Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident

William Meyer

Admission Date: September 18, 1888 - age 53

Residence: Waynesville, DeWitt County, Illinois

Birth: (no date) Germany

Service: Civil War, 46th Indiana Infantry, Co. I, Private; 150th Illinois Infantry, Co. B, Corporal

Disability: Weak eyes, dropsy and indigestion

Pension: $2.00 per month, # 220870

Death: Date unknown

Family Members: Margaret Myer, wife; five children, not named

Doctor: Dr. Samuel A. Graham, Surgeon

Occupation: Farmer and laborer

Notes: His name was spelled Meyer, Mayer and Myer in these documents.  He signed it Myer.

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