Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
Joseph E. Hobson
Admission Date: March 9, 1898 - age 54
Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: July 22, 1843, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Service: Civil War, 21st Illinois Infantry, Co. A, Private
Disability: Rheumatism and crippled hands
Pension: $12.00 per month, # 635153
Death: March 20, 1905 , Danville, Illinois
Family Members: Mary Hobson, wife; one child (name not given)
Doctor: Dr. R. H. Jones, Home Hospital Surgeon
Occupation: Laborer
Notes: Joseph went AWOL in 1900, was discharged as a deserter in 1901 and jumped the fence in 1903.
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