Civil War Pension File of Milton Tull

WC 475.006
Unit: Private, 89th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D
Enrolled: 13 Aug 1862, Clarksburg, Ohio
Mustered Out: 7 Jun 1865

Documents:

(1) Adjutant General’s Office – 12 May 1882 – Washington D.C.
Milton Tull, private in Company D, 89th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, was enrolled 13 Aug 1862 at Clarksburg for 3 years.  The company rolls indicate he was sick in Ohio from January 1863 to October 1863.  He was returned to the Company but was again reported sick at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 1864.  He returned to the Company in October 1864.  The nature of his sicknesses is not stated.  He was mustered out with the Company 7 June 1865.

(2) Affidavit – 16 May 1882 – DeWitt Co, Illinois
Affidavit of Hiram Doner, resident of DeWitt Co, Illinois, Post Office Fullerton, who states he first became acquainted with Milton Tull around the fall of 1865.  Tull was then in very poor health.  He would work one day and then be laid up for a week sick.  Doner lived in the same neighborhood and states that Tull has been in poor health ever since he has known him.  "I cannot tell what particular disability troubled him only that he seemed to be in poor health and unable to work and much of the time under medical treatment by Physicians of DeWitt or Farmer City."  Donor often heard Tull say he lost his health while in the Army.

(3) Disability Affidavit – 17 Jun 1882 – DeWitt Co, Illinois
Affidavit of Milton Tull, aged 46, a resident of Farmer City, DeWitt Co, Illinois, Post Office Farmer City.  Before enlisting in the service of the United States on 13 Aug 1862, he resided at Clarksburg, Ross Co, Ohio, and was a farmer.  He was discharged 7 June 1865 and lived at Clarksburg until September 1865 when he moved to Farmer City, DeWitt Co, Illinois.  His occupation is a farmer.  The disability for which he claims a pension "arises from deafness & Gen Debility & disease in the head" contracted from the bursting of a shell and firing of artillery over his head at Kennesaw Mountains, Georgia, 27 June 1864.  He became sick while at Charleston, West Virginia, by reason of hardship and exposure.  He was taken to the Camp hospital for a week or two, then was removed by the Captain or 2nd Lieutenant to the General Hospital at Charleston, West Virginia.  He has not been free from deafness, disease of the head and general debility since the war.  He was treated by Dr. J. Knox (since dead) of Clarksburg, Ohio, from the time of his discharge to September 1865.  Other doctors who treated him:

- Dr. J.H. Tyler - Dewitt, Illinois - from Sept 1865 to June 1866
- Dr. C. Leal - Farmer City, Illinois – from June 1866 (since dead)
- Dr. Jos. Briant – from 1868 for about 1 year
- Dr. J. Houser – Farmer City, Illinois – for about a year to June 1869
- Dr. W. G. Cochran – Farmer City, Illinois
- Dr. J. Miller – Farmer City, Illinois
- Dr. M. L. Reed – Farmer City, Illinois
- Dr. John Clouser – Farmer City, Illinois
- Dr. J. D. Gardner – Farmer City, Illinois

(4) War Department: Surgeon General’s Office – 30 April 1883 – Washington D.C.
Report from the records in the Surgeon General’s Office states that Tull was treated in the General Hospital at Charleston, West Virginia, from January 25 to February 14, 1863, diagnosis not shown.  "It is requested that the Hospital in Ohio, referred to, be designated if possible and the case returned for further investigation."

(5) Department of the Interior: Pension Office – 7 Apr 1884 – Washington D.C.
"Respectfully returned to the Surgeon General U.S.A. with the information that the name of the hospital alluded to in call of Dec 30th 1882, is unknown to claimant but it was previously used as a Seminary and he was in Ward 5.  He was also absent sick in hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn., July and August 1864, as shown by Report from Records of the Adjutant General U.S.A. name of hospital unknown to claimant."

(6) War Department: Surgeon General’s Office – 20 Jun 1884 – Washington D.C.
Report of hospital treatment: Milton Tull entered General Hospital Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, 10 Apr 1863, diagnosis not stated, and was transferred to City Hospital, date not noted; he entered Seminary General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, 28 Apr 1863, with bronchitis, diagnosis also given as Lung disease, and returned to duty 7 Dec 1863.  He entered General Field Hospital, A. of C. at Chattanooga, Tenn. 21 Jul 1864, convalescent, and returned to duty 25 Aug 1864.

(7) Application for Widow’s Pension Under New Law – 6 Apr 1896 – DeWitt Co, Illinois
Application of Cyntha A. Tull, aged 56, widow of Milton Tull who belonged to Company D, 89th Regiment of Ohio Infantry Volunteers.  Milton Tull died 29 March 1896.  She was married to Milton Tull under the name Cyntha A. Johnson on 3 Dec 1884 at Farmer City, Illinois, by J. W. Robertson, Minister.  Her first husband, Samuel Johnson, died 18 Apr 1880, and Mr. Tull’s former wife, Sarah G. died 10 July 1880.  Her residence is Farmer City and the Post Office is also Farmer City.
Signed: Cyntha A. Tull
Witnesses: John T. Page and Grant Johnson

(8) Certificate of Record of Marriage – 6 April 1896 – DeWitt Co, Illinois
I, Warren Hickman, Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that Mr. Milton Tull was married to Mrs. Cynthia (sic) Johnson on the Third day of December A.D. 1884 by J. W. Robertson, a Minister of Gospel duly authorized to solemnize marriages by the Statute of the State of Illinois, as appears by his return and certificate of Marriage attached to the license granted therefore by the Clerk of this Court, and now on file in my office.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and attached the seal of said County Court, at my office in Clinton, Illinois, this Sixth day of April A.D. 1896.
Signed Warren Hickman

(9) Drop Notice – 1 Dec 1896 – Chicago, Illinois
Milton Tull, a pensioner under Certificate #303.179, who was last paid at $14 to 4 January 1896, has been dropped because of Death at Farmer City, Illinois.

(10) Application for Accrued Pension: Widows – 28 Dec 1896 – DeWitt Co, Illinois
Application of Cyntha A. Tull, lawful widow of Milton Tull, who died 29 March 1896.  He had been granted a pension by Certificate No. 303.179 and had been paid by the Pension Agent at Chicago, Illinois, up to 4 January 1896.  She was married to the said Milton Tull on 3 Dec 1884 at Farmer City, Illinois, under the name Cyntha A. Johnson.  Her Post Office is Farmer City, DeWitt Co, Illinois.
Signed: Cyntha A. Tull
Witnesses: Charles W. Johnson and A. J. Krepps
"The witnesses were present at the marriage of said parties and were at the funeral of the said Milton Tull."

(11) General Affidavit – Pension Office Stamp 24 Dec 1897 – DeWitt Co, Illinois
Affidavit of Cyntha A. Tull, widow of Milton Tull, aged 56, of Santa Anna County, DeWitt Co, Illinois, Post Office Farmer City.  "that I own thirteen acres of pasture land of a value not to exceed six hundred dollars and of personal property one cow and two calves worth about forty dollars and household goods worth not to exceed fifty dollars and that I have no income of any kind and there is no person or persons legally bound for my support this affidavit was written by myself and is from my personal knowledge."
Signed: Cyntha A. Tull
Witnesses: Grant Johnson and Henry Mitchell

(12) Drop Notice – 26 Nov 1909 – Chicago, Illinois
Cyntha A. Tull, widow of Milton Tull, last paid at $12 to 4 Oct 1909, has been dropped because of death, 9 Nov 1909.

Compiled Service Record, Milton Tull, Private, Company D, 89th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, File Designation WC 475.006, National Archives, Washington D.

[Note: Cyntha A. (Meliza) Johnson Tull was the daughter of John Meliza and Barbary Fertig.  She is buried at Campground Cemetery, Farmer City, Illinois, with her first husband, Samuel Johnson.   Milton Tull is buried at Greenleaf Cemetery.  She signed her name "Cyntha."]