Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-01-09
KENTUCKY PENSIONERS. !.
Remarkable Longevity Of the viii
sons Of the War Of 1912.
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In the pension district of Kentucky.
Col. II. M. Kelly, agent, there was
net increase of pensioners during the
year of 452. AT the close of the fiscal
year there were ON the rolls l03 sur
viyors of The war of 1912. Not all of
them are alive at the present time,
They are only dropped from the rolls,
however, when three years elapse
without hearing of them. There are
on the rolls SSI widows Of the sur
viyors of 1912, of which number 582
were paid in June. The widows like
the survivors draw $8 per month.
The following is Il list OF the surviv-
ors of the war Of 1872. Seventy-five
Were, paid ilhJune, With one excep-
tion they all live in Kentucky; John
Allison, Iiowe's Valley ; Christopher
Board, Van Fleet; Gabriel L. Bour-
land, Darlington; Leonard Beall.
Kiddyille; Michael Boyer, Sweet
Owen; Aaron Baker, Hawesyille ;
Benjamin Carey, Catlettsburg; Jo-
seph G. Chinn, Lexington; Nathan
iel Grain, Horse Cave Robert Creesl
Summer Shade; Richard Cooper,
Newmarket; Thomas Crawford,
Perryville; Thomas Carico, Owens
bJrO; VIM. Cumpton, Columbia
VIM. Canady, Linton; Robert NJ
Campbell, Lexington; Benjamin r.
Davis, Sanders Station; Gillead
Evans, Headquarters; Jas, Eubanks
Stanford WIN. Ellis, Frankfort; Wm.
Fandray, Tilton; JAS. Harden, IIar.
rodsburg; John Hickerson, Spring
field Samuel Hamilton, Brooksville
Samuel Hall, Robinson creek; vii.
liam B. Harrison, Grants Lick
William Hind, Walton; Alex ID
Jackson, New Concord; 1'homa,
kenton; Germantown; Jos. A. Lilo, d
Louisville; Larkin Lauter, Berry
Meredith Lisk, Darlington; John w
MtMulIen, Waynesburg; john Me
Arthur, Waterford; John Mckenzie
Relrf; Pleasant Martin, Elkton
; VIM. Miller, Capuchin, Tenn. VIM
Miller, Lockport; VIM. Moore, Sher
mansviile; Asa Payne, Burgin Dan
iel Peace, Wadc,boro; Geo. Penr ID
Rochester; Geo. II. Perrin. Cynthi
, ana George l.. Rodgers, Louisville
, Robert Ragsdalp, >Whitcsville; 10
seph Robinson, Owsnsboro; Pascha
Rucker, Burlington; Stephen Rice
Pineville; Alexandria Snelen, Frank
fort /; Elijah Sturgeon, Walnut Lick
Presley Simpson, Paris Moses Tuck
! er, Sloan's Valley; Wm. Todd, Speed
, well Charles White, lIopkinsville
Carter Woodey, Cartwright; JOIN
, Waddlc, lIarrodsburg, Parka vii
, Hanson, Dcrea; Thos. Waggoner
t Manchester.
! The amount of money paid las
I fiscal year TO the survivors of III
y war of 1872 was $9,SSS; to widows
' etc, $G5,376; total $T5, ,264. Total an
: nual value of all pensions paid b
: the agency, $746,0O3 Total disburse
= ments during the year for salaries
n pensions, ETC., 81, ,472, ,333.97, which we
e nearly two hundred thousand les
n than the year 1883. Total pension
g al owed in 1884, 935; dropped As,
l,030: dropped, 6lS; net increase, Al.
The pensioners of 1872, allowin
fifteen years as the youngest at whic
l. service was rendered, will range j
aye from eigiy-seven to over OF
hundred years, the latter age havin
been reached by DR.. G. c. Graham
October 10.
/, Two brothers, William and job
= = Nelson, aged respectively ninety-si
" and nincty-eight years, died tn
+ winter within week of each othe
:" They lived in Alton and Fairfel
u " respectively, and neither knew
nr the illness of the other.
ID The large number of widows
o. the state who have survived the
a. a. warrior husbands (5S2) appears. OF
= Of proportion to the number of su
vivors, l03. This is accounted for
as the fact that the old soldiers marie
IN at an advanced age, and the laws gi
"a the widow pension regardless
v when the marriage took place.
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