Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-12
PENSIONERS DROPPED.
How Delawareans Fared In the
Recent Revision.

Some Dropped From the Rolls for Good,
and Others whose Cnses Were Investi-
gated Restored at Reduced Ratings.
Washington Cor. Morning News
From this official statement the fol-
lowing items have been culled, repre-
senting the share borne by Delaware
pensioners in the "shake-up" made by
the Democratic administration, as re-
ported officially by the Pension Bureau.
The lists given below do not include
any of those pensioners who have been
restored at the rates they had formerly
received.
Delaware pensioners whose pensions
were suspended and afterward resumed
at lower rates were IA in number. Meirs
b. Belts of Millsboro was restored to
the pension roll at reduced rate, his
former rate having been So, his present
rate being So; Abraham Brattan,
Townsend, restored at So, former rate
S12; Jefferson Lutz. Viola, restored at
So, former rate $12; Ira Lunt, New
Castle, restored at SO, former rate So;
Andrew s. Mason, Lewes, restored at
SO, former rate $l2; James s. Roberts,
Biackwater, restored at So, former rate
IS; Jacob b. Smith, Wilmington, re-
b. Spence, Wilmington, restored at $6,
former rate S.; jeremiah Stewart, Will
mington, restored at S., former rate $12;
William L. Timmons, Townsend, re-
stored at So, former rate So; John
Turner, Wilmington, restored at Sc;
former rate So; George Valentine, Will
mington, restored at SO, former rate So;
Manean Vincent, Laurel, restored at
So, former rate $40.
One Delaware pensioner was dropped
from the pension roll "for the reason
that she was not the legal widow of the
soldier or sailor on account of whose
death she was pensioned." The name
given in this case is that of Julia A.
Jester of Georgetown, who had been
receiving pension at the rate of $l4.
Three Delaware pensioners were
dropped from the roll "for the reason
that the disabilities for which they were
pensioned had ceased to exist in pen.
sionable degree" These were William
/. Burris, Lincoln, $1S; William H.
Torbert, Georgetown, $50; Henry Ham
mond, Georgetown, "a.
One Delaware penbioner was dropped
from the pension roll on the ground
that he was mot dependent on his own
labor, or the soldiers on account of
whose death he was pensioned, for sup
port" This was Ahasuerus Tindal,
Sycamore, $12.
One Delaware pensioner was dropped
for the reason that he did not perform
80 days military service. That was
George w. Rogers, Georgetown, $40.
One Delaware pensioner, Harriet
Dixon, Wilmington, who had been re-
ceiving an IS pension, was dropped
from the roll because the soldier whose
widow she is was not discharged from
the military service.
Twenty Delaware pensioners were
dropped from the roll "for the reason
that they were not ratably disabled for
earning support by manual Labor"
These were: Charles w. zimmerman,
Georgetown, So; John Booth, Grubbs,
50; Joseph Cash, Wilmington, $6;
William Connaway, Wilmington, SO;
John Dayton, Hollysville, IS; THONGS
Harris, Port Penn, So; Lemuel I. Hois
ton, Lincoln, So; William II. Knox,
Harrington, So; Bernard Kelly, VIII
mington, So; Henry S. Moore, Laurel,
$40; James Miles, Wilmington, $40;
Joseph II. Moore, Gumboro, So; Jesse
w. obler, Seaford, IS; William L.
Spicer, Lewes, So; NehemiaA Sharp,
Milford, IS; Jacob H. Thompson, Kent.
men, So; William IL. Thompson,
Smyrna, $s; Joseph Thompson, New
port, S.; James II. Virden, Harbeson,
IS; John zenz, Smyrna, So.