Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
Elam A. Skivers
Admission Date: March 14, 1896 - age 52
Residence: Kenney, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: December 4, 1843, Arkansas
Service: Civil War, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Co. F, rank not given
Disability: Loss of portion of right hand by buzz saw
Pension: $6.00 per month, # 997495
Death: March 16, 1922, in hospital
Family Members: John P. Skivers, son
Doctor: Dr. E. B. Montgomery, Surgeon
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Elam's last effects were sent to his daughter-in-law, Nettie Skivers in, Springfield, Illinois.
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