Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
Aaron Borum
Admission Date: December 7, 1888 - age 64
Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: (no date) Ohio
Service: Civil War, 107th Illinois Infantry, Co. D, Private
Disability: Poor physical condition; legs and ankles swollen; unfit for manual labor.
Pension: None
Death: February 15, 1889
Family Members: Sarah J. Borum, wife; Mrs. Martha O'Daniel, daughter
Doctor: Dr. R. W. McMahan, Surgeon
Occupation: Laborer
Notes: He listed himself as a widower but actually he was divorced. His wife remarried, but years later she was admitted to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home and she died there January 13, 1920.
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