Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident

George D. Finch

Admission Date: March 22, 1906 - age 76

Residence: Farmer City, DeWitt County, Illinois

Birth: 1829, Pittstown, New York

Service: Civil War, 33rd Illinois Infantry, Co. A, Corporal

Disability: Infirmities of old age and mental disability

Pension: $12.00 per month, #638656

Death: December 3, 1906, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois

Family Members: L. G. Finch, son; J. M. Finch, son; G. L. Finch, son; Bert Finch, son; Addie Summers, daughter; Thora Harrold, daughter; and Clara Sidenstricker, daughter.

Doctor: Dr. C. E. Ehle, Assistant Surgeon

Occupation: Not able to work

Notes: Discharged April 4, 1906, as insane.  He listed his birthplace as Pittstown, but his obituary has Pittsfield.  George D. Finch obituary.

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