Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
Mesheck J. Acton
Admission Date: April 9, 1901 - age 75
Residence: Wapella, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: August 1826, Ross County, Ohio
Service: Civil War, 140th Indiana Infantry, Co. F, Private
Disability: Enlarged prostate gland and chronic cystitis
Pension: $12.00 per month, # 808218
Death: July 23, 1901 (in hospital) Shock resulting from fracture of femur
Family Members: Margaret Acton - wife; Thomas R. Acton - son
Doctor: Dr. J. J. Golden, Home Hospital Surgeon
Occupation: Carpenter
Notes: On admitting papers he was listed as age 75, but when he died three months later, he was listed as age 64.
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