| 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 database contains more than 14,000 entries. 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. |
NAME COUNTY DATE ADMITTED NUMBER COMPANY UNIT
ASKEW, ISAAC F WHITE OCTOBER 27, 1909 8829 A 65 IL INF BAIRD, LEWISP AM WHITE JANUARY 12, 1905 6995 A 17 US INF - SP AM BRIGGS, CALEB C WHITE MARCH 1, 1910 8980 G 3 WI INF BURTON, GEORGE W WHITE MAY 1, 1908 8106 K 17 IN INF CLEVELAND, JOB WHITE NOVEMBER 4, 1900 5369 K 6 IL CAV COOGAN, JOHN WHITE AUGUST 13, 1898 4537 E 7 IL CAV COZART, JOHN H WHITE MARCH 16, 1899 4776 I 87 IL INF DAVID, DANIEL W WHITE AUGUST 17, 1908 8232 I 70 IL INF DOUGHERTY, JACOB WHITE NOVEMBER 12, 1908 8405 D 148 IL INF DOWNS, JOHN C WHITE OCTOBER 30, 1908 8375 D 87 IL INF DUNN, AUSTIN WHITE DECEMBER 21, 1900 5429 I 42 IN INF DYKE, WILLIAM WHITE SEPTEMBER 21, 1909 8754 B 2 AR INF - SP AM GEARING, THEODORE WHITE NOVEMBER 7, 1910 9304 E 36 IL INF GREATHOUSE, JOHN C WHITE JUNE 17, 1902 5961 C 87 IL INF HARRISON, ELMER WHITE MARCH 25, 1915 10575 I 8 IL INF - SP AM HIVELEY, GEORGE WHITE DECEMBER 29, 1908 8462 B 76 IL INF HUDSON, GEORGE W WHITE DECEMBER 6, 1898 4686 H 87 IL INF HUFF, HENRY B WHITE DECEMBER 14, 1901 5820 K 87 IL INF HUGHES, JOHN M WHITE OCTOBER 1, 1896 3700 D 59 IL INF JOHNSON, JAMES B WHITE MAY 5, 1898 4352 C 60 IN INF LAURIMORE, JAMES F WHITE SEPTEMBER 27, 1909 8759 H 9 KS CAV MASTERSON, JACOB WHITE NOVEMBER 25, 1904 6967 D 62 IL INF MCKAY, JAMES S WHITE APRIL 20, 1915 10588 I 5 US INF - SP AM MEDLING, J T WHITE APRIL 4, 1890 1526 I 87 IL INF O'BRYAN, JOHN WHITE JANUARY 31, 1902 5850 K 42 IN INF PALMER, MARION WHITE SEPTEMBER 5, 1905 7224 B 161 IN INF - SP AM PEARCE, BARRON D WHITE NOVEMBER 17, 1913 10212 H 13 IL CAV PERKINS, SAYWELL WHITE SEPTEMBER 5, 1899 4962 A 47 IL INF QUALLS, JAMES M WHITE SEPTEMBER 21, 1901 5709 I 1 IL CAV RHOADES, HENRY WHITE AUGUST 2, 1911 9545 E 120 IN INF RHOADS, SARAH E WHITE AUGUST 2, 1911 438 ROY, WILLIAM WHITE NOVEMBER 23, 1914 10506 G 7 IL CAV SHARON, ROBERT M WHITE APRIL 23, 1913 9985 K 18 IL INF SHEPPARD, GEORGE WHITE MAY 22, 1899 4850 I 53 IN INF SHERING, ROBERT M WHITE APRIL 23, 1913 9985 K 18 IL INF SIMON, JOHN WHITE JANUARY 23, 1906 7378 I 7 MI CAV SMITH, JOHN WHITE SEPTEMBER 15, 1905 7237 E 63 IL INF STANDISH, THOMAS H WHITE JANUARY 27, 1899 4736 K 61 IL INF STUM, THOMAS P WHITE JANUARY 25, 1892 2159 D 62 IL INF THRASH, JAMES W WHITE JULY 29, 1899 4914 I 5 US INF - SP AM THRASH, STEPHEN S WHITE MARCH 24, 1898 4299 H 87 IL INF WALKER, JOHN M WHITE AUGUST 16, 1916 10956 I 8 IL INF - SP AM ZIMMERMAN, HENRY WHITE JULY 28, 1902 6002 E 7 IL CAV
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