Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-18
PENSIONERS.
v.o who Have Figured on
{ri HeTI ~.asury Rolls.

Nan Who uhsr W"
2, H. II treasury Rolls.
Frso, r that Abraham Lincoln,
msny Gen. Grant, VIM. +.
PEI vaS Jeff Davis have received
s sio,n the government in the
& liu sions. but their papers are
peap,"d away In the division
nm the Mexican war. They
70 N brown paper covers
W .v with about a hundred
avn. ,,hers lining the
=, immense Office hall.
, al papers, too, and In
cu history OF the times since
e1' e ai they read with in.
y Grants pension isa lard
%s,eS acres, given to him In
% 7. services as second lieuten-
hls srs,meutal quartermaster in
tn war. His letter making
ics ,;on is Characteristic of the
Ia dated ~ e.H
M IL abominably written in
~ IN hand, and pu; in the
VA possible, being signed
nd, first lieutenant ana IL q
w \ i. Shermau's claim
w st. Louis, dated about the
y II asks for two quarter
!; land. one for his Florida
- md the other for his record
= aNN The claim is presented by
inc, IT., his brother-ln.law.
,nin,s claim was presented in
'y HE services in the Black
:, which II cites he entered
.sstin,te period and served for
y It is in Lincoln's hand
and was granted in 1850.
! as same time Robert + Lee,
'rioved at the United States
ppcsdemy at West Point, sent
ore for which he received l6o
land for his services as colonel
. ,ne' are the papers of Gen.
inc for bounty land for his
~ ~ she war of 1872. They are
: - Scott. and were granted to
"a he was general of the army
horilv after this come the pa
rhicG jeff Davis and Frank
ara allowed their land claims
ses in the Mexican war. L.
"a the commissioner of pen
mis- time, while jeff Davis
|,stary OF STATE and Frank
rrrsident. Pierce's applica
made out in Waldo's hand
a il also that OF jeff Davis
Il both abound In fulsom'
These two officers. Both are
by Waldo as special cases
pote inclosed with each tha
left with him to be sent to thu
ers, and not be mailed In thu
h way. ~
are now on the pension roll
t.&wo widows of Revolutionary!
and frriy-eight of these come
"a Southern states. Nine ar,
snnessee, eight from Georgia
from Virginia, four from Yves
4 aud twelve from North Caro-
There Ia one Reyolutionar,
from Mississippi, one in Massa
three In South Carolina, fou
and New York, five in Main
ew Hampshire, seven in Vel
Ind eight In Pennsylvania
BIZ the pensioners are the wive
presldents-Mrs. Polk, who |
b Tennessee; Mrs. John Tyler
living at Richmond, Va, an,
ames A. Garfield. Each @
ceives S. 600 a year accOrdiD
becial act Of congress. Mrs
In Lincoln got from 1870 {
pension of 81, 900. In 1852 it wa
IA To S. 900, which continue
NJ death. The daughter of nj
gsident, Zachary Taylor, ais
4 pension at this time. ]
hp $50 a month. and IL give
styicts OF Gen. Taylor In tn
b war.
Rinows Of Gems. Isaac Stevens
skier, Whipple, Sumner, Rob
|erson (lhe nero of Fort Sun
INES Il. Mcpherson, A. j
George II. Custer the India
Il. G. Ramsey, Bufort
er, Daniel McCook, John \
}, Frank 7. Blair, George +
Surgeon Gen. Woods, an
ADMIRAL John Rogers receiv
, to $50 a month, The wido'
iral Farragut gets 1000 a yet
cial act, and Gen. Phil kea
ldow did get $50 q month, lot
since married. and this SUI
PES to her children. A eur
IN now pending before til
the war OF 1872 is one pr
by the widow of Anthem
lias Anthony Castle. 1t ash
Increase of pension, and cit,
thony Castle, who died in Isl
Arbor, Mich, Joined the Bri
es IN Canada; that he desert,
pressed on the ice to the Amer
of the river and entered IL
States service. After servir
months he was retaken |
ish at u point six miles belo
Falls, court-martialed an
Ell to death. His sentence wa
committed to 500 lashes, fro
1t of which he never recover,
which a pension was granite
his pension his widow asks
creased