Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
William Swartwood
Admission Date: May 11, 1888 - age 45
Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: (no date) Ohio
Service: Civil War, 47th Illinois Infantry, Co. F & Co. D, Private
Disability: Gun shot wound in left foot and rheumatism
Pension: $12.00 per month, # 559342 (certificate # found online)
Death: Date unknown
Family Members: None
Doctor: Dr. R. W. McMahan, Surgeon
Occupation: Laborer
Notes: John D. McFarland, his friend, was to be notified in case of his death and receive his last effects. William was discharged in 1895 for being absent without leave, but they recorded the wrong infantry number in the report, so it may have been a mix-up.
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