Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident

James Cunaghan

Admission Date: November 5, 1896 - age 59

Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois

Birth: November 11, 1827, Ireland

Service: Civil War, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery D, Private

Disability: Loss of sight in right eye & chronic dyspepsia

Pension: None

Death: August 24, 1919, in hospital

Family Members: Mollie A. Cunaghan, daughter; Elizabeth Cunaghan, daughter

Doctor: Dr. E. B. Montgomery, Surgeon

Occupation: Laborer

Notes: On his admitting papers he stated that he wanted his brother, Thomas Cunaghan, in Coles County, Illinois, notified in case of his death, but he was never mentioned again.

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