Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident

William J. Hadden

Admission Date: September 18, 1905 - age 71

Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois

Birth: March 10, 1835, Warrick, Indiana

Service: Civil War, 57th Indiana Infantry, Co. G, Private

Disability: Chronic articular rheumatism of both ankles

Pension: $10.00 per month, #1005760

Death: February 27, 1909, buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery in Kansas

Family Members: Laura Hackney, daughter; Mattie Lemmon, daughter; William W. Hadden, son

Doctor: Dr. George E. Rosenthal, Assistant Surgeon

Occupation: Blacksmith

Notes: Discharged February 7, 1907, AWOL.  Death date found online.  His tombstone lists the same regiment, but states that he served in the Spanish American War instead of the Civil War, which is obviously a mistake.

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