBER 14, 1909 | 8912 | E | 16 IL INF | |
| MCCABE, WILBER | DECEMBER 14, 1915 | 10804 | C | 119 IL INF | |
| MCKELVEY, THADDIUS S | MARCH 18, 1908 | 8065 | A | 10 MO INF | |
| MILLER, ISAAC W | MAY 23, 1901 | 4094 | H | 50 IL INF | |
| MILLER, ISAAC W | JUNE 14, 1897 | 4094 | H | 50 IL INF | |
| MOORE, SAMUEL R | DECEMBER 6, 1901 | 5814 | C | 1 CO CAV | |
| MORELAND, JOHN | OCTOBER 23, 1913 | 10172 | D | 115 IL INF | |
| MORELAND, LOUZENA | OCTOBER 23, 1913 | 624 | |
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| OUTCALT, FREDERICK | APRIL 1, 1887 | 117 | A, C, H | 37 IL INF, 14 IL INF, 7 IL CAV | |
| PERKINS, CHARLES | FEBRUARY 25, 1902 | 5865 | K | 137 IL INF | |
| PETERS, IRA | SEPTEMBER 27, 1900 | 5349 | B | 101 IL INF | |
| PEYTON, AUG O | FEBRUARY 5, 1900 | 5152 | A | 10 MO INF | |
| RADER, MICHAEL | JUNE 29, 1900 | 5265 | F | 46 IN INF | |
| RANDALL, PETER | SEPTEMBER 12, 1904 | 6850 | H | 2 IL CAV | |
| RENO, ALEX | MARCH 29, 1887 | 79 | I, G | 62 IL INF | |
| RICHMOND, JOHN P | FEBRUARY 10, 1906 | 7393 | G, B | 28 IL INF, 14 IL INF | |
| RITTENHOUSE, ENOCH | DECEMBER 8, 1913 | 10227 | G | 28 IL INF | |
| ROSE, WILLIAM B | FEBRUARY 5, 1907 | 7703 | G | 16 IL INF | |
| SKILES, CHARLES T | AUGUST 22, 1906 | 7553 | H | 28 US INF, SP AM | |
| SMITH, MATHEW H | JANUARY 3, 1900 | 4278 | C | 119 IL INF | |
| SMITH, MATHEW H | MARCH 5, 1898 | 4278 | C | 119 IL INF | |
| SNYDER, WILLIAM | SEPTEMBER 3, 1907 | 7854 | A | 10 MO INF | |
| STONE, ALBERT | MAY 25, 1893 | 2548 | H | 19 IL INF | |
| STONEKIN, THOMAS | NOVEMBER 18, 1908 | 8417 | C | 119 IL INF | |
| SUDDETH, GEORGE W | MAY 19, 1897 | 4046 | G | 28 IL INF | |
| THOMPSON, ISAIAH D | MARCH 25, 1893 | 2500 | A | 3 IL LT ART | |
| THOMPSON, JAMES D | MAY 5, 1892 | 2227 | IL MTD VOLS, MEX WAR | ||
| THURMAN, JOHN | JUNE 4, 1906 | 7482 | D | 17 IL CAV | |
| TIPTON, HENRY M | JULY 15, 1914 | 10356 | C | 81 IN INF | |
| TOOLE, REUBEN H | OCTOBER 18, 1910 | 9264 | G | 16 IL INF | |
| TYSON, GEORGE W | JANUARY 14, 1902 | 5836 | G, A | 28 IL INF | |
| UTTER, EDWIN | MAY 25, 1899 | 4857 | C | 115 IL INF | |
| VAN ORMER, WILLIAM A | MARCH 24, 1906 | 7419 | G | 28 IL INF | |
| VANDIVER, NELSON | SEPTEMBER 6, 1907 | 7859 | A | 78 IL INF | |
| VANORMAN, GEORGE B | NOVEMBER 7, 1900 | 5370 | D | 143 NY INF | |
| VANORMER, JOHN E | MAY 7, 1914 | 10316 | G | 28 IL INF | |
| WALKER, DANIEL | JANUARY 22, 1891 | 1834 | C | 11 MO INF | |
| WHITE, JAMESP AM | NOVEMBER 6, 1908 | 8395 | E | 2 MA CAV | |
| WILSON, CHANCEY H | NOVEMBER 26, 1900 | 5408 | I | 155 IL INF | |
| WINTMORE, JOHN | NOVEMBER 1, 1911 | 9664 | F | 119 IL INF | |
| WREN, JOHN | OCTOBER 18, 1909 | 8795 | H | 115 IL INF | |
| WREN, MAHALA | OCTOBER 18, 1909 | 257 |
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